(03-15-2013, 02:19 PM)Eva Wrote: Welcome! Medieval swordsmanship sounds like a really interesting hobby! Do you use different kinds of swords? And is it much different from fencing?ÂYes we use a one-handed sword, bastard sword, dagger and buckler. For instance today I do unarmed defense from dagger.
I also played fencing (foil) so i can say that there a differences. In fencing the match are always vis-a-vis, you cannot do lateral step, instead in the medieval swordmanship the lateral movement it's a good move for parring and dodging tha opponet's blade. Most important, fencing is a sport, the last step of the evolution of western swordmanship so it's elegant and refined with little and fast movements of the armed arm for touching the oppent, while the medieval swordmanship  is the fastest way to kill your opponent in a battlefield.
This is my opinion.
I have some question about the conventions of the chat. How will be discriminate the IC from OOC, and the description of an action from speech?
There aree some european RP linkshell or all are international?
Thank to all
