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The barriers combat evolved over more than a century from mock battles resembling real warfare to a more genteel form of combat. Originally fought without barriers, combatants would engage in full armor with staffs or swords, inflicting real injuries. Over time, barriers were introduced to separate combatants and prevent bodily harm, reducing combat to tapping opponents with flimsy laths. By the late 16th/early 17th century, treatises emphasized grace, choreography, and courtesy in barriers combat, focusing

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Jon Gillin

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