please add Caucasus fencing - parikaoba/farikaoba with shashka and buckler

[i-dot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdffmyuWans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uvJyEhdkb8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqeiWawbzLo
it is the weapon of ethinic Caucasians from Caucasus
the specifics is that the sabre with hilt only for nobles were allowed
so common people used long knifes as long as a sabre but without any hilt called "shashka"
as was it has no hilt it used with a buckler for fencing
officially it was called as "a knife for cutting a vinegrape"

[Bauta Beepsky]

This looks more like a big knife rather then a sword for a starter it has no hand protection.
Sadly the videos you uploaded are mostly showpieces and look like they only work in a staged context, which isnt bad its part of every culture.
Can you find any HEMA recreations of the fighting styles in writing or in Video ? Would be nice to see.
The grip is really beautiful i hope we get some cool grips like that in the future
Buckler and similar things are in development so you might get lucky

[i-dot]

Originally posted by Баута Беепски:

This looks more like a big knife rather then a sword for a starter it has no hand protection

so a buckler used
as I told above a hand protection was allowed only for nobles

Originally posted by Баута Беепски:

Can you find any HEMA recreations of the fighting styles in writing or in Video ? Would be nice to see.

I have found this one http://georgians-weapons.com/Pharikaoba.pdf (look at page 57)
I think you should contact these people http://georgians-weapons.com/
guess they should know traditional fecning masters in Georgia
(I'm an Asian so for me Caucasus Fencing as exotic as Poland Saber Fencing)

[Jean von Estling]

is it the martial art with some roots to crusaders? Jerzyk Miklaszewski from Silkfencing HEMA club in Kraków, Poland, was even making some classes related to that. I'm not sure if I was one a one, but i remember sabre and buckler training.

[Fejj]

Originally posted by Баута Беепски:

This looks more like a big knife rather then a sword for a starter it has no hand protection.
Sadly the videos you uploaded are mostly showpieces and look like they only work in a staged context, which isnt bad its part of every culture.
Can you find any HEMA recreations of the fighting styles in writing or in Video ? Would be nice to see.
The grip is really beautiful i hope we get some cool grips like that in the future
Buckler and similar things are in development so you might get lucky

Shaskas/Shasqua and Messers are both very similar in that they're both "Long knives," which commoners carried due to regulations of the time

I own two Shaskas, one original late 19th century Cossacks cavalry Shaska, and one Napoleonic replica of an infantry Shaska, and I will say that they handle quite nicely. I use the replica to spar with a friend against his scimitar and the Shaska is much more suitable for thrusts, it's always a fun time

All that being said, this is the first time I've seen a buckler being used along with a Shaska, granted most examples I've seen have been in use with cavalry, and it would be cool if OP could share more about it

[i-dot]

Originally posted by Fejj:

All that being said, this is the first time I've seen a buckler being used along with a Shaska

it is because cossaks did not use buckler with shashka as ethnic Caucasians did

Originally posted by Fejj:

it would be cool if OP could share more about it

I've told whatever I know about this issue including http://georgians-weapons.com/Pharikaoba.pdf
I've never been in Caucasus and I'm not ethnic Caucasian (I'm a Central Asian) so the shashka for me is very exotic weapon