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AlexanderHowl · 01-12-2018, 08:49 PM

No, I have to say that I am skeptical about that one. I was associated with the SCA for ten years down in NC and never met anyone who fought with more skill with two weapons than one. They might have trained themselves to be more effective, two attacks can be better than one, but that does not mean that they were more skillful. My fiancee also spent 15 years learning classical fencing under some of the most skilled instructors in the USA, including dual weapon techniques with rapier, smallsword, and saber, and she pretty much agrees that they are just flashy because she can beat any dual weapon fighter with just one weapon.

01-12-2018, 08:49 PM	#28
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	Re: Allowing Technique Mastery with Dual-Weapon Attack No, I have to say that I am skeptical about that one. I was associated with the SCA for ten years down in NC and never met anyone who fought with more skill with two weapons than one. They might have trained themselves to be more effective, two attacks can be better than one, but that does not mean that they were more skillful. My fiancee also spent 15 years learning classical fencing under some of the most skilled instructors in the USA, including dual weapon techniques with rapier, smallsword, and saber, and she pretty much agrees that they are just flashy because she can beat any dual weapon fighter with just one weapon.