[MA] Historical Style: Bolognese Sidesword

Polydamas · 12-02-2016, 02:15 PM

You can find my write-up of one of the styles in this tradition at http://gurpswiki.wikidot.com/mas:bol...-dall-agocchie

I definitely would not include any Grappling skill! There is a perk which lets you make off-hand parries with another skill (probably Main Gauche, Rapier, or Shield [Buckler] for this style) but that is not prominent in any of the 16th century manuals I have read. The unarmed defences against the dagger should probably be a separate style, since (working from memory) Fabris treats them as a separate module and since amongst masters of the 16th century only Marozzo discusses them and he also puts them in a separate section. So a wide range of unarmed parries, grips, and throws was certainly not something which every student learned.

Conoisseur (Fencing) is very appropriate, because this was a culture where showing good style was at least as important as getting the most hits on the salle floor.

12-02-2016, 02:15 PM	#2
Polydamas Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central Europe	Re: [MA] Historical Style: Bolognese Sidesword You can find my write-up of one of the styles in this tradition at http://gurpswiki.wikidot.com/mas:bol...-dall-agocchie I definitely would not include any Grappling skill! There is a perk which lets you make off-hand parries with another skill (probably Main Gauche, Rapier, or Shield [Buckler] for this style) but that is not prominent in any of the 16th century manuals I have read. The unarmed defences against the dagger should probably be a separate style, since (working from memory) Fabris treats them as a separate module and since amongst masters of the 16th century only Marozzo discusses them and he also puts them in a separate section. So a wide range of unarmed parries, grips, and throws was certainly not something which every student learned. Conoisseur (Fencing) is very appropriate, because this was a culture where showing good style was at least as important as getting the most hits on the salle floor. __________________ "It is easier to banish a habit of thought than a piece of knowledge." H. Beam Piper This forum got less aggravating when I started using the ignore feature Last edited by Polydamas; 12-02-2016 at 02:18 PM.