sword fighting - FightWrite A Writer's Resource for Fight Scenes, Action and Violence Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:36:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.fightwrite.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-fist-pen2-1-32x32.png sword fighting - FightWrite 32 32 Using Two Swords https://www.fightwrite.net/using-two-swords/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-two-swords Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:36:05 +0000 https://www.fightwrite.net/?p=10432 I’ve just returned from the Writer’s Digest Conference and what a conference it was. There were great speakers, informative sessions and more food than you could shake a stick at. For my part, I had two successful classes with students who asked great questions. I will talk about one of those questions today. For this month’s FightWrite post on the WD blog, we will be looking at the two-sword fighting style. I have written on this previously but from a fighting perspective more than writing perspective. Is the Two-Sword Style a Thing? I am asked about the two-sword style at …

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]]> Carrying a Katana on Your Back https://www.fightwrite.net/carrying-a-katana-on-your-back/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carrying-a-katana-on-your-back https://www.fightwrite.net/carrying-a-katana-on-your-back/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2020 19:43:00 +0000 https://www.fightwrite.net/can-you-carry-a-katana-on-your-back/ This past weekend at the Realm Makers convention, I had the privilege of speaking to a great group of writers about creating fight scenes. I was asked some really good questions, a couple of which stood out. So, over the next few weeks, I will be discussing a few of those. Today we will look at carrying a katana on your back. (Since this writing, I did a podcast covering this subject with edged weapons expert, Kirk McCune. Spotify Apple Podcasts  LibSyn  ) Can you really carry a katana behind your back? When I first posted this, I had no …

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]]> https://www.fightwrite.net/carrying-a-katana-on-your-back/feed/ 4 Carrying a Sword on Your Back https://www.fightwrite.net/carrying-a-sword-on-your-back/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carrying-a-sword-on-your-back https://www.fightwrite.net/carrying-a-sword-on-your-back/#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2020 21:23:51 +0000 https://www.fightwrite.net/?p=8684 Kirk vetted the blade portions of my book for accuracy. Due to the public outcry that begged the question, can you carry a sword on your back, I did a podcast with edged weapons expert, Kirk McCune. Kirk is a Bahala Na Master but his expertise extends to swords of the Western world as well. In fact, I once asked him what sword he would have as an everyday carry and he said a rapier. I love interviewing Kirk not only because of his vast knowledge, but the man is a writer at heart. He sees things in a writerly …

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