Period rapier combat is often described by those who first see it as “Three Musketeers” style of fencing, or “fencing in the round”, but it is really the study of a style of rapier combat that predates the Musketeers by several hundred years. With a dual focus on accurate historical style and modern safety, the study of period rapier combat is a wonderful way to begin to understand the life of the renaissance mind.
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