Physical damage on the body is caused by pounds per square inch. It takes almost no force to cause a knife to go through a body, but a great deal of force to cause a large steel ball to do so. Of course both can, but one takes WAY more applied force to do so than the other.
Her bones are ridiculously sharp. They aren't actual knives, but if you reduce the width of a bone in half (for example) you reduce the amount of force required for the same penetration by half as well (or even less in many cases). Damage, in hand to hand combat, is all about penetration; getting below the protective muscle (or cutting the muscle), or applying pressure to a smaller cross section of bone (for breaking), etc..
I can't really express how painful it is to practice with her due to her natural advantage. :)
When practicing with her, it feels like it.
Physical damage on the body is caused by pounds per square inch. It takes almost no force to cause a knife to go through a body, but a great deal of force to cause a large steel ball to do so. Of course both can, but one takes WAY more applied force to do so than the other.
Her bones are ridiculously sharp. They aren't actual knives, but if you reduce the width of a bone in half (for example) you reduce the amount of force required for the same penetration by half as well (or even less in many cases). Damage, in hand to hand combat, is all about penetration; getting below the protective muscle (or cutting the muscle), or applying pressure to a smaller cross section of bone (for breaking), etc..
I can't really express how painful it is to practice with her due to her natural advantage. :)