My advice to you is buy John Clements's Medieval Swordmanship and read these articles and apply the information contain therein:
Stances Meisterhauen In addition, only strike for a reason, maintain initiative, don't try to devise your own system - use Liechtenauer's or another fechtmeister's whose life depended on fighting well and do not copy what you see in movies or perform extraneous flashy movements (i.e. no twirls or squatting).
As Mr. Clements said in his book "to learn something poorly is not a virtue". If I seem harsh I apologize, but had I the opportunity to travel back in time 3 or 4 years, I would have told myself the same thing.
