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Originally Posted by otherstar
Both characters have serious skills. Swords like Brienne are not light and are actually somewhat clumsy to wield. Someone fast and small like Arya could get inside the reach of Brienne. IRL, I've seen stuff like this happen when watching a really tall karate black belt spar with a really short black belt. The short was able to get inside the reach of the tall one.
For those who've read the books, it's thought that the lady in green with red hair in the archway is a tribute to Lady Stoneheart, who was left out of the show.
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In real life, you have never seen someone beat up someone more than twice their size unless the smaller guy was infinitely more skilled than the larger guy. Not in a real fight. Of course with swords it is different, as a well placed thrust can kill you. And had Arya quickly and surprisingly got the jump on Brienne, it would be believable. But they were going toe to toe, parrying heavy blows with a tiny sword.
You could make the argument that Arya and Brienne were only sparring and Brienne was going easy on Arya in order not to hurt her. And I think she definitely was ... to a point. It makes that scene a little more palatable.