Florentine

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Literally; fighting with two swords, comes from the fencing schools of Florence, Italy where it was popular to fight with either a sword and dagger or two swords. This was also a popular fighting stlye in 14th to 16th century France; where they use a sword in the primary hand and a main ganche(sp?) in the off hand. Miyamoto Musashi, author of Go Rin No Sho also adovated a slightly unpopular two sword style useing both the shorter wakizashi and the standard Katana.

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[edit] In tourneys

Florentine is a mainstay event in most Tournaments. In many Kingdoms the length of the swords themselves are restricted, usually to standard short length, or 36”.

[edit] Just starting out?

See Sir Rand's An Amtgard Guide for the Competitive Newbie.

[edit] History of Florentine in Amtgard