Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Video: Rapier v. Longsword

Those of you interested in Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) may find this video of sparring between someone using a longsword and someone else using a rapier to be interesting:


I don't know the skill levels of the men involved, but it seems that the two weapons are fairly evenly matched which somewhat surprise me because I would have expected the rapier to, overall, be a quicker weapon.

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