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<blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 1513664" data-attributes="member: 12744"><p>Oh yes. At one time for a few years, I was practicing Shinkendo twice a week for 3 hours each, saber/epee fencing once for 5 hours and again for 2, and sword and buckler, rapier, and a couple other assorted experiments for 2 hours once a week. My forearms and wrists gained in size/strength considerably, but I also developed a bad case of tendonitis after a while that made me cut back (darn computer's fault). My right forearm especially; there was a noticeable difference in the size between it and the left.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yes, very true. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Correct, my reference was alluding to specific examples in the associated manual for the weapon itself, but you are quite correct about the British version. I read one account about a cavalry officer yanking himself off of his horse because he had looped the strap over his wrist so he wouldnt lose the sword, and after making the hit the sword stuck, then *bent* as he rode by and he was, ahem, dismounted. On the ground with an injured wrist and a bent sword is not a place most horsemen would prefer to be.</p><p> </p><p>While sabers of that type could be quite good for use on the ground for duelling purposes, not only do the thrusts become quite impractical from horseback but the center of percussion and lack of edge curvature limit the effectiveness of a good slashing attack from horseback. The 1796 British model that I own must have been truly frightening from horseback; it's a heavy sword with a good amount of curve, on a riding slashing attack it could put a very considerable amount of force with a considerable amount of edge on a target.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ledded, post: 1513664, member: 12744"] Oh yes. At one time for a few years, I was practicing Shinkendo twice a week for 3 hours each, saber/epee fencing once for 5 hours and again for 2, and sword and buckler, rapier, and a couple other assorted experiments for 2 hours once a week. My forearms and wrists gained in size/strength considerably, but I also developed a bad case of tendonitis after a while that made me cut back (darn computer's fault). My right forearm especially; there was a noticeable difference in the size between it and the left. Yes, very true. Correct, my reference was alluding to specific examples in the associated manual for the weapon itself, but you are quite correct about the British version. I read one account about a cavalry officer yanking himself off of his horse because he had looped the strap over his wrist so he wouldnt lose the sword, and after making the hit the sword stuck, then *bent* as he rode by and he was, ahem, dismounted. On the ground with an injured wrist and a bent sword is not a place most horsemen would prefer to be. While sabers of that type could be quite good for use on the ground for duelling purposes, not only do the thrusts become quite impractical from horseback but the center of percussion and lack of edge curvature limit the effectiveness of a good slashing attack from horseback. The 1796 British model that I own must have been truly frightening from horseback; it's a heavy sword with a good amount of curve, on a riding slashing attack it could put a very considerable amount of force with a considerable amount of edge on a target. [/QUOTE]
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