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Historical fencing

Historical fencing denotes any European system of use for the sword that predates the three classical[?] fencing weapons. These systems may be traditional, or they may be historical martial arts reconstructions. See also rapier, smallsword, longsword.

For more information, please see The Association for Historical Fencing (http://www.ahfi.org/)'s Web site.

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