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January 2010 |
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New ARMA Homepage and
substantial revisions, restructuring, updating, and merging
of content and page sections.
ARMA
International Gathering 2009
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| Added
November 2009 |
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Where's
All the Ground Fighting?
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| Added
September 2009 |
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Our
New "Rosetta Stone" - Advancing Reconstruction of Forgotten
European Fighting Arts
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| Added
July 2009 |
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Open Workshops
for Renaissance Fencing Enthusiasts
Editorial:
Flawed Thesis Disorder: the Current Crisis of Our Subject
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| Added
April 2009 |
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The
Challenge of Defining a Martial Art
Editorial:
Matching Goals with Means in Your Historical Fencing Practice
Editorial:
A Sword Story
Our Credo - the ARMA "Code of Conduct"
ARMA
Memorium Tribute to swordsmith Paul Champagne
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February 2009 |
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Ten
Reasons Why Longsword Fencing Differs... So Much from
Modern Fencing
Longsword
Practice and Pell Exercise videos added
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| Added
December 2008 |
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Reclaiming
the Art of the Blade
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| Added
November 2008 |
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Ringen
Vocabulary (PDF)
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| Added
October 2008 |
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The
Centrality of the Longsword in RMA Study
Avoiding
the Temptation to Systematize
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| Added
August 2008 |
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Renaissance
Martial Arts - The Web Documentary
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| Added
July 2008 |
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Longsword
and Katana Considered
New
Book - Masters of Medieval and Renaissance Martial Arts
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| Added
April 2008 |
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Opining
on the State of the Art - A Conversation with ARMA Director
John Clements
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| Added
November 2007 |
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ARMA
International Gathering 2007 - Full Report
Art
and Action - the challenge of combining sources with method
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| Added
October 2007 |
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The
Passing of Hank Reinhardt
The
Burrell Collection at Glasgow Museums
Ashokan
Sword 2005 Conference Review
New
Videos - Freeplay at Iron Door Studio
Fight-Book Clues
to Quality and Build of Knightly Weaponry
Getting Punchy –
Fist-Fighting, Wrestling and Fight-Books
Duel of Theobald versus
Seitz – Germany, 1370
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September 2007 |
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A
comparative pictorial study of the Wards and techniques
of the I.33 or Tower Fechtbuch
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| Added
July 2007 |
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Modern
"Masters"?
Interview
with Master Bladesmith Kevin Cashen
Editorial - Making
Better Sense
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| Added
June 2007 |
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Fight
Earnestly - the Fight-Book from 1459 AD by Hans Talhoffer
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| Added
May 2007 |
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Sword
Show - Edges & Flats
Edge
Bashing Basement Experiments I
New
video - displacing diagonal cuts edge to flat
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| Added
April 2007 |
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How
Were Swords Really Made?
New
video samples
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November 2006 - February 2007 |
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Commemorating
Our Martial Tradition
Editorial:
Historical Fencing Over 40
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| Added
September 2006 |
| Test
Cutting Video of blunt bastard sword on bamboo |
| Added
July 2006 |
Atlanta
Bladeshow 2006 Lecture/Demo
Photos:
Guanajato, Mexico. Presentation 2006
Our
Year in Review 2005 |
| Added
May 2006 |
How
Were Swords Really Made?
New
Youth Article - Why So Many Kinds of Sword? |
| Added
April 2006 |
| Fiore
Dei Liberi Study Guide PDF |
| Added
March 2006 |
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Interview
with swordsmith Peter Johnsson
New
Youth Page Question & Answer: "Why are there so many
kinds of swords?"
Five
Questions...
The
Real History of the Crusades
Interview
with swordsmith Paul Champagne
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| Added
February 2006 |
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Mertein
Hündsfelder: Fechtlehre
mit dem Kurzen Schwert c.1491
Editorial:
On the Threshold
From
the Fringe - 6 new tragic incidents
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| Added
December 2005 |
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Editorial:
Sense and Pretense
Some
Historical Swiss Swords Examined
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| Added
November 2005 |
| Armor
Research Society Conference; Chicago 2005 |
| Added
October 2005 |
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The
Fight-Book of Hugues Wittenwiller from Late 15th Century
AD
Evaluating Historical
European Martial Arts on Television
Lone
Star Schwertlager 2005 - Review
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| Added
September 2005 |
The
Best of ARMA Research Articles
ARMA
Reader's Choice Top Favorite Articles
Top Myths
of Renaissance Martial Arts |
| Added
August 2005 |
Talhoffer
and Causes for Fighting
Master
Ott's Wrestling
Basic
Fiberglass Rapier Simulator How-To
From the
Fringe - 9 new incidents |
| Added
July 2005 |
| The
Physical Reality of Forceful Edge Impacts |
| Added
June 2005 |
| Talhoffer
Longsword: Armoured and Unarmoured |
| Added
April 2005 |
| Modern
English version of Hanko Döbringer's Fechtbuch from 1389 |
| Added
March 2005 |
| La
Verra Antiga |
| Added
February 2005 |
Spotlight
- ARMA 2004 Year in Review
Book Review
- "Dueling with Sword and Pistol: 400 Years of One-on-One
Combat" |
| Added
January 2005 |
| Fabris
the Assassin |
| Added
December 2004 |
The
Weighty Issue of Two-Handed Greatswords
Texas
Renaissance Festival 2004 Demonstration Photos
Core
Assumptions and the Exploration of Historical Fencing |
| Added
November 2004 |
| The
Mastercuts - What They Are and What They Aren't |
| Added
October 2004 |
| Editorial
- History
and Heritage |
| Added
September 2004 |
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New Article -
On
Damaged Edge
Senior
Free-Scholar Prize Playing Photos - Gene Tausk
Senior
Free-Scholar Prize Playing Photos - Stewart Feil
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| Added
August 2004 |
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Mertin
Siber's Fechtlere of 1491
The Weight of Two-Handed Great Swords
Editorial - Reviewing
Reviews - considerations on replica
sword opinions
Editorial
- Understanding
the Origins of Misconceptions -
where do false impressions come from?
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| Added
July 2004 |
| Sir
John Reresby: Seventeenth-Century Scrapper |
| Added
June 2004 |
| A
Brief Introduction to Armoured Longsword Combat |
| Added
May 2004 |
The
Extraordinary Streetfight of Sir Kenelm Digby
One Student - A Yearling's
Perspective - Editorial |
| Added
April 2004 |
| New
Youth Q&A Article: All About Rapiers |
| Added
March 2004 |
| Provo
Event 2004 Pics |
| Added
Feb 2004 |
| History
of the Pell |
| Added
Jan 2004 |
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What
did Historical Swords Weigh?
Using
the “F” Word – The Role of Fitness in
Historical Fencing
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| Added
Dec 2003 |
| Considerations
for Female Practitioners in Renaissance Martial Arts? |
| Added
Oct-Nov 2003 |
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The
Process of Learning Lost Martial Arts - Editorial
The Death of a Martial
Art? - Editorial
Arms Research Report - Swiss FAH
Teaching
and Training with Intent
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| Added
Aug-Sep 2003 |
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What
exactly is it? - Editorial
New
longsword demo video clip
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| Added
July 2003 |
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ARMA
International Gathering 2003 - Full Report
SIGMUND
RINGECK'S KNIGHTLY ART OF THE LONGSWORD - new
book!
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| Added
May-June 2003 |
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Sweden
Event 2003 Pics
Knights
vs. Samurai - revised and updated!
“Fence
with all your strength…”
To
Spar or Not to Spar?...
Hey
Mister ...is that sword real? - Article on replicas
plus Swedish Royal Armory photos
Late 16th century German Fencing
from the Codex Guelf 83
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| Added
April 2003 |
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Spotlight
- ARMA's Year in Review 2002
Duel of
the Century - the Jarnac-Chastaganeraye Judicial Combat
of 1547
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| Added
March 2003 |
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Sword
Show 2003 - Report
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| Added
February 2003 |
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Pinder's
Contest - 16th century rural English Prizing
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| Added
January 2003 |
Sword
Motions & Impacts
Codex
Wallerstein Book - Study Sheet & Revised Intro
Critical
Characteristics of Swords?
Renaissance Man - Column
What Makes an Effective
Sword Cut - how a cut works
The Myth of Cutting
vs. Thrusting Swords |
| Added
November 2002 |
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From
the Fringe
Peachey
the Shoomaker's Challenge
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| Added
October 2002 |
Photos
of ARMA Sweden Longsword Seminar
Ewart Oakeshott Tribute
Sigmund
Ringeck's Knightly Art of the Longsword
Historical
Fencing and Re-Enacting |
| Added
July & August 2002 |
On Parrying Part III
2002 Interview with Dr. Sydney Anglo
Wasters - the history
of wooden swords
Liechtenauer's
Sword & Buckler Teachings |
| Added
June 2002 |
| Major
New Essay: The Sword
& Buckler Tradition |
| Added
May 2002 |
The
Myth of Edge-on-Edge Parrying in Medieval Swordplay
Rapier Combats in Early
17th century English Literature
Photos of
Atlanta Retreat 2002 |
| Added
April 2002 |
A
Brief Glossary of Italian Rapier Concepts
Update to Member's Area:
New 24 test-cutting video clips and assorted photos.
New video clips on cutting exercises.
First parts of ARMA Director extensive conversations
interview. |
| Added
March 2002 |
Translation
of Wurm's wrestling book
of c. 1507
A "Lost" Fencing Book from c. 1650 - The
Truth of the Sword |
| Added
Feb 2002 |
| Sword
Show 2002 Las
Vegas - Report |
| Added
Jan 12th 2002 |
New
Editorial on Interpretation
& Application of source manuals
Article
on the importance of studying the Fechtbuchs |
| Added
Jan 2002 |
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HACA
is now the ARMA!
NEW
ARMA PAGES:
An Introduction to Historical European Martial Arts
page
Article on Renaissance Martial Arts Literature
Jörg Wilhelm’s Fechtbuch of 1523
Images art from fencieng texts of Marozzo, Agrippa,
Di Grassi, Capo Ferro, & Alfieri
Analysis of a 15th century English fencing poem
More fighting techniques & wrestling from Sigmund
Ringeck's 15th century Fechtbuch
Excerpts from a lost 16th century English rapier
treatise
New image files of Fillipo Vadi’s text of c. 1480
along with translated portions
New Youth Club section – an educational program for
kids!
New InTheatre Program – Professional Stage-Combat
Certification by a noted authority!
New ARMA-Approved tools & equipment page
New update of Medieval
Fencing Glossary – over 50 new entries
New revision of Renaissance Fencing
Terminology – over 25 new entries
Entirely expanded Reading List & Study Bibliography
– with over 200 new titles!
Expanded and revised list of historical master’s works
Redesigned historical online source manuals page
Over 20 new Historical Art section images
A new Dialogue with modern practitioners page
Interviews with professional armorers
Material from Petter’s and Passchen’s 17th
century works
Definitions of Sword Replicas page
New Book & Video reviews
Article on studying the historical source manuals
Article on exploring principles of historical swordplay
Expert Consultants page
An article on free play “wargames”
Wav files for pronunciation of Fechtbuch terms
8 New video clips & 14 new Member's clips
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| Added
November, 2001 |
| New
Essay: Historical
Fencing Study - The British Legacy |
| Added
October, 2001 |
| New
Oakeshott Book Review! Sword in
Hand |
| Added
September, 2001 |
New
Article: "Interpreting"
Historical Examples: Thoughts on the Quality of Replica Swords
New Essay: “Tactical”
Swordsmanship - Scenario-Based Training for the Sword |
| Added
August, 2001 |
Interview
with Hank Reinhardt, 2001
European Historical Combat
Guild Seminar Report - held at the Royal
Armouries.
New Book Review - Blood
Red Roses - the Archaeology
of a Mass Grave from the Battle of Towton, AD 1461.
Member's Page Updated.
New Medieval Fencing Manual! Hans Czynner - little
known 15th century Fechtbuch on armored long-sword
& dagger. |
| Added
July, 2001 |
New
Book Review: Medieval Military Costume
Full Codex Wallerstein
manual now online.
Member's
Page Updated. |
| Added
June, 2001 |
Historical
European Combat Guild Inaugural
Seminar at Royal Armories
Houston
HACA's Summer Test-Cutting Gathering Report
New Book Review: Viking Weapons
& Warfare
Member's Page Updated.
Expo Report on Atlanta Medieval
& Renaissance Martial Arts Expo!
New - Schola
St. George Medieval Swordsmanship Symposium Pics |
| Added
May, 2001 |
New
Article: A
Brief Look at Stances & Guards of Medieval Longsword
New Article: Stick
Fights & Boxing in Renaissance Venice!
New Photos on Seminars
and Workshops page
New Editorial: Rumors, Innuendos,
and Half-truths
Member's
Page Updated. |
| Added
April, 2001 |
26
New Video Clips Added to new Video Page! - see HACA practice,
training, & loose-play
New Essay: Martial
Art or Combat Sport? How to tell where
your fencing fits in
New Editorial: Martial Arts
Unbelief: "At the Edge of Knowledge"
New Editorial: "Renaissance Swordsmanship"
book 4-Year Anniversary |
| Added
February, 2001 |
Images
of Glenbow Museum antique swords
Images of
Calgary Rapier Seminar
Photos of HACA
Renaissance Swordplay
Images of Free-Scholar Prize Playing |
| Added
January, 2001 |
Sword
Show 2001 - New Orleans - Special
Report
New Manual! - Images from Paulus
Hector Mair’s rare and extraordinary Fechtbuch of
c. 1540.
New Guest Editorial: Avoiding
the Commonplace in Historical Martial Arts |
| Added
December, 2000 |
Fechtbuch
of Paulus Hector Mair
- Images from a rare 16th century manual
The Year 2000
Review of Medieval & Renaissance Martial Arts
Keith
Ducklin, Royal Armouries-HACA Seminar
New Essay on interpreting Achille
Marozzo's Opera Nova of 1536
15th
century English Great-Sword Text - This short,
rare text, known only as "Additional Manuscript 39564" (or
MS. 39,564) is now online at HACA. |
| Added
October, 2000 |
HACA's
Euro-Trip 2000 Report!
NEW! Rare 15th century Fechtbuch images - Gladiatorie
Additions to Ringeck's
manual - Part V |
| Added
September, 2000 |
Sword
2000 Event -Special Report Exclusive!
New Essay - Legs, Wounds, &
Standing Up in Historical Fencing |
| Added
August, 2000 |
New
Essay: Consideration of Grappling
& Wrestling in Renaissance Fencing
Introducing the new HACA Membership
Structure!
Book Review - The Martial
Arts of Renaissance Europe!
37 New Photos to 15
new pics under Rapier Fencing, Rapier vs. Sword, S&B
/ C&T, and Seminars & Workshops sections. |
| Added
July, 2000 |
| Over
90 new titles added to Reading &
Research List! |
| Added
June, 2000 |
Exclusive
HACA preview of The
Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe! Plus exclusive
interview with the author!
Added 10 New Pieces to Historical
Artwork Section
New - HACA Director Editorial: "Content
& Character - Historical Fencing Information on the Web"
Reviews
of Medieval Swordsmanship Book! |
| Added
May, 2000 |
HACA
Hosts the Inaugural Conference of
Swordplay Symposium International - Houston,
May 27-29, 2000!
Three new Historical Fencing texts plus 29 additional titles
on war & military matters from the 16 & 17th
centuries have been added to the Historical Texts Reading
List! |
| Added
April, 2000 |
New
Essay! - The
"Politically Correct" Study of European Martial Arts?
Artwork from The Book on the Art of Fighting With Swords
by Fillipo Vadi. c. 1482-1487!
New Essay! - What
Have We Learned From HACA Rapier Fencing?
Updates
to Historical Texts Reading
List |
| Added
March 2000 |
The
Harleian Manuscript
Analysis Project - Interpretation of a 15th century English
text on the two-hand or great-sword
Images from Fechtmeister Joachim Meyer's
Kunst des Fechten -
c. 1570
Updates to Historical Manuals
of European Masters!
More
additions to Master
Ringeck's Fechtbuch Comentaries
More than a dozen new titles added to Reading
& Research List |
| Added
January 10, 2000 |
| Introduction
to Frederico
Ghisliero’s Rapier Text of 1587 |
| Added
January 3, 2000 |
| Eight
new titles added to Reading & Research
List |
| Added
December 21-28, 1999 |
More
than thirty new titles added to Reading
& Research List
Material from Fiore Dei Liberi's Flos
Duellatorum of 1410 added!
Updates to Historical Fencing Terms
Update to Insights from Historical
Artwork (new picture 58) |
| Added
December 14-17, 1999 |
More
plates added to Talhoffer's
Fecthbuch
1443, 1449, & 1459 editions.
Medieval Long-Sword Proficiency Certification
for Free-Scholar Curricula added for plus Student Study
Sheet notes at the end of the Membership Section
Cross-section photo of HACA's New
Contact-Sparring sword design added to the construction
details section. |
| Added
December 7, 1999 |
| Artwork
from Albrecht Duerer's early 16th century Fechtbuch! |
| Added
November 23-30, 1999 |
Updated
Version of Codex
Wallerstein - more and clearer
images
NEW! Insights
from Historical Artwork
- now redone with twice as many entries!
Updates to Historical Fencing Terminology
List
HACA Exclusive - George Hale's 1614 rapier text, The
Private Schoole of Defence
NEW! Hans Talhoffer's Fecthbuch
1443, 1449, & 1459 editions! |
| Added
November 9 - 14, 1999 |
HACA
Exclusive - 18 images on long-sword from the rare
Codex
Wallerstein, a collection of anonymous German
text and illustrations from c. 1470
HACA Exclusive - Excerpts
from Das Solothurner
Fechtbuch, another rare Medieval German fighting
manual. |
| Added
October 20-25, 1999 |
Das
Ringersbuch der Hans Wurm - HACA exclusive, rare German
wrestling text of c. 1600.
Le Jeu de la Hache
- HACA exclusive!
Complete Official English Translation of 15th century Treastise
on the Polaxe!
I.33 - German Sword
& Buckler Manual
Oldest known European sword manuscript from c. 1295!
Updates to Reading List, New
Book Reviews, and Historical Terms |
| Added
September 20-30, 1999 |
Pictures
from the `99 Houston
Seminar
Updates to Reading List, New Book Reviews, and Historical
Terms
14 New photos of contact-weapon
practice & sparring with long-swords |
| Added
September 2, 1999 |
| NEW
HACA WEBSITE LOOK! - to see it refresh your cache on
your browser for all pages |
| Added
August 13-31, 1999 |
The
Deeds of Jacque de Lalaing Feats
of Arms by a 15th Century Knight
Even more updates to Historical Terms
list
NEW!
HACA's 1999 Sword Research
Trip to England - a full report with 50+ photos!
An Introduction to George Hale's The
Private School of Defence, 1614 English Rapier text |
| Added
August 3-10, 1999 |
More
additions to Master
Ringeck's Fechtbuch Comentaries
Additions to Pietro
Monte Essay
Updates to Historical Terms
list - 6 new terms added
Update to Reading & Research Bibliography list - thirteen
new titles added
NEW! Artwork
from 19th Century Study of Historical Fencing
Updated Historical
Fencing Definitions page
Updates to Historical Manuals
of European Masters. |
| Added
July 6-8, 1999 |
|
Five
New Photos of Sparring - Other
Weapons
New Book Review: Arms
& Armor of the Crusading Era 1050-1350 Vol. I
Part II & III - Master
Ringeck's Fechtbuch Comentaries
HACA exclusive, 14th century long-sword
manual!
|
| Added
June 25, 1999 |
| New
Interview
with John Waller - Head of Fight Interpretation, Royal Armouries |
| Added
May 18 & 25, 1999 |
3
new test-cutting pictures added - Cutting
Practice
New Book Review: Anglo-Saxon
Weapons & Warfare
New Book Review:
The
World of the Medival Knight |
| Added
May 14, 1999 |
|
The
Compleat Sword-Man: An Introduction to the Teachings
of Sir William Hope
Two excellent new pieces added to Insights
from Historical Artworks
Four new photos of HACA exhibition at the 1999 Mardi Gra
Martial Arts Camp: sword &
rapier
|
| Added
May 6-7, 1999 |
Pietro
Monte – Medieval to Renaissance Master …once again
THE 1999
HACA NATIONAL SEMINAR!
Master
Ringeck's Fechtbuch Comentaries - a
HACA exclusive, 14th cen. manual!
Stephen Hand's "The Practical
Saviolo" (Revised Edition) PART
1 / PART
2 / GLOSSARY |
| Added
April 19-28, 1999 |
|
8
more photos under Medieval
Long-Sword - 3
New Essay: Part
2 of How to Teach an Understanding of Parrying
12 New pieces added to Unarmed
Medieval & Renaissance Combat
3 New pieces added to Insights
from Historical Artworks
|
| Added
April 5-12, 1999 |
|
Unarmed
Medieval & Renaissance Combat - A new section devoted
to these fighting arts
Update to Insights from Historical
Artworks - 1 new piece added
Art27
|
| Added
March 18-24, 1999 |
|
Over
30 photos added to 3 sections: Long-Sword
1, Long-Sword 2,
& Other Weapons
New Essay The Ubiquitous Pell
Training historical style
New Essay Broadsword or
Broad Sword? Settling
the Question of What’s in a Name
|
| Added
February 24-26, 1999 |
|
The
First 46 Plate Ilustrations of Talhoffer's Fectbuch of 1467
now online! Talhoffer
Added
3 more new long-sword entries to Historical
Terms
Updates
to HACA Houston class
schedule
|
| Added
February 18, 1999 |
|
Saxo
the Dane - Selected
Anecdotes and Accounts of Epic Combat from
12th & 13th Century Danish History
Viking Fighting
- Selected Text from 23 Norse Sagas!
Added 4 new entries to Historical
Terms
|
| Added
February 11-16, 1999 |
Added
new entries to Medieval Long-Sword Terms
Added 5 new pieces to Insights
from Historical Artworks
Five more titles added to Reading &
Research List |
| Added
February 2 - 8, 1999 |
Six
new titles added to Reading
& Research List.
Updates to Insights from Historical
Artworks - 4 new pieces added
Updates to Joseph
Swetnam manual of 1617 with additional text and all illustrations.
New Book Review: "The Cutting
Edge - A Practical Guide to the Use of Highland Weapons: The
Broadsword and Targe" |
| Added
January 22 - 26, 1999 |
