Again he is fighting a fencing style and assumed you would lunge in a manner similar to a fencer. Which is not true. Also an average man strides 18" frim heel to heel.
It's not just abilities you have to think about. the arena is like chess.
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I wouldn't rely on fights to fill your boredom, I'm in about four fights, none of them are fresher than three days. Pretty sure everyone is just afraid to fight me even when they're fighting me at this point.