User blog comment:Aldarinor/Second Fight Prediction, Part II!/@comment-16344653-20110810204724/@comment-2106167-20110816204048

Relying on swordsmanship isn't like "wacking around blindly". In Japanese and generally Eastern culture, the art of swordsmanship is one of the most renowed, believed to be capable of leading the man to serenity and perfection. I believe that characters likely capable of holding their own in a sworfight, but prevailing on opponents by immobilizing them with Kido and finishing them off while they're wide open, such as Rukia and Byakuya, are cowards.

Beside, using Kido isn't the same as "thinking", "being intelligent" or "using strategy". It's just spamming incantations andor bare spells against their opponents. Every idiot could employ a range "magic" attack or block the opponent on place... True strategy doesn't stem from that, but from the accurate analysis of your possibilities and the surrounding environment. Kenpachi's fight with Tōsen is a nice example of this: though usually considered rather "simple-minded", Kenpachi took advantage of his physical prowess in a different way than usual, using strategy to some extent in order to fight despite Tōsen's Bankai... And, even though the solution he chose might be considered simple, we might as well call it a "Strategy"... Unlike Kido spammers. I admit that some Kido users are smart and capable of employing the art they excel at in awesome ways... But some of the most prominent users in the series (such as the overly mentioned Byakuya and Rukia) tend to spam spells...