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wow, thats the most amazing display of solo sword craft i have ever seen, absolute poetry in motion. thankyou so much for sharing this. is this a national sport and is there a name for it and practitioners, just wow, thanks again
 
Looks amazing. How does it cut and hold up? They used to test wootz with a piece of falling silk.
 
Herma said:
wow, thats the most amazing display of solo sword craft i have ever seen, absolute poetry in motion. thankyou so much for sharing this. is this a national sport and is there a name for it and practitioners, just wow, thanks again
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Фланкировка - Flankirovka - Flanking. ( From fr. flanquer - flank, fire on the flank) (obsolete). Execution of fighting techniques with a lance and saber.
Flanking is a set of exercises that develop the culture and skill of handling cold weapons, or their constructive counterparts (sports weapons). Flanking should be considered as practicing fencing movements in a training situation. Many schools of hand-to-hand combat have made individual changes to the classic fencing techniques.

In the Cossack tradition, the classic flanking techniques are:

"Eight" (horizontal and vertical) - execution of a series of chopping blows in one plane. At the same time, the tip of the swordsman's blade draws the number 8 in space.

"Damn" or "Nine" - a variant of a complex horizontal figure eight, in which one hit of the figure eight is performed in front of the Cossack, the second behind him, covering his back

"Devil with scrolling" - a complicated version of the "Line" in which 3 blows are made: one in front, one on the side and one circular blow that covers the back

Vertical volumetric "figure eight" - a series of two or more oblique chopping blows at different heights: neck-thigh, neck-body, thigh-body.
 
HJK said:
Looks amazing. How does it cut and hold up? They used to test wootz with a piece of falling silk.
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Girls flank with normal sharpened schaschka, when they study - of course with blunt schaschka..
 
Just wondering, that blade has three grooves that look like they would stop the blade from going through something. Why is it made that way?
 
ErikMB said:
Just wondering, that blade has three grooves that look like they would stop the blade from going through something. Why is it made that way?
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The fullers lighten the blade. They do not decrease the cutting ability of the sword.

They are found on many swords arround the world, from nearly all time periods.
 
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