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Are these wasters likely to become available in time for Christmas? Because if not, I'm going to have to ask for a new NSA instead, which will postpone my purchase of one of these indefinitely.

Great work, guys.

Fiore dei Liberi also includes three self-defense techniques that rely on the assumption that the sword is not in your belt. For one, the scabbarded sword is resting on the shoulder; for the other two, you've dropped it so the point of the scabbard is resting on the ground in front of you as an oppo...

The stance of the unicorn is also an ideal position to transition through when cutting upward blows, and is especially nice for pressing your opponent's hands.

Looks to me like they need somebody to write a historical manual on "how to defend yourself from the scum of society with sticks and rocks". Because before too long that is all these poor people are going to have access to. Well, there is that "two sticks and a dagger" play in F...

I'm starting to realize that this whole WMA vs. EMA thing is almost quasi-political in a sense. The arguments are very political-esqe. And who gives the EMA practitioners the right to the athority of what can be a legitamate martial art? Sure, they can favour what they do over us, but they can't si...

You really only need to take a look at english manuscripts from the period to understand what's going on. For example, read a few pages of George Silver's Paradoxes of Defense , and see if you still think that different spellings of Vom Tag is a bad thing. A lot of our texts were written before thei...

Jaron Bernstein wrote:That raises another interesting question. Why was is it called Posta Di Donna?

I've heard various theories, but no convincing ones.

Well, "stomp" is perhaps too aggressive a word, but stepping on feet certainly occurs, in any sort of free-form activity (free counters, touch drills, free-play, etc.). And I certainly don't like getting my bare feet stepped on, even if it's not a true stomp.

M. Jancarik wrote:Im surprised that I am the only one fighting barefoot...ah well.

What, don't you guys stomp feet when closing? I do it without even thinking about it these days.

Footwear is an interesting question. The less you have, the more mobile you are. Mauy Thai guys fight barefoot. Boxers wear pretty mobile things. On the other hand, if your feet are unprotected in a place that has rocky ground, sharp things all about and the like, maybe more foot protection is in o...

Comfort Mocs have been all the rage here in Provo for a while. But you've got to make sure you don't get the kind that has a stretchy mouth, because then your feet will slide around when you step agressively.

Well, don't worry, you'll get your proof eventually. I forget sometimes that I have a different understanding of MS I.33 than most people (even ARMA members), being a practice partner of Stew.

How do you figure that, Mike? Because they're more or less identical (Identity of Indiscernibles and all that). MS.I33 is the sword and buckler tradition used by (almost) all of the German masters, just as it is the kampfringen of Ott the Jew that dominates the manuals for centuries after Liechtenh...

Disagreements based on I.33 or on the Ringeck version? I was a bit confused by that. Is the sword and buckler in this book based on Ringeck / Lichtenauer tradition or on I.33 or on Italian masters? The sword and buckler in the Liechtenhauer tradition is MS I.33. (Arguably that of the Italians, too,...