Isn’t the big two handed wavy bladed sword called a flamberge? Thought a falchion was a single edged, one handed curved chopping deal.
OK, I don’t know much about swords, but I’ve always wanted an opportunity to say:
My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
That felt good.
RR
Um… Epee has no right of way/target areas. The other two do. Or did I just read this wrong?
I love sabre, and I suck at foil because I never practice it anymore, and whenever I see that dinky little blade coming at me, I parry and then catch them with the flat across their chest. Oops! Happens all the time, I’m afriad.
Tenebras
I think what Menocchio was trying to say is that while epee bouts are shorter because there’s no right of way or target area, the time between halts is longer (more probing than saber, for example).
YES! Thank you!
And Chronos, it was in my D&D Combat and Tactics book, I couldn’t dig it up though. I know what a falchion is. It’s a reverse tulwar!
Of course. But modern fencing and classical fencing are different and incompatible. In a serious dueling environment, there is simply no reason to start out of distance, as is so common in modern fencing. The poor sod who has to move in distance is going to get himself killed instantly. So while in classical epee there is in fact a great deal of feeling about, sensitity, and manipulation, a skilled fencer does not have to do this for more than a few brief moments.
Three engagements is all a master of the epee should need.
As for my feelings towards HACA, I posted them to the other swordsmanship thread. I shall link it presently.
MR