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I mentioned Harnischfechten in my previous post.the stupid thing is that swords are treated like clubs to bash well armoured places where in reality swords would be used to penetrate weak areas. it just looks like a messy brawl where the actual utility of the weapons and armour makes no sense. look uo Harnischfechten, actual manuscripts or artwork from the medieval period.
Yeah, the swords don’t do much other than score points. For dueling that is the purpose, a nonstop sword fight to score higher points. The hits don’t hurt and there is no point in hitting hard. Now the melees and profights are a bit different. Many guys prefer axes and pole arm’s because they do more damage and you really feel the hits. Swords again don’t do much other than score points for strikes in profights, and melees they are pointless unless you use them for grappling leverage. I have a heavy falchion that hits pretty hard, but it really is a glorified war hammer. But we for some reason cannot use war hammers (which I would love) so that’s what I’m left with. I used a mace before but it’s a bit too short for my liking.
I love being able to use my MMA training and throw kicks, knees, elbows, punches, and even headbutts. I like using a buckler shield because I can use hooks and uppercuts on top of straight punches. It gets messy but it will get better as fighters get better. Much like the striking in MMA was when it started. Most fight end up with head straight up brawling. My fight on Sunday, even though he whooped me, I did slip a few of his shield punches which I haven’t seen often in the sport.
I want to give using a zwiehander a chance for team melees, hit hard and have huge leverage.
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