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How well he had been trained Beric knew not, but as he knew that he himself was superior in swordmanship to Lupus, he felt that his countryman's chances of success were good.

From Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

He afterwards complimented me on my swordmanship, and said that few could touch the sobah in that exercise.

From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John

The almost constant swordmanship of these last months had given Andre-Louis a grace of movement, a poise, and a curious, indefinable air of dignity, of command.

From Scaramouche by Sabatini, Rafael

The one thing he really cared for in this world was his hobby of armored weapons, especially Eastern weapons, and he would talk for hours about Damascus blades and Arab swordmanship.

From The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)