Anyone gearing up to watch the new season? I've been praying that they add a submission/catch wrestling division. "This communication may contain information...
Jackson claims that Ben Jonson refered to VS by name in his works. Perhaps someone here has a citation? Meanwhile, my own search continues, but if the research...
Got started a bit late but I spent the extra time rubbing Metal Glow on our Hutton Sabres. I noticed that they'd started to get a bit of spotting after the...
... I've not read much Jonson and I couldn't find anything in the Gutenberg files. There is, however, a 'Saviolina' in 'Every Man Out Of His Humour', described...
From what I understand the term "True" and "False" Edge on a long sword is used to describe respectively the edge facing away from you and the edge facing...
James I don't have my books right in front of me to give a complete reference but the edges are described in most of the German manuals, such as Ringeck. The...
Hi James! ... Yes ... Don't know precisely, but I'm pretty sure Fiore uses the terms, and Doebringer does equivalent for the Germans, so those are both 14th...
Paul Wagner
galloglaigh@...
Sep 2, 2006 7:13 am
21240
Started as normal, rounds of shadow boxing, boxing, heavybag, focus pads, ground bag, footwork. The weather finally broke so the temps are really nice for...
Hi Folks, Halfsword today. We started with stance, footwork and guards as always. Today we focused on techniques from or relating to the Third Guard. We...
Consider this a gentle reminder that the October 1st deadline for "What Would Liechtenauer Do?", a weekend seminar on German Medieval martial arts, at...
http://books.google.com/books? vid=OCLC17527508&id=uLKxWGd4xt8C&printsec=titlepage Worth going through and saving the images, then compiling into a pdf maybe? ...
OK, the "Blades" part is a lie. We didn't do any blades this time. "Brawling" on the other hand... We spent the entire session doing Quarterstaff drills. ...
Hi Jake , Apologies for not getting back to you sooner. Welcome to the board Jakes father trained at the Gemeiner Savate Academy ( Australia) during the 1990s...
craig gemeiner
ozsavate@...
Sep 9, 2006 8:57 am
21250
Started out as usual with our boxing program. We have a new guy so extra time was spent on working some basic drills with and without the focus pads. Along...
Hi Folks, Pollaxe on Saturday. As always, we started with stance, footwork & guard drills. We then moved on to drills of the 5 simple attacks: Overhand Blow,...
... Are these similar to strikes from high to low and from low to high? ... Care to expand upon the topic here? Sounds interesting. ... What are your thoughts...
Hi Kirk, ... Yes, they are. ... There are two ways you can make a thrust: You can slam forward with both hands or you can pump with one hand while letting the...
... Sounds like lots and lots of good fun. Good grief I've got to find more time for this sort of stuff! I wonder if it'd be OK to let my family life suffer?...
... Then I think I've got a fair (if general) idea of what you're describing. ... [snip] ... Excellent. Yes, thank you. ... Good point. I'm sitting here...
... They're very much like the Oberhau and Unterhau of Longsword fencing; in fact, I call them the Oberschlag and Unterschlag. The books don't *specifically*...
What I see when I try to access it at this moment; *There seems to have been a slight problem with the Sword Forum International database.* Please try again by...
Works now. Or does for me. George To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes. - --Tacitus on Germania __________________________________________________ Do...
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