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Sat 17 Dec, 2005 8:01 pm
I have quicktime 7.0.3 on my MAC powerbook and no problem viewing the clips the came with my upgrade to OS X Tiger.
Should get the Pro version if I want to edit stuff in the future.
Question for Bill Grandy:
How does the length / weight of a longsword affect technique ? Specifically a true twohander like my A & A 15th century twohander against a smaller hand and a half like the A & A
Black prince or the A & A GBS.
Reach is an obvious advantage but does the extra weight mean that some techniques will be more difficult or impossible compared to the smaller more agile sword.
Strength might be a factor as a much stronger fighter might be able to use the larger sword equally well a weaker opponent with the smaller sword.
The A & A twohander is big but far from ponderous: At my body weight of 245 pounds I don't find the twohander that heavy. ( Can curl a 50 dumbbell if I cheat it a bit. ) So holding it with one hand is doable: Controlling it in motion one handed would be a challenge though. But I can a thrust one handed easily enough. ( No room in the house to test out how controllable I find a wide sweeping cut without " Killing " a lamp, destroying the T.V. or gouging a wall or ceiling.
The next step up in size are the really big 16th century twohanders at least a bit longer and maybe a couple of pounds heavier than earlier 14th or 15th century great swords: I would imagine that the handling of these would be closer to that of a pole arm than a longsword.
In any case the sparring between longswords seems to me most with swords of similar length so I am curious about what happens when different sized swords are used ?