How to Hold Your Rapier Redux

[@calvintittle]

I came here as part of the Rapier and Dagger class from Tattershall. Thank you for sharing this, I'm going to start working on this.

[@3rdCoyote]

Very well made demonstration. Thank you! I will be attempting to employ this in my drills and practice moving forward!

[@wiskadjak]

I like that dagger grip too. It's the same grip I learned for the french grip foil. Some of the parries are the same as well. Sixte, seconde, quarte & prime. Definitely going to try this grip with my rapier.

[@MattJohnson-cr4ik]

Interesting. I tried this out and like the support in fourth immensely. However, in practicing I find that on actual impact, the space introduced between the hand and cross guard leads to some instability, particularly between the false edge quillion and the joint between the index finger and thumb. On impact my hand "slides" forward while I pinch. Do you encounter this as well? Of course from a martial perspective, complaining that the hand is awkward while hitting your opponent is the definition of a first world problem. But I do like a stable hand on impact to keep my point and wrist where I want then rather than risking, injury , going into a glancing blow, or having to re-shift my grip after every actual impact.

[@KrisZ-i2q]

That grip only works with certain swords and not at all with others.

[@Hadikthehussar]

Interesting--lines up with how Meyer seems to grip his rapier, since he's got the thumb in play in a similar way.

[@TSDSoCal]

For sure, I realized I had already been doing this grip with Meyer's rapier years ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmHZk2VnZ5p8jLM