I don't think kicks go that far.. Because with a katana (any swors)you also have your footwork.
Edit: i see, you are a backpeddlar!?
I never backpedal. I either fight, or run away. Never backpedal. You can't backpedal 90% of the time anyway, since the katana is so damn short.
Your katana has 50 weapon length while stabbing? Interesting.
Yes, since if you do it from much further away you glance or "miss". When I say miss, I mean that your sword goes through them for a moment then you're flapping around in the wind because of the turning nerf.
One thing that has always annoyed me (and it might even be a bug) is that if you hit a guy that is kicking (not his block. HIM. As in doing damage to the person currently trying to kick you), it doesn't cancel the kick. More than once I've hit a guy who tried to kick me because he blocked wrong, only to be hit by the kick right after and him getting a free hit on me. Really annoying.
I think I posted a thread about it a long time ago.
This. Vex kills me like this all the time, I stab him (and do damage), he kicks me through my stab damage, then I'm stunned and he pummels me like the nerdy kid at school.