Actually, unarmed martial artists stand no more chance in a zombie attack. You see, the dead, animated flesh suffers little or no trauma from blunt assaults, and zombies feel no pain, so joint locks are pointless. On top of this, zombies are far stronger than a normal human, which means that blocks are pretty much pointless.
On the other hand, a sword is a mighty fine thing to have in a zombie attack.
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