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No. It isn't obvious to me. ~~In fact, I can see how at a particular sweetspot of moving away from the striking baton could concentrate the force in a smaller area leading to a "harder" blow.~~ Perhaps you could explain it to me since I apparently was sick that day in elementary school.
edit: strikethrough. when I wrote this I thought the confusion was the common elementary school misunderstanding of the difference between the "force" and "hardness" of a blow, which did not turn out to be the case and this was just a non-sequitur.
It's the exact same reason that hitting a parked car is a lot less bad than hitting a car going at the same speed in the opposite direction. Or why hitting the brakes when someone's about to rear-end you is a bad idea.
Bats and batons are rotational, not linear. The farther you are from the fulcrum of a rotating bar, the faster it's moving.
That's a valid counterpoint, and it really is all situational.
Yes, but this situation is a baton being swung.
Ok, so if you run into someone standing still, that will hurt a lot, right?
Now, if you run into someone else also running who is just a bit slower than you, that doesn't hurt as much.
It's the same reason boxers "roll with the punch". If a strike comes to the face they will move their head to negate/lessen the impact
That's a flawed analogy as people tend to run horizontally.
For that to "work" you'd have to move (faster) in the same direction of the baton – meaning downwards towards the ground. Realistically you'd end up on the ground, crouching, and still within reach of a blow. It could kinda work if the trajectory is diagonal 'cos you'd roll away but you'd still be in an awkward position to avoid a blow.
Well, he asked how it worked, and that's how physics work. Doesn't matter if it horisontal, diagonal or vertical
Oh, and the first commenter just mentioned moving away
Yes, so imagine a spinning broomstick. What would hurt more, getting hit at the far end from where it's rotating or right next to where its rotating.
Or a spinning fan. Does it hurt more to stick your finger in near the motor, or at the edge.
And that's a separate question.