Thank you for your reply, Stu. Here at home I can't try things out. My wife hesitates to be my dummy, ;-) especially when I'm going to strike her strongly in...
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Mar 1, 2004 10:42 am
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In the latest edition of 'Knives Australia' our own Stephen Hand has been acknowledged in an article covering the Victorian Governments proposal to declare...
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Mar 1, 2004 12:16 pm
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Greetings To All Martial Artists and Aware People. Here is my Suggested Reading Page which lists 99 items for ITF, Combatives, Muay Thai, Grappling, Nutrition,...
... dummy, ;-) LOL Me too! Em visibly stiffens whenever I say something like. "Can I borrow your arm for a minute". I get days to practice on Monday, Tuesday...
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Hi Stu, ... Hmm, I don't see a hammerfist in 4. To me the fingers are visible so they are extended and the blow is delivered with the edge of the hand. I agree...
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Mar 2, 2004 2:19 pm
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... why didn't ... work with an ... If I had made a transcription then people like you could have cast doubts on my infallible writings, and even lead other...
Hi Stefan, You wrote. ... I wasn't certain about this myself. It actually looks like a half folded fist to me. Maybe it is a "cupped hand blow"? Stefan also...
... Yes, the artwork leaves much to be desired in this manual! I agree with Stu babout the te4xt but don't really see this in the plate but I do believe that...
Ok, since the text is precise about 'between the fingers' it has to be the plate which is unprecise. BTW, is the 'Chronik alter Kampfkünste' the original sice...
Stefan Dieke
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Mar 4, 2004 11:17 am
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Hi Eli, ... Bad, bad me. Fortunately the old tradition of burning heretics is over - at least in this part of the world. ... Yes, that's damn precisely saying...
Stefan Dieke
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Mar 4, 2004 11:17 am
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No. 9 is obvious, isn't it? *absolutely* No. 10 starts with a background question: Why would one grasp an opponent crosswise? *It is kinda hard to see exactly...
As an FYI (after my initial enjoyment of the thread...) Yahoo has decided to deliver messages haphazardly again, so I'll be going back through the archives and...
Hi Everyone, ... No.9 *IS* obvious but I don't think we shoudl gloss over it. In certain styles of Jujutsu and Taijutsu, such a posture is used to advance on...
... can't. Most of ... in would be ... Why is that so bad? People who don't understand German very well, if given the choice between going by the pictures only...
The Exiles are presenting a one-day workshop on Sunday 4 April 2004 at Barking, London. This will exclusively concentrate on the martial system of Fiore dei...
Hi all, has anyone ever seen instructions for sword-cane fighting? I'm assuming that, because they were (and are) generally illegal, no-one would risk...
Good Question: Also I have not seen a commercial sword cane that I would want to put edge to edge with anything Cheers Morgan Shea theIFDG.com ... [Non-text...
Not including a few very expensive older pieces, the only sword cane I have seen that I liked, and bought, actually has a foil type blade inside. It is made...
Ciao a tutti, This is a very intriguing topic. Arturo Perez Reverte tells mirably Astarloa's skill with bastone animato. Apart literary suggestions of one of...
The X or crucifix guard (for want of a better term ) used by Passchens is mentioned in Ned Beaumont's book "The savage Science of Street Fighting " on page 119...
Is the Indian stick style of silambam similar to English staff? The site below has a video. /www.silambam.com/ OSU! Jason McIntyre, sensei Tsunami Karatejitsu...
Craig, Fiore's dagger gards include this position, and it is my opinion (for what it's worth) that this is the section of his treatise that deals with striking...
Thanks Bob , The more references we can get the better , hopefully Gianluca and others will discover additional info about this guard . Craig G ... ...
craig gemeiner
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Mar 8, 2004 3:28 pm
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... Atlanta Cutlery sells some Sword-Canes. One has a full length rapier blade. Peace favor your sword ... "In these modern times, many men are wounded for...
