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Add variables to the situation. Other weapons can be used to lower the danger associated with that space. For example throwing a saya, shuriken, knife, or loosing an arrow requires a response on the part of the recipient, and this creates a gap in the defense. With regard to closing the distance, students ought to be very cognizant of the speed and power that a determined adversary will put into closing the space. Imo forms are useless without heat applied. The techniques fall apart under stress. Particularly that knife disarm.
8+8+3=0 ;) I study George Silver and he speaks of the 'first distance' which he describes as the distance at which teh opponent must 'Of necessity move in with the foot or feet' I interpret this as having a space of around 2-3 inches between the tips of your swords. The first distance at which yuor opponent is a viable threat. At this distance two actions must be made for a strike to land. From here you can move in and control, offer opening to your opponent or steal the second action. Most people I fence with try to start with the tips of the blades crossed which I find incredibly dangerous as there is only one action to make a strike and therefore you must panic on teh first move of your opponent. Silver speaks of this as well stating that from this distance the first mover wins as the second mover is always behind. I love the part at the end where you mention that the big cuts are for when you have time and space to do them. Most of the fight is done with small actions to gain control of the situation before making a strike. This is exactly how I see fencing, thanks to Roland Warsecha and his study of the 1.33.
The interpretation of punching distance is being misunderstood in my opinion. I believe what they mean is your fist fully extended can touch their fully extended fist. It can be demonstrated by standing in front of a training partner normally(no bladed stance) and both extend their right fist/arm out, adjust position to the point where the arms are fully extended and the fists are barely touching. That is the maximum distance you can be at and still be able to strike your opponent. The problem everyone has when trying to understand distancing is they use the opponent's torso to define the "only" target. There is more than one target. Striking the hands takes away your opponent's ability to attack you. Take the hands and then you can easily take the head. Obviously, the max distance changes when using polearms and projectile weapons. The short distancing is defined as your weapon can completely go through your opponent's torso. The space between max and short is the danger zone. You can both easily strike one another.
Just for clarification, "you have to be within punching distance" to strike your opponent with a sword. What I described is punching distance in terms of sword play.
