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Testing the new Audatia Decks

January 14, 2016 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Last night, Rami and I got together and played our first games with the proper printed Patron Deck and Liechtenauer expansion pack. This was lots of fun, and very exciting for us to see the project … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Projects Tagged With: audatia, fiore vs liechtenauer, pollax

How to Write Forms or Kata for Martial Arts Training

July 29, 2015 By Guy Windsor 3 Comments

We are in the middle of our annual monster seminar, the Fiore Extravaganza. We began with a day of pollax training from the medieval French manuscript Jeu de la Hache, taught by Lois Forster. Lois … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: fiore, fiore longsword, form, How To, pollax, sword class

Being wrong can lead to wonderful things

June 3, 2014 By Guy Windsor 3 Comments

Let me tell you a story about how the Internet is supposed to work. It’s also about collaborating on research, and finding truth. A short while ago, a student of mine, Kliment Yanev, came up with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: fiore, learning, meme, pollax

Blinded by Botany: medieval malice!

May 22, 2014 By Guy Windsor 3 Comments

[There is some cool stuff in this post, but the actual identification of the famed titmallo is wrong: full story here! GW] One of my favourite passages in Il Fior di Battaglia is this, where Fiore … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books and Writing Tagged With: fiore, manuscript, pollax, sword text

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