Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Italian rapier is mainly associated with thrust fencing and is considered the root tradition of long lunges and thrusts – but the rapier packs quite the cut!
Evasions and tactical finesse with „mandritti“ and the like.
Adrian van Bronswijk, owner of Fechtschule Asteria in Lüneburg since 2013, is a trained fencing instructor for HEMA and Olympic weapons. Alongside the rapier and saber he has been passionate about the longsword for almost 14 years.
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Italian rapier is mainly associated with thrust fencing and is considered the root tradition of long lunges and thrusts – but the rapier packs quite the cut!
Evasions and tactical finesse with „mandritti“ and the like.
Adrian van Bronswijk, owner of Fechtschule Asteria in Lüneburg since 2013, is a trained fencing instructor for HEMA and Olympic weapons. Alongside the rapier and saber he has been passionate about the longsword for almost 14 years.
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