Yeah, where I come from, if you got sneak attacked from the front, you just got attacked.
Never understood the narrative that Shanks was sneaking up on Kidd. Shanks was just so fast Kidd didn't stand a chance.
The problem wasn't even just straight power, the problem was speed.
Shanks could have shouted from the shore he was coming, Kidd wasn't blocking the attack Whitebeard respected.