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I was under the impression that rapier lengths at one point were getting very much longer than what is seen nowadays. With a five foot rapier I can manage twelve feet of thrust when in a VERY deep lunge ONLY when measuring from the tip of the back foot to the tip of the rapier point. I am not that t...

I would highly caution against the Guardup sparring "batons", I have broken two of them simply from swinging them solo and they have more flex than an Olympic gymnast and no discernable edge (real important for me there). I was told by the person giving the instruction not to "hit so ...

I just took a look at the pankration site as well, great work there, on my favorites list now

Brian

Some really good answers, I suppose the differentiation of Eastern and Western can be as simple as where you choose to draw the geographical line between what defines "east" and "west" and where your perspective is. I suppose someone of middle asian descent could claim their art ...

This is one of the things I alluded to in my recent post, I and a friend practice spear and shield and short sword and shield (short sword being less than 3' in length i.e. the gladius, kopis, falcata, etc). This style of sword can be wielded both aggresively and with much intent when included with ...

Hello all, I'm new to the forum, just signed up, though I have been reading (and admiring the vast knowledge) displayed here regarding WMA for a few years now. My buddy and I have been sparring pretty regularly for the past few years in just about ever weapon form you can name ...greatsword, two swo...

Greetings,

Sent a message to Mr. Bernstein regarding getting some info on these, Does anyone happen to have an update on these wasters? I am dying to get my hands on a couple.

Thanks,
Brian
(Long time lurker, first time poster)