Kenway - "Disarms"

I’d judged right. There was Cobleigh at the far corner. His back was to me and in his fist was a raised knife. Waiting for me to appear, he was a sitting duck. I could have reached him in three quick strides and slipped my blade into his spine before he had a chance to fart.
But no. I wanted him alive. I wanted to know who his companions had been. Who the tall ring-wearing man able to stop Julian from killing me had been.
So instead I disarmed him. Literally. I darted forward and I cut his arm off.
Or, that was the intention, at least. But my inexperience as a swordsman was all too obvious, or was it simply because the sword was too blunt? Either way as I brought it down two-handed on Tom Cobleigh’s forearm, it cut his sleeve and burrowed into the flesh, but didn’t sever the arm. At least he dropped the knife.

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag, Chapter 14