I just re-watched a segment of 2×21 “An Apple Red as Blood” and HE is right. Snow definitely has a sword in that episode as her weapon of choice. So, at some point prior to Prince Charming being taken captive, Snow learned how to use a sword. Maybe she learned to sword-fight as the only child and heir to King Leopold’s kingdom, especially since she became a daddy’s girl after her mother’s death. While perhaps unorthodox for a princess to learn fighting skills, as a crown princess, Leopold might have given his daughter extra “male” training should she ever need to defend herself and her kingdom.
I don’t think Leopold would’ve trained Snow to fight. He was old school. He would’ve expected Snow to get married and Hubby to have done all the protecting and defending. Belle even made a point about how women in the land weren’t given opportunities to be heroes and Mulan had to really fight to be taken seriously as a soldier because she was a woman.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix