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The problem I have noticed people have in understanding the term Master is that they are conflating two separate titles. Part of that stems from the overlapping usage in so many professions over so many countries: magister, meister, maitre, maestro, etc... Some people think that their narrow and inc...

Must clone Eric Winkler...

If this is the same Albrecht Durer famous for his woodcuts and paintings, then I have to say that I'm a bit disappointed in the illustrations. From what I've seen Mair's Fechtbuch looks as if it was illustrated by Albrecht Durer. It's the same Dürer. The collection of sketches is just that: sketche...

Byron Doyle, a General Free Scholar lives out in Colorado Springs. He's willing to train with anyone who can make the trip.

Mike, Was the former Papal bodyguard from Switzerland? As I recall, the prerequisites to joing the Papal guard were being Catholic, Swiss, Male, single and within a certain age group. Oh and being someone of outstanding character. I think the extent of their halberd use is ceremonial, similar to swo...

Outside of the official study groups, you can also list yourself on our practice partner map at http://www.frappr.com/arma

http://www.thearma.org/essays/fit/RennFit.htm The above is a good historical resource on historical strength training and exercise. As for me, just using a sword repeatedly in warmup and sparring for my first few weeks got me in condition for using a sword more effectively (you'll find out about mus...

I asked my wife, a translator and editor of Japanese, what word she would translate drills as going from English to Japanese and she said: kata. The word is pretty all-inclusive. The trouble here is that the applied modern context of kata seems to be more narrow than it's many possible meanings. Tak...

If they have trouble finding a willing EMA participant, I think it would be a good idea to turn it into a friendly competition amongst Western Martial Artists. That is something I would be much more interested in personally.

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Here is an older post relevant to your interests.

Allen Johnson in SC has done some consulting/work in that line. Unfortunately, there are a lot of barriers to entry for working on fights within films. Most film-makers are more interested in the choreography of stage-fighters than seeking a more historically accurate depiction.

I don't recall anything from the manuals, though heel to toe is more effective on slippery terrain. I know, I tried it both ways in the rain today!

yes I think Will is right here, some short edge cuts are actually longer than the long edge cut at the same angle, depends on the position and cut of course. Squinter and Zwerch comes to mind as well as mayers excellent rising short edge cuts I just tried it out to see for myself and you are indeed...

Second, the longsword has both long and short edges. Once you learn how to really make use of the short edges you can do a great deal more with it than a katana. Just to clarify, the edges on the sword are of equal length, but when cutting with the 'short' edge (the one facing you initially), the r...

Well, if you're interested in getting a good western style sword with sparring in mind, I would recommend checking out the Maestro line from Albion: http://www.albion-swords.com/swords/albion/swords-albion-mark-maestro.htm As for maintenance, all I use for my blunt is spray it with WD-40 occasionall...