The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts

Unless I have missed something obvious, the only option I see to use is the overunder grip as shown in Wallerstein. I've been messing around with it; you can do either an undercut by pulling back on the pommel and raising the arms (which while fast and powerful could potentially damage your right ...

A Viking Sword has to be held different than an arming sword. I would put the index finger near the guard but keep the the web of the hand back away from the guard. This will allow the pommel ride comfortably on the fleshy lower part of the palm.

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Thank you for clarifying. and im sure id there where any teacher in my area u would have said something i guess ill look for a group then. thank you again

William

There is an Orange County group (see the Link page for their contact information), which my or may not be within your driving range ...

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ARMA is an organization that studies the Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe (MARE), which is a sub-set of the Historical European Martial Arts. For example, we do not study small sword or saber.

Roger

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Scholars

To help you understand the article and the Fall Under the Sword and Shield play I created the following flow chart.
Note that the primary path of the play is shown in light blue while the alternative paths are shown in light orange.

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