Talk:Fists/@comment-1852943-20130409184506/@comment-3492791-20140819065250

The weapons used in Dark Souls are pretty ludicrous. Contrary to popular belief swords are actually very light. The truly monstrous were only like six pounds (≈2.7kg), and that was considered pretty impractical. It's not about the weight, but how it's distributed.

Also in regards to the initial question, unarmed v. armed combat is realistically possible. However you don't try grabbing your opponent's weapons, that's stupid. You aim for their wrist. Can knock their arm aside or even attempt to grab their arm to stop the swing. You can also use their own force to pull yourself into their guard and possible even disarm them. This is of course very hard, as you will obviously have a longer reach than you, making getting that close very dangerous.