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| 59 | 251 | View more quotes about tajima">Tajima was familiar with the two swords of the Pani warrior, and we had often sported in the dojo, he with one or both of the Pani swords, and I with the familiar gladius. |
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| 59 | 248 | To be sure, I would have preferred a different blade, the shorter, broader gladius, designed for closer work, for stabbing, for moving within the guard of heavier, longer weapons. |
| 59 | 249 | He thrust, and I parried, again. |
| 59 | 250 | There are styles of fencing, as well as variations in blades. |
| 59 | 251 | Tajima was familiar with the two swords of the Pani warrior, and we had often sported in the dojo, he with one or both of the Pani swords, and I with the familiar gladius. |
| 59 | 252 | The gladius is often used with shield, or buckler. |
| 59 | 253 | The Pani swords, like the rapier, the foil, and saber, are designed for both defense and offense. |
| 59 | 254 | The gladius too, of course, may function in both modalities, without shield and buckler, though Gorean infantry commonly combines it with the shield, and the arena fighter with the buckler. |