| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 59 | 253 | The View more quotes about pani">Pani swords, like the rapier, the foil, and saber, are designed for both defense and offense. |
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| 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. |
| 59 | 255 | From the sporting contests with Tajima I was familiar with the feel of the blade, then against the gladius, and its movements, and its reach. |
| 59 | 256 | I was less familiar, of course, with handling such a weapon. |