Thanks,
FD. I did manage to muck up my post a little tho' I note on re-reading.
This line:
"in context I've never heard it said that fighting unarmed versus an armed opponent was a bad idea."
Should've read either:
"in context I've never heard it said that fighting unarmed versus an armed opponent was
n't a bad idea."
Or:
"in context I've never heard it said that fighting unarmed versus an armed opponent was a good idea."
It appears I had a slip between brain and keyboard there

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