Questions & Mysteries What is a swordsman?

[JoNdule]

Oda himself doesn't know who and what is a swordsman

So come let's define swordsman status in OP

What can you say should be the main factor to state someone is a swordsman?

@everyone

 

[Zolo]

Swordsman is BS fighting skill in OP world.
Oda created swordamanship inspired by aikido IRL

 

[nik87]

What can you say should be the main factor to state someone is a swordsman?

One who fights with a sword?

 

[Zolo]

One who fights with a sword?

no, shanks roger law all fight using swords but arent swordsman and can negg swordmans in seconds... go home now and do some IQ training exercises

 

[Monster Zoro's Tesla Supplier]

no, shanks roger law all fight using swords but arent swordsman

What

and can negg swordmans in seconds...

What?

go home now and do some IQ training exercises

WHAT?

 

[zenox]

Someone who most of the time fights using a sword

 

[Marine Piece]

Everyone who has a named sword is defacto a swordsman

 

[Shimotsuki Fenaker]

someone who fights with sword , and his ultimate needing using it .

 

[uyuu]

Someone who's weaker than Mihawk in using a sword, who calls himself a swordsman, whose swordsmanship determine his status as a swordsman.

 

[Marco Vipsanio Agrippa]

fodder like Mihawk, Zoro and Roger need a sword. Real men fight without weapons

 

[Kerkovian]

fodder like Mihawk, Zoro and Roger need a sword. Real men fight without weapons

W post.

 

[Juanpiz]

fodder like Mihawk, Zoro and Roger need a sword. Real men fight without weapons

Why use a weapon if you can become one

 

[gz89]

Another disguised thread about hakimen ?

Yes yes we know, Shanks,Fuji,Law etc etc arent swordsmen

 

[Juanpiz]

Fujitora is a stick man

 

[L55]

fodder like Mihawk, Zoro and Roger need a sword. Real men fight without weapons

Only garp jinbei fights without them

 

[Marco Vipsanio Agrippa]

Why use a weapon if you can become one

Thank you for showing me the greatness of Baby5 once again

 

[Juanpiz]

Thank you for showing me the greatness of Baby5 once again

Sai should be happy

 

[Vanlax]

A character who's main tool for fighting is a sword. It can get complemented/supplemented by haki or df or science.

Worth Mentioning:

Ryuma - Swordsman (self-explanatory)
Mihawk - Swordsman (self-explanatory)
Zoro - Swordsman (self-explanatory)
Oden - Swordsman (self-explanatory)

Roger - Swordsman (self-explanatory until proven otherwise)
Shanks - Swordsman (self-explanatory until proven otherwise)
Rayleigh - Swordsman (self-explanatory until proven otherwise)

Fujitora - Swordsman (always uses his sword together with his DF even when he was just lifting rubbles)
Law - Swordsman (most of his skills he needs his sword for cutting whether it is internal destruction technique or he is cutting in his rooms)

King - Not Swordsman (Most of his named attacks are from when he is in DF/Hybrid form and doesn't use sword. Iirc he has only one named attack while using his sword which is the flame dragon. Correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't had the time to re-read his fight with Zoro.)

 

[Loki D. Terror]

Anyone who uses a sword.

 

[Rurushu]

A swordsman is a person who only uses swordsmanship in combat (or not always only because throughout the story Zoro was punching, kicking and throwing buildings at opponents but that's more to the question of Oda's lack of continuity)

So those who fit this description are swordsmen.