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Yes, I copy you, Jake.

Italian sabers varied greatly from state to state until the country became unified, and from one branch of the military to the other so there was not "one" pattern. But what was taught in the big schools at the time was taught to all the military (even from different states within the coun...

OK, now I have to disagree, because we seem to be running very far with concepts that are not quite accurate. First of all, not all classical sabre systems are the same. In the Italian, for instance, you only have one guard, the tierce. And the tierce is VERY MUCH similar to the position in Capo Fer...

OK, now I am even more confused. So the cuts delivered from a Kendo guard and a kenjitsu guard (which are essentially the same guard) are not cuts, because kendo is a sport? I think we are getting mired in semantics.

The standard kendo guard also resembles a tierce, and you can give some pretty mean cuts in kendo. I'm confused.

Allen, that's an interesting way to look at it, but I'm afraid you are leaving out a lot of factors. First of all, you can very much cut from prime, seconde, tierce and quarte. I'm no expert, but I have friends who practice Agrippa, and they do so all the time, as their master shows in his book. Esp...

Thanks, Scott. Yes, that was my point.

Also, it appears that Mr. Oakeshott's name has been misspelled (you need to add another "t" at the end).

Wow! There's an ARMA DC? Do they practice German Longsword, which is my area of interest?

I just moved to the US (Virginia) from Belgium. I have two requests: 1 - How do I join ARMA? And where is the nearest group where I could find practice partners? I am in Northern Virginia, town not yet 100% selected (around Vienna, though). 2 - Could someone PLEASE correct the In Memoriam to poor Mr...