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This is certainly a simple debate that has come up before in many discussions. I sport fenced for 5 years. I learned good timing, distance, some footwork, and bad habits. Here is a good article to take a look at. Its rapier focused, but has some overall good ideas. http://www.thehaca.com/essays/Rapier_Fencing.htm IMO, of the 3 weapons, saber is the most unrealistic. As mentioned in 'The History of the Sword', what about excluding the lower body? What about not crossing the feet, what about cuts that are no more than flicking the wrist instead of down-right blows intended to dismember an arm or shear muscle from the bone, what about double touches, what about excluding the unarmed hand, what about a pista? These are all medieval mainstays. Add them *ALL* up and you really have a very distorted 'sport' with nothing in common to its ancestors. 19th and 20th century sabre' dueling techniques seem to be little closer, and maybe thats what you are trying to do, but thats out of my experience. Cheers, Christian Darce' www.woodenswords.com
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