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I' v noticed lately during my training when i throw my zwerch's i alwaise have diffucultys guarding my fingers. if it goes slow i have no problem but when i throw some real fast twich zwerchau in sparring as fast and as hard as i can, i alwaise seem to beat my oppent. but my fingers fall prey to my ...

hello and welcome to the form i dont have the time to anwser all these questions none of which are dumb by the way. but i think you should start sparring as soon as posible simply for the fact it is the most important part of training. (I.M.H.O) keep in mind almost anything can work in theroy but be...

does any one know where a traslation of meyers rapier could be found i know of the pdf file from higgins musem but none of its traslated.

There is alot of good advice and general concepts in the paradox but i agree the brief instructions hold the vast volume of the intructional text

This was the first manual i have begun to read. and every one is right he does spend a great deal of time bashing the itaiian rapier. how ever alot of his advice is sound and has cleared up a great deal for me in wma in general.

i have just finished my cut and thrust sword waster today and am begining to study the weapon. i am looking for period manuals(traslated) and articles that will help me understand this new weapon. currantly i have silver swetnam and the such but does any one know where i could find a english copy of...

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http://www.therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c909.html i am going to start practicing cut and thrust sword in silver and swetnams style and was wondering if this would make a good cheap starting sword finacal limits are holding me back from anything good. but how do you think this would hold up f...

i have no clue about the stance but i would suggest that insted of learing techniques. you should learn the principals of a fight and use the approprite master cut varaiton to attack and counter.

i agree. not only should you be able to fight unskilled, skilled and drunks but also a wide variety of diffent martail training as well a say a street fighter.

i almost frogot to explain that i relize this could and problly is due to the lack of signifficant practive and sppraing not only with skilled but unskilled fencers. but i thought it should be know that in truth i practice aginst unskilled people and have yet to really fight against someone with wma...

I know this post almost parrales the recent topic on "who you are training to fight". yet this post will have differances and will be more specific on who you are fighting against and how he will fight. now to the point. during the corse of my wma practice i have thought of my self as gett...

im sorry i suold have been more specific i am using silver primaraly as a staff manual and not for either sword or rapier

not to be rude but. could we keep this post on topic its supposed to be about interpration of slvers wards not his prefeerance or dislike for any peticular weapon


now that im done my litle rant thank you all for your time and replies

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in george silvers pardoxe of defense he sates there are 4 wards with all single weapons two with the point up and two with the point down. now relating to the short staff i am assuming these wards are simualer to swetnams guard that being the ones with the point down like the hagging in the long swo...