OK, I'm simultaneously transcribing (OCR) Fitzsimmons (with permission) and Pepper's 1797 Broadsword manual. The problem stems from Pepper. I can read it...
An abridged session on Thursday.......... 2 rds shadow boxing 2 rds savate sparring 1 rd heavy bag 1 rd floor bag 2 rds footwork with conditioning between and...
The latter sounds like an ampersand, a stylized "et". I have found that although there are supposedly some rules for when an "s" was used and when an "f" was...
... permission) ... Pepper. I ... fact, ... more "normal" ... on ... often ... I can't help with the other issues, but the confusion about the 'f' and 's' is...
Kirk, you may get an answer on the Schola forum, I'm pretty sure there was something similar discussed a few months back ... [Non-text portions of this message...
... Could be if that was commonly used to replace the "ct" combination. ... In this case, there is clearly a cross. You can download my original scans in PDF...
I thought you had - early last year perhaps? http://www.fioredeiliberi.org/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=3 ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... Excellent. Answers my questions. Which brings us too... ... Well, yes; there's the next question. As a general community consensus (err... umm......
... Apparently I have an account there which I've forgotten about. :P Shame on me! I haven't been reading it, obviously. Peace favor your sword, Kirk...
The ct ligature doesn't do anything for me (sorry about the confusion, I assumed it was the more common "Et" until I followed the link to the original doc). ...
... OK, between you and James, it looks like the preference is the modern usage. Perhaps I'll produce that first and *then* a more historically accurate...
... Yes, because you have so much spare time that you need to fill it by transcribing something twice ;) My vote is also for it to be "modernized" for clarity....
"Convert" it to modern. The people reading it originally would have not had any problem telling how it was supposed to be pronounced, and would not have...
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... Ack! The biting truth. :-) ... Good point. Peace favor your sword, Kirk...
Hi Louie My name is Bruno Cruicchi,martial artist and researcher from Venezuela. I am very interested in surviving MA for instance my research on Garrote...
... For what my vote is worth, modernize it. After all, there's already the scan of Pepper out there for the historically accurate, correct? -- ... Keith...
Hello, My friend Hal Siegel of Therion Arms has been kind enough to post a paper I've written on a select subset of medieval German grappling techniques and...
Kirk, I see that the "s" issue has been addressed, so I'll just add that the "s" we're accustomed to is called a "short s" and the one that looks like a...
Gave a 45 min private on striking before we got started today. Regular session: 2 rds shadow boxing 3 rds sparring, savate and boxing with a focus on reading...
Hi Dennis So good to hear from you. I am indeed preparing a Web page or maybe just a Blog but I will be on line this year. Unfortunately there are no in depth...
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