Yep. Important to remember that these were purely thrusting weapons.
> I'm not sure if the Short sword schools used two swords. My
> faint memory suggests they might have, but I'd have to check.
Last time we had this discussion, one very important point kept getting confused, so let's clear it up now. There's no question about using two "swords" where the second one is a short sword: say up to 24" blade. It happened, it's effective. The question is over two "full-size" swords, where it seems to have only happened in very specialised circumstances, mainly for the good reason that when using them as slashing weapons, you tend to end up cutting your own hand off or spending more time dodging your own weapons than attacking the enemy.
When quoting a "two-sword" technique, make very sure whether you're talking about a long sword/short sword combo, or two long-swords. There's a huge difference, and descriptions are often ambiguous.
But in HQ/Glorantha, there's an easy answer. You use magic, or have the choreographer on your side :)
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