#case of rapier

they/them

i am the fighter on the left, in the green tunic.

pardon the shaky video on this one; i tried to clean it up but eh, it works.
my opponent here is fighting case of rapier (two swords). i am fighting single sword, which, counterintuitively, is the perfect form to defeat case. the problem case runs into is keeping track of the blades. unless you are fighting multiple opponents and need to be threatening from two angles, a second long weapon can just get in the way if you aren’t careful. the two have to move together, not one at a time.
i had never fought this person before this very bout, which this clip shows start to finish. my opponent attacks straight off, one blade at a time. this is key. if they’re only attacking one blade at a time it’s just a matter of defending against the active blade while striking with my own, as i do here. obviously this can vary but in the moment i trusted my gut to go for the opening when it came.

[video description: two rapier fighters duel in a grass field with trees in the background. the fighter on the left wears a green tunic and has an ochre color hood on the back of their helmet. the fighter on the right wears a chainmail shirt over a red tunic and has a red hood. the right fighter has two swords, while the left fighter has one sword. the right fighter initiates several attacks, all of which are evaded as the left fighter pushes their opponent’s right-hand sword away and stabs them in the face. end video description.]