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you can make your own simple durable buckler pretty easy i think Hammaborg goes through them on their kit guide. its pretty simple maybe only 20$ by a 2mm thick reenactment shield boss cut out plywood to the size you want front it in linen if you want for added durability and then trim the edge in l...

The grappling sounds very interesting when might the book be complete and available for purchase i know these times are open to chnge but it would be good to know so i may purchase it.

I dont know about them being opposite at all one is kill quick one is quick and flashy if done well and researched they look great here is a video by some friends of mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LjX2mvBmxE they are a stage combat team from the czeck republic and have had good success with wh...

I must have it finally a book with axe and mace it will be very interesting to see when its done i would love to be kept informed on this.

yes this is ideal world situation but things can be done to prevent being in a fight but of course it can always happen when you least expect it. i meant that judo like jujutsu are taught in amny places with sport in mind a judo coach i once knew would often teach a class then ask outsiders to leave...

no offence taken i understand your woes all to often we have wild claims and accusations made about our fine martial arts. even the other week i had a huge fight with my friends who claimed olympic fencing was somehow superior to martial fencing but without evidence as you say the theorys fall flat....

then why have axes of this types been found in burial mounds? and most axes of the period developed from tools into weapons. i have also talked with many reenactors researchers and archaeologist who agree that they could have been used as there is also little evidence to prove they were not used yes...

just on the axe comment finds of viking axes with tiny heads were very common and having handle replicas they are much faster in the right hands than a sword. anyways back to the main topic i think as a training tool this seems to pop up getting a person used to weapons in each hand etc maybe in cas...

the best self defence is of course to not fight. if someone robs you its better to give them money than be hurt or killed if you have no other choice than to defend yourself from harm then do but these arts as we know are not to be used to create a false sense of superiority etc. not matter how good...

ringeck also has a good bit although i read that the italians were very unimpressed by the germans tendency to ground fight im guessing it may have been the comparative danger of it but just a guess.

well from what i have seen in ringen many of the strikes thrown are not punches so to hear about these strike combination's is very interesting yet i agree many martial arts which rely on bare knuckle techniques dont have many punches to the head or many closed fist moves. also the introduction of g...

also why do you want films there are excellent sparring videos out there while they dont end in death you can still use your imagination im sure and they can be very interesting to watch.

yes alatriste had some great fights kingdom of heaven had a few rob roy is of note im sure there are others 7 samurai had a few good fights.

its interesting to thing about all the strikes present in ringen there are many many forms yet as you say are often a fore thought to a grapple yet it would seem when training equal thought should be given to the relevant strikes ringen for me is like hundreds of years of street fighting with the be...

how does the blade on the feder hold up?