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Dear List, even though this manual it does not belong to the reinassance ( which was not alien to the stick fighting at all) I thought someone may be interested that the reprint of Giannino Martinelli's manual is out: Trattato di scherma col bastone da passeggio-Difesa personale, Milano 1908 The ess...

I am a lover of Revete's books and I could not wait to see the movie of one of the best character of this author. Mortensen fit very well to the anti-eroe Alatriste. 1 The battle scene are those portion I prefers: very realistic and cruel, good reconstrucion of equipment. The singular fight with sin...

Hello dear list, greetings to John C., Steve H. as we have not been in touch recently. We are all too very busy :( Particular thanks to Gene for is kind invitation to IG. I appreciated. Just some info on the above said manual which I would love to consult very much if I knew how to found it. COLOMBA...

Hi all,

has anybody knows this swordsmith?
How are these swords?
Expensive?

thanks

Gianluca

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what is with those images of Infanticide? thats kinda creepy, whats the story behind it? First I have to say that I am not an expert of historical painting, and I post it in order to show some finds about weaponry and such. When you do not have academic titles , you have to be careful in those peri...

Gianluca; It means fighting until one of you is dead, or incapacitated. Dead is more likely, but some people are sensitive to such things. There are many different colloquial expressions in English for such "winner take all" situations. An example would be in the game of marbles where you...

AlexCSmith wrote:Proving mastery of fighting with those weapons requires fighting with them "for keeps".

Since my english cannot help me here, could you please explain what "fighting for keeps" means and where this expression comes from?

thanks

Gianluca Zanini

That posta di donna is a good find! Exaclty what I thought when I found it! Note the left foot rising to gain power for the downward fendente. Note even the similarity with posta di donna of Getty's plate. I would like to know where is his left hand :( http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3226/fraang...

For those who migh be interest I post a selection of italian painting
where you can find a lot images of blade weapons
http://www.forumartimarziali.com/forum/index.php?topic=22538.0

Enjoy

Gian

Here is a new editorial by John Clements :arrow: Modern "Masters"? http://www.thearma.org/essays/ModernMasterMyth.htm It is a concise & edifying refutation of claims to "mastery" of Medieval & Renaissance fighting skills by some modern individuals. Enjoy Hello Jeffrey, I...

Sean Belair wrote:“harmonic balance” is more of a marketing ploy. hope this helps

Yes thanks

Take a look at the article Sword Motions and Impacts by George Turner. http://www.thearma.org/spotlight/GTA/motions_and_impacts.htm Randall, thanks I have read it once and I still have to study it better. I was just wondering if there was a way to calculate COP with a formula by the measurements an...

Does anybody knows how to calculate POP? It is done with a particular formula by measurements and weight or does it involve empiric method which involves strike/cut testing?
Thank you very much in advance for your help!

Gian

GZ: Thanks for the link to the armaments PDF. I noticed that in that is a chapter that is a multilingual glossary or arms & armour terms including Tedesco (German) terms. That seems nice, as so many today like attempting comparitive of German & Italian terms, and so we find a scholar in the...

Well, if you're looking for hints on the translation, I think "tallone" is usually called the "shoulders" of the blade in English. And "niello" is a perfectly recognizable term in English so I don't think it has to be translated. I'm not sure about "agemina" ...