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Hmmm It is true that some "hits" simply doesn't count when sparring(Blössfechten)! But in our group those hits are only the ones that hit your opponent without the cutting/slicing part of the move. We have also used testcutting in our research and we have never had any problems cutting thr...

"The Secret History of The Sword"
J. Christoph Amberger

A good book that deals with duels.

Hello Again Phillip! I think that we understand eachother perfectly. And I agree with you on the point that some fencingmasters have slightly differerent ways to reach the dominant possition. It also clearly shows that people personalize their styles after what works for them. So you are correct in ...

Greetings! In our studygroup we use metal gauntlets when sparring, and metal helmets. The hands are such good targets that if you leave them out as legitimate targets we feel that you remove the fencing too far from how close we can get to fighting historical correct. But this does however cause oth...

Hello Phillippe! I think that we agree on most of the ideas. The buffalo, and I certainly agree with you that you should finish the fight as quick as possible and the ideas with the open windows. So if you can finish the opponet in one strike do so. But what I am talking about is the opening move in...

Greetings from Denmark When we in our studygroup use the Zwerch to open an opponents stance, the amount of force and speed that you put into your move is very important. We believe that you should only use only enough force that you are a threat to your opponent and make sure that he is forced to re...

Greetings Jeromy!

Thanks for the nice words. It's good to hear that other people come to the same conclusions as we do.
Yes we will try to participate in the different debates on the forums from now on. We have kept to ourselves far too long in our little group.

Best wishes

Greetings Matthew!

We are working on a website, but our first priority is to make one in danish and perhaps later one in english.

Best wishes

Greetings from Denmark! This is a greeting from a medieaval fencing studygroup in Denmark. It is nice to see that people are interested in the old art all over the world. It is always nice to hear other peoples ideas and thoughts about interpretations of the old texts. After reading many of the post...