Great points are made here and I find myself agreeing with Matt Easton. I recall a time when I was down in Virginia for VAF Swordsmanship event in 2012 I used a Montante Trainer and I was able to perform well controlled cuts, my better attacks were thrusts. Even when longsword bouting with a fellow classmate from SIGMA (now on hiatus) I was able to use Speaking Window at one point in time and used little to almost no cuts.
