You do realize that a blunt weapon in the right hands can easily take down a sharp one, right?

[ While he knows others have offered, he's already going to be training his own shinki on this sort of thing, so it isn't as if he'd have to free up time or anything... ]

It's not a matter of what weapon you play with. [ Oh hell, what was that message Iruka had given them ages ago? ] "If you lack heaven, seek wisdom and be prepared. If you lack earth, run through the fields and seek out advantages. If you have both heaven and earth, only then can you succeed." [ Not the exact phrasing, but the gist is there. Really though, don't these people know anything? Except he forgets that not everyone grew up doing this stuff from the time they could walk. ]