Girls With Swords!, For Erin

[willowfall]

Yes I have a friend who has a Martini Henry that is chambered for the 577/450 cartridge, it truly is a beast and hurts more to shoot then the 505 Gibbs I had. LOL.

I was interested in your analysis as I have read that Stewart Grainger was well tutored in the british stage school of fencing and was one of the best of his time!
I agree, not a self defence style and he, like me, would likely die quickly in combat! Ok I would die quicker as he would know how to hold the sword!

Thanks for your patience and I shall trouble you no more on these matters.

BTW are you familiar with "By The Sword" by Richard Cohen. It is a history of sword fighting.

You can bother me whenever you like. I enjoy intellectual conversations and debates.

I haven't I might try to take a look at it. In general I am not fond of books that try to cover single subject like that over it's entire expanse. In this case, as far as I know, there are no extant manuals on sword fighting prior to Codex 133 which dates back to sometime in the early Middle Ages. And it, like most existing manuals, is more a dueling manual than a combat one. And lets say it was written in 1150 CE, then we are missing about 3000-4000 years of manuals on sword fighting when it REALLY mattered. So anything he writes about sword fighting prior to 1150-1200 CE is merely conjecture based on his prejudices. Not a bad thing and I'm not saying I'm smarter than he is but anything he states has to be taken with a grain of salt.

And of course no matter our love affair with the sword, with the exception of the Roman Republican\Imperial Army, it was never more than the second most important weapon in any army behind the polearm or occasionally the bow.

Which is why I'll take a good 8 ft. long oak or ash staff over any sword in existence.

kisses

willowfall

 

[Gibbs505]

Thank you for your kind reply. I came across a Ted talk by Devon Boorman who has some 20 years experence in Swordplay and the Lost Art of Knighthood.

I hope that you enjoy it.

 

[Gibbs505]

Folder 134

 

[Hugin&Munin]

some sword girls

 

[Naraku]

A couple of interesting videos on the subject of women and swords.

 

[Hugin&Munin]

Girls who know how to fight with a sword.

 

[Gibbs505]

Folder 135

 

[Gibbs505]

Folder 136

 

[Hugin&Munin]

 

[Gibbs505]

Folder 137

 

[Hugin&Munin]

Some from my collection of Sword Maidens.

 

[Gibbs505]

Folder 138

 

[Hugin&Munin]

Some other sword girls

 

[Gibbs505]

You can bother me whenever you like. I enjoy intellectual conversations and debates.

I haven't I might try to take a look at it. In general I am not fond of books that try to cover single subject like that over it's entire expanse. In this case, as far as I know, there are no extant manuals on sword fighting prior to Codex 133 which dates back to sometime in the early Middle Ages. And it, like most existing manuals, is more a dueling manual than a combat one. And lets say it was written in 1150 CE, then we are missing about 3000-4000 years of manuals on sword fighting when it REALLY mattered. So anything he writes about sword fighting prior to 1150-1200 CE is merely conjecture based on his prejudices. Not a bad thing and I'm not saying I'm smarter than he is but anything he states has to be taken with a grain of salt.

And of course no matter our love affair with the sword, with the exception of the Roman Republican\Imperial Army, it was never more than the second most important weapon in any army behind the polearm or occasionally the bow.

Which is why I'll take a good 8 ft. long oak or ash staff over any sword in existence.

kisses

willowfall

And I'll take a Lee Enfield #1 mk III with a 17" bayonet attached. At least, after I empty the ten round mag, I'll still have something to fight with!

 

[Gibbs505]

Back to.... Folder 139

 

[Hugin&Munin]

the next

 

[willowfall]

And I'll take a Lee Enfield #1 mk III with a 17" bayonet attached. At least, after I empty the ten round mag, I'll still have something to fight with!

Now you are just being silly. At least I chose an OLDER weapon than the first sword.

kisses

willowfall

 

[Gibbs505]

Now you are just being silly. At least I chose an OLDER weapon than the first sword.

kisses

willowfall

I like that 17" bayonet!

 

[willowfall]

I like that 17" bayonet!

Yeah, maybe if you used a arabesques and a plug bayonet I might think you were in the running for fair play.

Besides that makes the rifle unbalanced towards the front. You'd be wondering where your point was headed for about 2/10ths of a second before the back end of my staff struck your right ear.

Well maybe then the bayonet would come in handy ...... I could use it to neuter you.

kisses

willowfall

 

[Hugin&Munin]

Axes can also be effective weapons at times.