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Hi again Thanks for the kind words. This article really touched upon some things which have been on my mind for some time. As for the teacher bit: Being a teacher by profession, I personally derive great joy from students who are inquistive and who sometimes question what they are being taught. On o...

Hi I just wanted to say that I enjoyed the article a great deal! Very worthwhile and full of useful perspectives and insights. I'm very much in agreement with the emphasis on the value of understanding principles, as opposed to "random" reconstruction of separate plays (something which, ir...

What a wonderful collection of images!!!!!! Thanks for sharing. To the point: I'm not entirely sure that the guard Vom Tag is assumed with the flat resting on the shoulder, but I think there is textual evidence (earlier in the thread) that in preparation for the zwerch people sometimes turned the fl...

And yes, the Swedes are teaming up on you...

Hi guys This is from Hans Von Speyer's rendition of Liechtenauer's unarmed longsword (21r): "Mer der zwer haulb bricht die hutt von tag vnd alle haulb die von tag oben nider gehaulben werden vnd die zwir die tribe also wan du mit dem zu vechten zu dem man gest stett er dan gege~ dir vnd helt si...

I. Hartikainen wrote:And I meant to analyze the breaking of the thrust and krumphau, not the exchange! Sorry, and thanks fro noticing the mistake in the post!

Sorry, old friend. I couldn't help myself - of course you meant breaking of the thrust .

/Andreas

Hi Illka I agree with your position on Fiore and Liechtenauer not doing the same thing. I think they have given different emphasis to different underlying principles (tactical as well as technical) and then built their respective systems based on those choices. The end result of this is that they pr...

Nice work on the overhaul!!! I really like the new layout; it's very easy to navigate.

/Andreas

Hello everyone My first post here. Background Sometime back I came across a thread somewhere on this forum where 12 rules for the beginner swordsman were discussed. I had never seen them before and was intrigued. I did, however, feel a bit uncertain about one or two of them. Now I've recently made a...