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@vitalis To say that could "easily tank" a hit from a sword is insane but tbh it is true that a single cut will almost never end a fight.
You can see this in basically every liveleak video of machete fights, people get hit but they don't stop fighting.

This is part of the reason that Europe became so obsessed with the thrust when dueling got big. Thrusts end fights, especially ones in center mass.
In the meme, there's a reason the guy isn't holding the knife back for a cut like he is the sword.