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Just stumbled across this-
Thought I'd share. Pretty fascinating stuff, although perhaps not as heroic as I might have in my mind. It's a recreation of certain techniques as provided in a manual from 1404 (the Fior di Battaglia) that had illustrated techniques for fighting with a longsword.
Cool cool.
Watch Accurate Recreations of Medieval Italian Longsword Fighting Techniques, All Based on a Manuscript from 1404
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Thought I'd share. Pretty fascinating stuff, although perhaps not as heroic as I might have in my mind. It's a recreation of certain techniques as provided in a manual from 1404 (the Fior di Battaglia) that had illustrated techniques for fighting with a longsword.
Cool cool.