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Post by zabazagobo on Jun 10, 2019 19:55:15 GMT
From time to time, I enjoy dual wielding. Have a set of Cold Steel bokken, O katana and wakizashi. I much prefer English style sword and dagger, though. Not that hard to snipe the arms of a cutting oriented stylist with little hand protection, too many holes in that game (not talking about Musashi level of fencing, obviously, lol). A good dagger works much like a buckler and can injure without large motion. Most useful for indoor/confined spaces training, where prominent footwork and wide cuts are somewhat impeded and close play is rather common. Really like the looks of that set. What swords if you don't mind me asking?
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Post by zabazagobo on Jun 10, 2019 19:59:12 GMT
Thanks for the replies, guys. Interested to see how this goes. I've been thinking about getting the Book of the Five Rings, too. I also want to try some of the European styles, especially sword and dagger. Definitely do both. Book of Five Rings is a must, I recommend nabbing Kenji Tokitsu's book "Musashi: His Life and Writings" as the books is full of useful information outside of Musashi's writings that are invaluable to a study of the 'sword-saint'.
The more you study systems of dual wielding cross culturally, the more you get a great understanding of the body mechanics.
I'm a huge enthusiast of rapier + dagger as well, and it's a blast to practice. Really helps you understand strengths and weakness of different weapon styles and designs.
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Post by markus313 on Jun 10, 2019 20:50:06 GMT
Really like the looks of that set. What swords if you don't mind me asking? That’s a Fabri Armorum (Jiri Krondak) parrying dagger and a Cold Steel English Backsword.
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Post by zabazagobo on Jun 10, 2019 21:28:48 GMT
Really like the looks of that set. What swords if you don't mind me asking? That’s a Fabri Armorum (Jiri Krondak) parrying dagger and a Cold Steel English Backsword. I really need to try that CS out. Seeing how much you love it and praise it all the time is really starting to sell me on it.
Really love the dagger's design too, I always forget about Fabri since they're more sparring oriented.
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Post by markus313 on Jun 10, 2019 21:54:48 GMT
That’s a Fabri Armorum (Jiri Krondak) parrying dagger and a Cold Steel English Backsword. I really need to try that CS out. Seeing how much you love it and praise it all the time is really starting to sell me on it.
Really love the dagger's design too, I always forget about Fabri since they're more sparring oriented.
Oh yes, I like it. Sadly we don’t have more affordable repros of these kinds (yet)...
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Post by zabazagobo on Jun 10, 2019 22:00:21 GMT
I really need to try that CS out. Seeing how much you love it and praise it all the time is really starting to sell me on it.
Really love the dagger's design too, I always forget about Fabri since they're more sparring oriented.
Oh yes, I like it. Sadly we don’t have more affordable repros of these kinds (yet)...
Wow, the design on the one dated to 1642 is stunning. The more 'rapier'-esque ones in the blog post on Border Reivers were very interesting as well. Will be giving these a thorough read/study tonight. Thanks for sharing
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