swordplay
Dueling with blades
Swordplay is fighting or fencing with swords, whether in actual combat, sport, or theatrical performance.
The word extends to any clever back-and-forth exchange resembling a duel: The interview featured witty swordplay between host and guest.
Swordplay in film often involves elaborately choreographed sequences.
Defeat a plan
- epeeFencing blade
- sabreCurved single-edged sword
- parryDefensive blade deflection
- riposteSwift clever reply
lunge · touché · piste · bout · fleche · counterattack · disengage · feint
Japanese bamboo fencing
- kenjutsuJapanese martial blade art
- iaidoMartial art of drawing swords
- bushidoSamurai honor system
- katanaCurved Japanese fighting blade
samurai · dojo · sensei · sparring · claymore · cutlass · wushu · singlestick
Ethical standing and dignity
- secondsTime units, or extras
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
- challengeTest of ability
- antagonistOne who opposes another
provocation · affair · rapier · dawn · pistols · combatant · gentlemen · code
Designing performance movement sequences
- stage combatSimulated theatrical violence
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- stuntDangerous feat for spectacle
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
Zorro · musketeer · pirate · performance · flourish · drama · acrobatics · hero
foil
Defeat a plan
riposte · lunge · touché · piste · bout · fleche · counterattack · disengage · feint · advance
kendo
Japanese bamboo fencing
katana · samurai · dojo · sensei · sparring · claymore · cutlass · wushu · singlestick · melee
honour
Ethical standing and dignity
- secondsTime units, or extras
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
- challengeTest of ability
antagonist · provocation · affair · rapier · dawn · pistols · combatant · gentlemen · code · insult
choreography
Designing performance movement sequences
- stage combatSimulated theatrical violence
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- stuntDangerous feat for spectacle
rehearsal · Zorro · musketeer · pirate · performance · flourish · drama · acrobatics · hero · villain
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- Ren fairejousting, knights, mead, turkey legs, jesters
- swashbucklersswashbuckler, swashbucklers, swashbuckling, pirate, pirates
- Gladiatorsgladiator, gladiators, arena, combat, gladius
- stunt workstunt coordinator, stunt double, stunt performers, stunt coordination, stunts
- Zorromask, cape, rapier, secret identity, masked avenger
swordplayarchery
Shooting with bows
marksmanship · sharpshooting · gunplay · gunnery · artillery
swordplaywordplay
Verbal wit techniques
diplomacy · negotiation · verbal sparring · debate · peacemaking
swordplaypeacemaking
Resolving conflicts through negotiation
pacifism · nonviolence · diplomacy · mediation · reconciliation