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Clint....skip the "transition" thoughts...a longsword is a Renaissance sword! This is not a linear art wherein there is some order in which you should learn based on time or weapon. Learn the concepts of fighting and the weapon is in addition to that. Randall points out the Rapier only to give an ...

T.J.
In addition to John and Stacy's comments, the manuals and the art work are best understood holistically. For example, as Anglo states regarding Fiore:

"[his] work demonstrates the varied matters with which the professional masters of arms was concerned: wrestling both with and without a ...