I have to agree with SwordAndBuckler, there weren't many "rapier" techniques there. Remember the cone of defense. There didn't seem to be many period blocks in your fight. I'd suggest putting some money down for some schlagers. They're almost exactly like the period weapons and you guys would have more fun using them, I guarantee
Yes...i "try" to use capoferro (blue) but my friend (black)use side-sword move because never before read of rapier move and this is ours first time of training with the rapier move..in the other video you see it better training. (the video come from 2005).
Historically "rapier" is a very broad category, which includes both some of the early cut and thrust weapons and later era point only weapons with no edges at all. It's about as broad as the sabre classification, the difference being that a rapier has two edges and a sabre has one.
During the Renaissance rapier only referred to the later virtually edgeless sword used in foyne fencing. It was a purely civilian dueling weapon. The slightly earlier sidesword/cut-and-thrust sword was a military blade adapted for civilian use. Such swords were never called rapiers during the times when they were being used. Although they are now often mislabeled as such in many museums.
Rapier usually covers from just lighter than a sidesword, to just larger than a smallsword. The term "rapier" was never actually used during the renaissance by the fencing masters who developed the weapon. The classification generally includes both point only weapons, or estocs, and ones with double edges for part or all of their length, but historians like to argue, so definitions vary somewhat.
During the Renaissance rapier only referred to the later virtually edgeless sword used in foyne fencing. It was a purely civilian dueling weapon. The slightly earlier sidesword/cut-and-thrust sword was a military blade adapted for civilian use. Such swords were never called rapiers during the times when they were being used. Although they are now often mislabeled as such in many museums.
I have to agree with SwordAndBuckler, there weren't many "rapier" techniques there. Remember the cone of defense. There didn't seem to be many period blocks in your fight. I'd suggest putting some money down for some schlagers. They're almost exactly like the period weapons and you guys would have more fun using them, I guarantee
alastairkell 3 years ago
hahaha yall are funny....
LargeBlueCircle 5 years ago
hey was this choreographed ? because if it was fencing as a sport why the hell did your friend grab yer weapon
goldenirish 5 years ago
in WMA it is absolutely okay to do that. And that's not a sport, they are trainig in matrial arts.:)
szuncsu 4 years ago
Yes...i "try" to use capoferro (blue) but my friend (black)use side-sword move because never before read of rapier move and this is ours first time of training with the rapier move..in the other video you see it better training. (the video come from 2005).
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sidesword 5 years ago
Umm...why are you calling them rapiers when you use them like the "cut and thrust" swords of the early Renneciance?
SwordAndBuckler 5 years ago
Yea, you're using them more like, a sabre/epee kinda thing!
m1k3z0r2 5 years ago
Historically "rapier" is a very broad category, which includes both some of the early cut and thrust weapons and later era point only weapons with no edges at all. It's about as broad as the sabre classification, the difference being that a rapier has two edges and a sabre has one.
tlhonmey 4 years ago
During the Renaissance rapier only referred to the later virtually edgeless sword used in foyne fencing. It was a purely civilian dueling weapon. The slightly earlier sidesword/cut-and-thrust sword was a military blade adapted for civilian use. Such swords were never called rapiers during the times when they were being used. Although they are now often mislabeled as such in many museums.
SwordAndBuckler 4 years ago
Rapier usually covers from just lighter than a sidesword, to just larger than a smallsword. The term "rapier" was never actually used during the renaissance by the fencing masters who developed the weapon. The classification generally includes both point only weapons, or estocs, and ones with double edges for part or all of their length, but historians like to argue, so definitions vary somewhat.
tlhonmey 4 years ago
During the Renaissance rapier only referred to the later virtually edgeless sword used in foyne fencing. It was a purely civilian dueling weapon. The slightly earlier sidesword/cut-and-thrust sword was a military blade adapted for civilian use. Such swords were never called rapiers during the times when they were being used. Although they are now often mislabeled as such in many museums.
SwordAndBuckler 4 years ago