>>43375304To give an common example, Myamoto Musashi. But his style was inspired by seeing a Philippine soldier using a sword and dagger in combat, which is actually taught more frequently than the single sword style.
There's the obvious parrying dagger of Europe, there was some German style using two cleaver-style knives, there was the Florentine style using two rapiers.
Back in Korea, dual wielding was big enough to make a style based on dual wielding while on horseback. In China, we have the obvious butterfly swords, hook swords, jian and dagger, and dual axes.Thailand has a dual stick style, dual dagger style, and a tonfa and knife style, as well as a dual karambit thing.
In Africa, there was a sword and spear style, but the spear had an attached shield to it. Don't know the proper name for that weapon.
If I really wanted to scrape the bottom of the barrel, Vikings dual wielded spear and sword, and two swords. But Viking combat is less based on using the right weapon than is based on out-witting, out-skilling, and humiliating your opponent.
