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So this is a traditional fencing balestra which is really just a hopping advance and then a lunge in quick succession. (& http://sworddueling.com/2009/08/12/the-balestra-quartata/). So what I’ve been calling a balestra isn’t one – ah, terminology.
What I’ve been doing is when leaping forward powering out with the leading leg, with a rising hip & the quad kicking, like skipping on air, out forward, gaining extra distance. It works best with backhand & rising cuts.

Git yr old manuals right here…

I like the explanation of the techniques but when he talks about how x and y affect scoring in fencing, I’m reminded of how poncy it is. Why can’t you step off the line? Because dems da rules. Silly rules.

Seems to be they are just flicking each other with wire. They couldn’t make those moves with real swords, they couldn’t “whip” them around guards, and they are always both dying.

Rapier Fighting which makes sense when you and your opponent both have rapiers and which makes alot more sense if you have a parrying dagger to pair with the sword.








Drawings from Fero (1610).