Silver's Highland Broadsword

[Cutlery Penguin]

From fencing.net.

I think a good introduction for sport fencers to HEMA is not through the longsword, but through George Silver's works. They were written for the Scottish broadsword, primarily, but are equally applicable to sabre if that's your shiny sparkly thing that makes you grin.

So care to explain quite how this isn't demonstrably untrue?

[Motley]

Fiore dei Liberi claims to have won five judicial duels and been in at least one battle. These claims are unsubstantiated, but his methods are extremely similar to those expressed in the considerably more substantiated Liechtenauer tradition, as well as there being the possibility of Liechtenauer being a tutor of Fiore. While this is one of the less substantial authors in terms of combat authenticity, he couldn't have been far from the mark as it seems whoever his teacher was, it was a good one.

and you feel mis-represented by Silver's Highland fighting style?

[Cutlery Penguin]

Fiore dei Liberi claims to have won five judicial duels and been in at least one battle. These claims are unsubstantiated, but his methods are extremely similar to those expressed in the considerably more substantiated Liechtenauer tradition, as well as there being the possibility of Liechtenauer being a tutor of Fiore. While this is one of the less substantial authors in terms of combat authenticity, he couldn't have been far from the mark as it seems whoever his teacher was, it was a good one.

and you feel mis-represented by Silver's Highland fighting style?

Yeah, fair point.

[Alex Putnam-Spreier]

Fiore dei Liberi claims to have won five judicial duels and been in at least one battle. These claims are unsubstantiated, but his methods are extremely similar to those expressed in the considerably more substantiated Liechtenauer tradition, as well as there being the possibility of Liechtenauer being a tutor of Fiore. While this is one of the less substantial authors in terms of combat authenticity, he couldn't have been far from the mark as it seems whoever his teacher was, it was a good one.

and you feel mis-represented by Silver's Highland fighting style?

I just...

I don't even...

I...

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