Two-Sword Vs Sword and Shield

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I recently learned that there were Gladiators in Rome that fought with two-swords. They were called "Dimachaerus" The word in Greek means Two Swords. "Di" meaning Two and "Mechaera" meaning War-sword. Machi is the Greek root for war.

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[vyrewatch12321]

It's called dual-wield.

[tsafa1]

@vyrewatch12321 You can call it whatever you want... and its fine by me.... but we are talking in modern English so it is not going to historically correct either way. The Romans called it Di-Macheara... which they got from the Greek  "Di" meaning "two" and "macheara" which means "large blade". Di-Grassi called it "case", because the swords were usually carried in case rather then on the body. Every culture that every used a sword would have had its own name for the form.

[Blightrecords]

speed, agility, and endurence if your skilled. i dont have to deceive my oppoinent to win, i just have to be more quick and more agile with my movements and attacks. The endurence card is played when one fighter looses the concentration and can no longer fight to his or her ability.

[tsafa1]

@Blightrecords Speed, agility, endurance, strength are all physical qualities that effect how well you can use your skill. Developing Skill is a matter of training. Deception though is a quality that can catapult a fighter several levels higher. Some of the best fighters I have encountered are in their 50's and not longer have speed, agility, endurance and strength... they still win fights because they fight smarter with deception. A person can not stop aging... they can still fight better.

[anphelps27]

Ever watch highlander?

[tsafa1]

@anphelps27 The movie or the TV series? They mostly use two-handed swords. The swordplay you see in Theater and the Movies is refereed to as "Stage Fighting". Its main purpose is to entertain. The movements are done is such a manor that they can be easily seen by the audience. Competitive fighting is the opposite. The movements are done in such way so they are seen as little as possible. Deception and misdirection is everything in swordfighting.

[sijar1]

his guard is also fairly open, a hit straight down between those sticks to the head that's leaning forward would be an easy hit. preemptive cross blocks with the non-atacking hand is a good practice to develop (im still working on that myself).

Grim is a great example of this technique, as seen in my video titled "Florantine fighting at Cudgel war tournament 2011"

[sijar1]

the guy with two swords has a strange stance, he's leaning forward too much, this puts him a bit off balance, and more strain on the back, moves his head much closer to the oponent without substantially increasing his range, and angles his shots more downwards making high shots harder. he's also leaping up into the air on his attak in a strange way. im sure more experianced SCA people can give him good advice

[DaRkCaBoOdLe137]

@bookercreator You can fight SCA heavy combat/combat archery at age 16 with parental consent.

[bookercreator]

@tsafa1 I have a shield... now i just need to get two years older (to fight because you need to be 18),armor, and a sword.

[anphelps27]

@tsafa1 I was just kidding man. TV and movies never get anything right. If you are a sword fighter, you prolly laugh at the way they fight on the screen. Sword fighting is hard as hell and give big respect to anyone that can do it. I like the two handed swords the best.