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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!charnel!rat!koko.csustan.edu!nic.csu.net!eis.CalState.EDU!jlockha
  2. From: jlockha@eis.calstate.edu (Jame A Lockhart)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
  4. Subject: Re: Just Curious...
  5. Message-ID: <BzpH8u.3qx@eis.calstate.edu>
  6. Date: 23 Dec 92 09:34:05 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec23.034929.21002@alw.nih.gov>
  8. Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services
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  10.  
  11. drury@helix.nih.gov (Richard Drury) writes:
  12. > hahn@plugh.network.com (Peter Hahn) writes:
  13. > >Most every account I've seen agrees that modern day boxing was developed
  14. > >by English fencing masters around the end of the eighteenth century, and
  15. > >was, initially, sort of an empty-hand version of their sword-and-buckler
  16. > >style.
  17. > 
  18. > What's the "buckler" in sword-and-buckler?
  19. > --
  20. > Richard A. Drury
  21. > drury@helix.nih.gov
  22.  
  23. I always thought a buckler was merely a shield.  Possibly with ridges on
  24. it to "buckle" the opponents sword...yes...no?
  25.