Here we go again! https://youtu.be/z50aH3tGiNE … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2019
Ask the Sword Guy: AMA part 2
Here you go! Some rambling on training with sharps, and the ethics of martial arts... https://youtu.be/boOVVT9qUxY Links from this episode: Bullshit post Training with Sharp Swords: … [Read more...]
Ask the Sword Guy: AMA part 1
Hi yesterday I sent an AMA email out to my mailing list, and got inundated with questions. The first two are answered in this video. https://youtu.be/V3i18qzPgEo I hope you like the … [Read more...]
A stitch in time, or twelve years late!
I’ve had my woodworking bench for twelve years now. It’s been a good workhorse, small enough to fit into my bijou little workshop spaces but big enough to be useful. It first lived in a corner in the … [Read more...]
On drawing the sword! (Fiore Translation Project #21)
We in the historical swordsmanship community are often asked about drawing the sword. I wrote a short chapter on it in my book Swordfighting. The chapter was short because there isn’t much information … [Read more...]
Fiore Translation Project #20 defending with the dagger against the sword.
If you have been following The Fiore Translation Project from the beginning, you may recall that I gave myself permission to skip about in the treatise as the whimsy takes me. I had a nagging feeling … [Read more...]