Video is cringe but comments are worth reading. Lots of ethnotards & deletes attacking the Rs. https://twitter.com/imjadeja/status/1249342023062245376
A point about what he's doing (badly) though. I've seen & heard about something similar IRL near Udaipur once.

The flourishes are mostly for show. In battle, it's faster but the elbow remains tucked in. The goal is to distract the enemy while coming close & punching with shield.
Cope.

1- Everyone could hold arms, not just Rs. Rs are famous for their wars. Guess who isn't?

2- This chap is a bigshot intellectual from Harvard BTW. Tells us all we need to know about the place.

3- I dont see him posting a video with a sword. https://twitter.com/Profdilipmandal/status/1249360377772756994?s=19
Posting pic to show who all have RTed.

Note the name of Brumby, that hero of Trad Twitter.

I forget where I read it but apparently Indian converts were the only large community NEVER hired by anyone because of how cowardly & venal they were described by contemporaries.
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