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Speaker 1: Coach Joe Demartine is holding what looks like something out

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Speaker 1: of the fifteenth century.

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Speaker 2: It's mostly steel. There's a crossguard to guard my hands.

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Speaker 1: It's a four foot long practice sword used in long

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Speaker 1: sword class at Boston Armazare. The club meets five times

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Speaker 1: a week in Alstin in New Hampshire, and the training

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Speaker 1: to fight each other using manuals from the Middle Ages.

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Speaker 2: The main guy we use is one called Fiore, who

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Speaker 2: wrote a book called The Flower of Battle Fyodor de Matalia.

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Speaker 1: It's a form of Hama, historical European martial arts. The

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Speaker 1: rules are looser than Olympic fencing and more practical, and

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Speaker 1: Joe says many feel it's more authentic. Of course, some

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Speaker 1: of those lessons in the books are a little outdated.

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Speaker 2: At one point he tells you here's how to wrestle

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Speaker 2: a horse to the ground, which you know when nobody

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Speaker 2: wants to.

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Speaker 1: Do that, and whether they're in it for the history

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Speaker 1: or just some exercise. Everyone wears layers of cushioned armor

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Speaker 1: and heavy helmets, including me getting bopped on the head.

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Speaker 1: Kyle Schaffel w Busy Boston Soos Radio