This is a recording of an enclosure match at a Sword Arts meeting in summer of 2012. The fight is within a small enclosed box that is marked off to ensure limited fighting space. Since neither fighter can advance or retreat very far they have to execute their movements accurately and skillfully in order to not lose ground. Lack of proper distancing will get you slain or pushed out.
The weapons shown are a Chinese straight sword dao against an Italian shell guard rapier plus an ornate main gauche support dagger.
