real combat w/ arms and armor

[afro-elf]

My view of combat have been shaped by movies.

So i'm looking for some real fact about combat

I AM NOT interested in fencing styles


I'l talking about
longswords, broadswords, scimatars,katana, kums, etc-



in books and movies swords are passed down through generations


but what about notching an breaking etc

i hope this is clear but i'm too fatigued to think clearly