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My (limited) experience is that if someone goes for the lower leg as I am closing, I usually hit them in the head a moment later. On the other hand, it would be cold comfort for me limping around on my peg to know that I won ;-) They guys in Lance's group (Hong Kong) have a wide variety of backgroun...

Apologies if I am missing something obvious, but I haven't found anything yet in a fight manual covering this. What is the best way to close when fighting with sword and buckler against a longer weapon? I find that it is difficult to avoid being hit in the legs when doing so. The things I have tried...