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hello, thanks for response. im a begginer too so if you want to get together tell me how to contact you.

hello, anyone in new orleans, LA and want to practice ringen i would also do swords but i only have a waster and 2 federschwerts i have limited funds.

what martial art that is widely available most like ringen?

what is the stance and footwork of ringen ? I dont see it or hear it mentioned anywhere.

from what i understand most of the hand strikes in ringen are palm heel, knife hands, and hammerfists. wich makes sense to me because i have decked a brick wall with my knuckles and it hurt bad, with my palm though it did not hurt at all.

i was wondering why they would not have striking how else would you close in to grapple?

It's the "besides boxing" that has me curious. Boxing is simply the best thing around if you want to learn how to hit people with your arms. I can understand an aesthetic interest in kicks making someone prefer Savate or another kicking focused art but if the OP isn't particularly attract...

Does anybody know of any forthcoming titles on this or similar subjects? and does anyone have a recomendation on medieval/renaissance subjects besides the ones on www.thearma.org.

Has anyone heard of a translation of Paulus Hector Mair by Jeffery L. Forgeng? If anybody knows something about it or other similar titles please post.

Hello, i was wondering where i could buy a sword for test cutting. here in NOLA there is a shop called pen and sword and am going to check out to see if they have longswords. also what is a safe target to cut?

old boxing is different from modern boxing from what i understand at least. so i was wondering if it was called something else and how is it different?

i have also heard that in the 50s ore something that karate students sparred with boxers and they could only stand back and kick (because of the boxers handwork) any thoughts about that?

Well i did more research into savate and i am less interested now because my legs loose flexibilty even after i stretch. anyway i was just curious about it. but isn't in good to know some striking even if someone is more of a wrestler.

ok thanks, do you know anyone who teaches savate or are there any books on it?

in WMA is there anything that is more striking based(besides boxing) than wrestling based? if so could anyone please tell me where to find resources on it?