Weapons or not , the fight will eventually end up on the ground. If you want to finish the fight quickly, you have to close the distance and control your opponent, best way to diffuse a chaotic situation.According to Hans Talhoffer who was a 15th-century German fencing master , 90% of the fights would end up on the ground (Ref. talhoffer fechtbuch).
Samurai Jiu-jitsu
