Sword
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A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than that of a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be straight or curved. A thrusting sword te
Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century
Western Han iron sword
Apa-type swords, 17th-century BC
The swords found together with the Nebra sky disk, c. 1600 BC
Swordsmanship
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Swordsmanship or sword fighting refers to the skills and techniques used in combat and training with any type of sword. The term is modern, and as such was mainly used to refer to smallsword fencing,
Re-enactor with a Roman gladius
The MS I.33 manuscript, dated to ca. 1290, shows fencing with the arming sword and the buckler.
Sabre duel of German students, around 1900, painting by Georg Mühlberg (1863–1925)
1763 fencing print from Domenico Angelo's instruction book. Angelo was instrumental in turning fencing into an athletic sport.