Selected images from the brief but interesting double-weapon fencing revival spearheaded by Maitres Albert Lacaze and Georges Dubois during the 1920s.
Like the modern HEMA revival, the French dague et rapiere style referred to many combat treatises of the 1500s and 1600s; unlike the modern scene, Lacaze and Dubois were not aiming for a verbatim reconstruction of the historical styles. Rather, they were inspired by the works of Capo Ferro, Fabris and other Renaissance-era masters to develop a new, competitive and academic style of classical fencing.
Here’s the Lacaze/Dubois style in action, courtesy of a 1927 British Pathe newsreel: