I'm implying that a bo staff likely couldn't break through plate armor - it might hurt the person inside, but it can't break the armor itself.

Since most of the gymnastics and athletics-parts of the battles have been removed, I don't really see a point in having the touch-feature. You likely won't be letting go of your weapon in the middle of battle and against anything but mooks, this would be fairly risky and unreliable to attempt. At least this is true if the touched person is wearing armor - I don't mind it happening if they're just wearing clothes though, 'cuz clothes are made out of paper. :P

EDIT:

So, to clarify:
You can touch mooks' heads and backs and get points for it.

You cannot touch commanders' and captains' who still have their armor on. IF they do not have their armor, you can touch them and shred their clothes - and get great service and extra points.

EDIT 2:

Of course, if you guys WANT to be able to do the touch-thing, by all means, lemme know and I'll just roll with it. I just half-omitted it because these war-games are more war-like than the gymnastics-games of Dog Days.