Sure they could. You don't see people smacking themselves with bos all the time do you?
That's actually what I was thinking but you beat me to it. lol
anytime I've ever seen someone in a movie use a long staff to fight, they have:
1) handled the entire length of it.
2) used parts of their body against the bow for leverage.
Comparing a dual ended light-saber(ala darth maul) to a long staff is stupid. a better analogy would be a long, razor sharp, double-bladed sword with the handle in the middle. And even then you can hit yourself (with the broad side of the blade) and not hurt yourself.
I've never seen anyone handle such a weapon.
Dude it's science fiction so it doesn't matter what you've seen in real life it's a fantasy world.
no dude, star wars is real man. *slap*
Blasphemy! Just because it's in a galaxy far far away does not mean that it isn't real!
ohhhh, i'm pulling my light saber on you for that one
Wow my first mod. I'm so proud. To bad it's marked stupid. lol
Well you saw Darth Maul handle one silly.