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The "short swords" I'm familiar with have a blade length of 30 and 1/2 inches. I know that in the Renaissance that using a rapier and another rapier or dagger was not very rare at all, and am more interested about its use in the medieval period. So granted that two blades of the same lengt...

The dual shortsword style is actually my favorite, I've used it for quite awhile. But with such limited experience I'm reluctent to draw serious conclusions on the style. As for its actual historical use it makes sense that maybe it wasn't used because it was an inferior style for the warfare of the...

I started weapon sparring about two years ago with a friend of mine short sword against short sword as a fun passtime. But after a few weeks we decided to make a martial study of the art. We both bought John Clement's Medieval Swordsmanship and over time acquired longswords and a buckler and have us...