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such_heights.
such_heights.Nov. 9th, 2011
The problem is, it's not just a matter of looking up a specific swordfighting school. It's a really weird, oddball, fantasy kind of swordfighting that I need to figure out. I have a character who is learning to fight with an early Iron Age Celtic short sword (roughly 18" blade). Her teacher learned on similar swords 1500 years ago, but has had all kinds of opportunities to acquire new techniques and develop her own fighting style in the years since.
I know zip-all about swordfighting, and would really love to brainstorm with anyone on my flist who could help me work out some of the basic techniques that someone would use with a sword like the one I'm describing. Especially the sort of moves that someone might teach a person when they're first learning to defend themselves with a sword of that sort. (It's a magic sword, for whatever that's worth, but the main thing that's magic about it is that it never goes dull and can cut through anything.)
Feel free to link to this post if you want to spread the word. :)
I know zip-all about swordfighting, and would really love to brainstorm with anyone on my flist who could help me work out some of the basic techniques that someone would use with a sword like the one I'm describing. Especially the sort of moves that someone might teach a person when they're first learning to defend themselves with a sword of that sort. (It's a magic sword, for whatever that's worth, but the main thing that's magic about it is that it never goes dull and can cut through anything.)
Feel free to link to this post if you want to spread the word. :)