Hey Allen, I figured that out after I sent the first mail, however I am still curious what he (Silver) means by "point-down" guards or wards. Does he mean...
Has anyone here used the Virtual Blade at www.virtualblade.com in their training? I'm thinking of picking up one or two for the school but wanted to see if...
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... From: Chris Amendola <chris.amendola@...> To: western-arts@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 1:22 pm Subject: Re: [western-arts] Some Help with...
Only two of us today...work demands and the flu cut our numbers quite a bit this week. Started with 2 rounds shadow boxing 1 rd boxing at about 3/4 speed...
If you missed WMAW 2007 you missed a really great conference and you should start saving your pennies now for WMAW 2009. The Chicago Swordplay Guild again...
... Nine? NINE? What happened to 2008? That's a typo right? Because I've been saving my pennies for '08... and there better be one or it's krotchpunts for ...
Thanks. I'll go dig through the chapter now to see how the ward is "played". One more question: does Silver have a "point down" ward with the sword? Thanks in...
... Good luck with that. ... No, the next one will be in '09. They are alternating the event with 4W in Seattle, which will take place in '08. An event of this...
... Masters of Fencing: From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century". A good modern one is Richard Cohen's "By the Sword". ... Yeah, just ignore the first...
... From: Chris Amendola <chris.amendola@...> To: western-arts@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 7:03 pm Subject: Re: [western-arts] Some Help with...
Okay, so there are precendents to the low guards of Cunnigham in historical sword works. Not sure if that is all that exciting to most, but for me it was an...
... From: Chris Amendola <chris.amendola@...> To: western-arts@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 9:56 am Subject: Re: [western-arts] Some Help with...
Especially if that guard was physically similiar to the "natural" usage of the implement (cane) in question. Thanks, Chris Amendola ... [Non-text portions of...
Brawling: Warmed up to Bata pattern then moved on into drills. Worked on Chaining Drills. As I've mentioned before, these are 2 person drills where the person...
Chris, you may also want to look at Hopes New Method for smallsword - it is extremely similar to cane use, especially vigny, using a hanging guard (High Prime)...
... historical ... me it ... Hi Chris, this note might be redundant by this stage, but Silver's True Gardant ward is a point-down hanging guard - closing off...
Tony, Thanks for the clarification. I realize now "point down" is an incomplete description of what I am interested in, which I should call "low guards with ...
... Fiore Dei Liberi's system has a number of low guards similar to Cunninghams. From these a number of parries, exchanges and rebats are used. -- James M ...
James, I really need to "Go Renaissance" with Dei Liberi, I always wanted to learn his wrestling and dagger, just seems like I am over-loaded already. I go...
I would like to formally announce the existence of http://viahup.com, an expertise driven knowledge base covering a wide range of Italian martial traditions...
Apparently the comma gets included in the URL for some folks. The correct URL is just http://viahup.com Apologies for any confusion, Eric ... From: Eric Myers...
... I mentioned it earlier, but there is a lot of Dei Liberi related stuff at www.fioredeiliberi.org, plus the exiles have some wonderful material up at their...
Looks like a good thing to have. Be sure to include a glossery!! (with links.) ... George To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes. - --Tacitus on...
A very dear friend of mine is in Lansing for a few months and is in dire need of some swordly goodness. Can anyone help her out? -- James M [Non-text portions...
... James, I'm assuming you mean Lansing MI, USA. If so, the only thing I know of in Lansing proper is John Lennox's theatre program at LCC. I don't know where...
If she can make it down to Kalamazoo (about 1 hour in the opposite direction of Josh...), I'm doing a bit of Fiore work. Schedule is sporadic due to it only...
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