Quote Originally Posted by Myrdin View Post
Good choice. Rapiers are quite deadly. I personally prefer the one and half handed bastard swords which to me always translated as the finest dueling weapon, but I must admit, the combination of Rapier and dagger/main gauche is very amazing and extremely deadly.
I was also just about to mention that getting whacked on the softer, leathery part of the Men by your 7th-Dan, dual-wielding Tanken/Shinai Sensei hurts

The European styles are also a lot more practical than the Asian arts, although Kendo alone barely covers the basics of a good sword fight; the Katas of Kendo and Kenjutsu covers the more practical techniques. But even then, practitioners of them say that it's better, or more convenient to practice Kendo over Kenjutsu.