Studied E-Tool (entrenching tool) extensively during my military career with some side study on claymores....not the sword kind.
Swords .....not so much. Machetes, bolos, parangs, etc... Carried and used em in jungle environments to battle “wait a minute vines” but never swords.
Elephant grass feared me !
That’s my BTTT comment PJ”...:o)
Stay safe.
Now, if you can get dollar weed to mind....
;o)
Bayonet training at Parris Island with pugil sticks was as close as I got to close combat fighting. Those bouts were usually 3-5 seconds and despite the padding could inflict some pain. One guy was actually knocked out cold.
That training convinced me that medieval weapons were a good thing to have when and if the fighying gets up close and personal.