Hi Guys, When facing off in an orthodox guard against the same I am having a frustrating time trying to use the right hand (which is of course barring the...
We trained to block lead hand jabs with the right hand fairly often in MT-though that uses more of a modern guard. My suggestion-keep practicing. You'll get...
Hi Andrew, Thanks for your reply. Actually I have no probs with this from a modern boxing guard as the rear hand is quite close to the point of impact. It is...
... I am having a hard time picturing your stance exactly......where exactly are your hands? From what I am reading it sounds as though you are in a stance ...
Thanks again Tim for putting the Medoza book online. I just finished reading it last night....what a great book. I wish he would have gone into the details...
"Stuart McDermid" wrote ... Is this problem stemming from the use of the long guard or the Mendoza type guard ? If your using the long guard then consider...
... The problem with slipping is that a beginner has to register the weapon coming at him, THEN decide to slip, THEN remember HOW to slip... bam! One of my...
Happy to do so, Ken. I'll try to post it to the list's file section. You know, I like the idea of a tee-shirt! And wouldn't Mendoza's life make for a great...
Hi Stu. As always, great post. Say, by "orthodox guard," do you mean a more nineteenth century guard? Two elements to this guard that I find very useful. First...
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Thanks for making that clearer Tim. Now I can see the motto on top...Nemo Me Impune Lacessit. Which translates as No one provokes(or possibly attackes or ...
Hi Guys, This is a long guard problem. Donnelly does recommend having the forearm almost horizontally across the mark and recommends parrying the left hand...
Great Pic.....funny the fist at the top (less the saying and the branches) is the logo I was going with for West Coast Pugilism! our sub-group with in...
... Damn, I *hope* that's what he's doing ... ;) Actually, in that the picture seems to be a tongue in cheek "coat-of-arms" for a pub, he may be a bartender....
In this case I refer to the "Pugilistic Club", founded in 1814, apparently. I've read that members were distinguished by a particular design of waistcoat. Does...
... Hi TOnly(sorry but that was such a bad typo I decided to leave it uncorrrected for comedy reasons) Could give us the title and author of the PC book as...
... Ah.. a long guard problem:-) I tend to agree with you about the usefulness of this guard. Personally I have to work way to hard to parry the left lead from...
Hey Ken, ... a nice list ... bibliography of ... Sorry, it turns out my memory was faulty - the book I have is "Noble and Manly, a History of the National...
... can do ... Excellent, thanks. All information would be welcome. I hope to do a display in period kit at NA events, and this would be most helpful. Milo....
Hi Milo, ... Yep, sorry, it turned out that I was thinking of a book about the National Sporting Association rather than the PC. FWIW, I've just had a quick...
Hi Tim, sorry for the delay, I'm out of town again and email access is a bit spotty. I'll scan the waistcoat pix when I get back home (about 8 days) Tony...
Just a heads up for all Aussies and our NZ brothers and sisters , the latest issue of Australasian Fight times magazine features an excellent article by our...
My Congrats to you Tim on getting published. Now it's time for a series of articles on WMA to be written. I might even have a go myself on medieval wrestling...
Thanks, guys. Also, a huge thank you to Craig for giving me the opportunity to write the article, and also for posting it. The more we can get out there about...
I could have *swore* that one classic BKB manual gave instructions for making your own punching bag. Something like canvas packed with straw and grain or some...
... Gday Stu, if you have an article on WMA feel free to send it to me so i can pass it on to the FT staff. FT comes pretty close to including a WMA story in...
... Hi Kirk, The only manual that comes to mind when the topic of bags comes up is Billy Edwards Art of Boxing and Manual of Training. He discusses the heavy...
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