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Insights from Historical Artwork

Woodcut of a mid-17th century Fechtschulen.  Note the weapons being practiced as numbered 1-8 beginning with dagger, and proceeding to the short staff on ground along with the halberd and messer, the foiled (blunt tipped) rapiers, long staff, wrestling, and long-swords:

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