Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-85.130.101.225-20130816112245/@comment-7472785-20140306061124

Well, her semblance wouldn't help in a wrestling match, wouldn't it?

Other than that, sword -shield combat techniques is more than just defending with the shield. It's really dual wielding with the shield being used as much defensively as offensively. So Pyrrha very likely can be presumed to be a master of the combined weapon system.