Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 22 | 249 | The View more quotes about skills">skills involved in such a display are rare. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 22 | 246 | "I wagered, I lost," he said. |
| 22 | 247 | "I think," I said, "you are an excellent swordsman". |
| 22 | 248 | I recalled the fellows in the stable, his own cohorts, whom I had set to secure him, one struck by a quarrel, but three felled by steel. |
| 22 | 249 | The skills involved in such a display are rare. |
| 22 | 250 | It is difficult for even a fine swordsman to defend himself against even two assailants, for one need only engage, setting the target, so to speak, and the other strike. |
| 22 | 251 | I would not, comfortably, have set Tajima against him, who was skilled, as I had determined in the dojo. |
| 22 | 252 | And I certainly would not, at his present level of training, have allowed him to engage Pertinax, certainly not singly. |
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"I wagered, I lost," he said.
"I think," I said, "you are an excellent swordsman".
I recalled the fellows in the stable, his own cohorts, whom I had set to secure him, one struck by a quarrel, but three felled by steel.
The skills involved in such a display are rare.
It is difficult for even a fine swordsman to defend himself against even two assailants, for one need only engage, setting the target, so to speak, and the other strike.
I would not, comfortably, have set Tajima against him, who was skilled, as I had determined in the dojo.
And I certainly would not, at his present level of training, have allowed him to engage Pertinax, certainly not singly.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)