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“I hope that one day the audience will demand the same degree of martial realism in a fight as it demands visual realism in special effects. The”
― The Swordsman's Companion: A modern training manual for Medieval Longsword, 20th Anniversary Edition
― The Swordsman's Companion: A modern training manual for Medieval Longsword, 20th Anniversary Edition
“Life is good, but living in fear is not my idea of living”
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“The rules of feinting are pretty simple: you must create a credible threat. As your opponent responds, your strike should take less time than his second parry. Your end position should also close the line of his riposte. He may not notice that his parry has failed, and may hit you as you hit him. That he has made a mistake doesn’t make his blow any less effective. In”
― The Medieval Longsword: A Training Manual
― The Medieval Longsword: A Training Manual
“Gohan, let it go. It is not a sin to fight for the right cause. There are those who words alone will not reach. Cell is such a being. I know how you feel, Gohan. You are gentle; you do not like to hurt. I know because I, too, have learned these feelings, but it is because you cherish life, that you must protect it. Please, drop your restraints. Protect the life I loved. You have the strength. My scanners sensed it. Just let it go.”
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“First one, then the other, describes in clear fencing language, in detail exactly what occurred. For example: “Mary was in coda longa, I was in posta di donna. Mary attacked with a thrust to my face. I tried to exchange the thrust, but my sword caught on the back of my mask and I missed my parry. Mary’s thrust landed in my face”. Then Mary describes what she thought happened “well, I started in tutta porta di ferro, and attacked with a mandritto fendente … (you’ll be amazed how rarely you’ll agree with each other to start with). Lastly, the observer states what he thought happened. If the observer doesn’t have a reliable fencing memory, use a video camera too. When”
― The Medieval Longsword: A Training Manual
― The Medieval Longsword: A Training Manual
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