In the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Elizabeth gets a lot more sword fighting action. (As I recall, she didn't actually get to sword fight in the first one, and Keira Knightley asked for more action to be written in for her character).
I assume Will might have taught her, but do any of the movies explain when and where she learned to sword fight?
The only explanation is given in the second film, Dead Man's Chest. In it, this exchange takes place between Elizabeth and Jack:
ELIZABETH SWANN
Jack, the Letters, give them back.JACK SPARROW
No. Persuade me.ELIZABETH SWANN
You do know Will taught me how handle a sword.JACK SPARROW
As I said... Persuade me.
Unfortunately, that's all we really hear about her training. The next thing we know, she's a duel-wielding, swash-buckling, accomplished fighter.
For what it's worth, Cracked.com named her entire character as the *second most inexplicably skilled person in an action movie.
