Okay, if you fight as a hobby, or used to, I almost certainly know you.
I used to live with a girlfriend who was a pagan in Richmond, Virginia. (Galaxy Diner in The Fan is THE SHIT.) We went to a get together where we had all kinds of fun with wooden swords and shields. Nobody there, I believe, actually did HEMA... But we found out pretty quickly that, despite my size, I'm decent with a sword, and that I'm better with two... but I'm absolutely devastating with a sword and shield.
(Though that was probably because I actually
was small enough to completely hide behind the shield - they couldn't even get at my legs! So I'd wind up pushing the other guy around until I got a good opening and deliver a coupe de grace right off the bat.)