Peralisc said:
The manga started to go downhill since the introduction of weapon fighters.
Also quite stupid to create such a clear division between bare hand fighters and weapon fighters, when in fact you'll often see a very strong karateka use weapons during some training classes. (speaking from personal experience)
Also the two clown weapon masters in this episode were rather a comic element.
Nonetheless the biggest issue is the fact that the manga doesn't show any actual counter movements such as deflecting or disarming ...
A real fight with the same scenario lasts about 9 seconds.
You get attacked you break an arm, you break a leg, you hit the jaw, disarm the opponent or hit and kill the opponent. Seriously these fighting scenes are starting to be outrageously uninteresting and unrealistic.
The fights have always been over-the-top. Where have you been the last 500 chapters?