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Any bladed weapon which is held in one or two hands, but is not a staff or pole weapon. Use this tag when talking about martial arts which specifically focus on swords, or when swords are the main focus of the question.

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What is the difference between a sword and a knife? Which are machetes?

"Knife" and "sword" exist on a spectrum, with some things definitely falling on the "knife" end, some definitely on the "sword" end. … German "lange/grosse messer" being that swords were limited either by what guild(s) could make them, or who were allowed to wear swords, because the main difference between a falchion (definitely a sword
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Alexandre Dumas' Three Musketeers: 17th century French Rapier

There are quite a few historic manuals linked from ARMA's page of manuals. The majority are pre-17th century, but there's a good dozen from that period. As to schools, my understanding is that practi …
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