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I believe the Freifechter guild had it's headquarters in Prague. Bohemia was an important region within the Holy Roman Empire and so I would assume that the "Liechtenauerian" tradition was studied there; although other traditions probably existed. If fact, this question interests me very m...

Thank you both for your informative responses.

Does any one know how the Scottish sword dance was performed?

My mistake.

I do believe it was Joachim Meyer that was executed for embezzling funds, not Hector Mair.

Me and a group of people plan on starting a study group in Montreal. If you're interested contact me at tjancarik@gmail.com

"Guns, Germs and Steel" is a disgrace of a book. Diamond decries "racism" in his book then goes ahead and states in the same breath that New Guineans are more intelligent than Europeans or Americans. He bases this observation, in part, on the fact that New Guineans are smarter th...

I would also recommend a dagger over a second sword. However, if you can pull it off, fighting with two swords can be a devastating style. A friend of mine is very profecient with this kind of combat and it obviously gives him an edge.

Peace

By the way, about the sword of your friend, did he send to get repaired? Because I think I may have seen it at his worshop.

Yes, indeed he told me that there is a 2 year waitig list. Which is why I will send him an order soon. I hope to visit him again before I leave Czech Republic.

I usually try to get my feet out of the way fast enough. But ya sometimes I get hurt but I've been walking barefoot pretty much always for 4 years now; my feet are therefore resistant. But I admit, if the going gets to tough I do have a pair of shoes ready

I know of at least one Eastern European swordsmith that still forges his swords by hand. Check out his site at www.sword.cz .I had the pleasure of visiting his workshop and having a good discusion with him. He's very amicable and talented.

Im surprised that I am the only one fighting barefoot...ah well.

Thank you for the information.

Hello, firstly I would like thank the fine people at ARMA for maintaning a very useful site for all martial artists. This is my first post so please be nice if I say something wrong. I was just wondering if there are any practitioners of Medieval/Renaissance martial arts living in Quebec; preferebly...