Half-sword
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title:
Half-sword
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Half-sword, in 14th- to 16th-century fencing with longswords, refers to the technique of gripping the central part of the sword blade with the left hand in order to execute more forceful thrusts against armoured and unarmoured opponents. The term is a translation of the original German Halbschwert. The technique was also referred to as mit dem kurzen Schwert, "with the shortened sword" in German. Half-sword is used for leverage advantage when wrestling with the sword, as well as for delivering a
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Sword technique
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-sword
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2022-01-14T06:33:53Z
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