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Thank you for the insight. It would make sense that the nature of pommels would be different at the time of the manuscript's writing (I would assume that perhaps many of them were wheel pommels). Also, As a side note, be sure to have a firm grip, but definitely not a tight grip. I know when I first ...

When I was reading through the Codex Döbringer for the first time, I came across a passage which read as follows: "Know also that a good fencer should before all things know his sword and be able to grip it well with both hands, between the cross guard and the pommel since you will then be safe...

Instead of making a new thread, since I live in South Florida, I'll just post in this one. I'm situated in the southernmost Florida Keys, it takes a while to drive to the mainland and I don't know anybody here who practices martial arts of any kind. I have resorted to using one of the palm trees in ...