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Jake, Yes, I'm just doing longsword (for now), and no I don't plan on taking years. I've read some of the other manuals and books (John's book, lindholm's doebringer, wallerstein) mainly bits here and there, except for John's book which I read cover to cover. I have had the opportunity to bounce thi...

I'll check out the material from the Higgins armory, but I'm intentionally not using any other sources (other than posting a few questions here) until after I finish my own interpretation. It will be interesting to check out those other peoples work afterwards though. Thanks for the heads up.

Jeff, Thanks for that little Doebringer insight. When looking at (and saying) Sprechfenster vs. Brechfester ... looks like a transcription error. I can see it now ... "What's this Sprechfenster? I said Brechfenster!" Yeah I know, Doebringer was first, but somehow Brechfenster seems more ap...

I am working on Meyer (Rasmusson's translation from http://schielhau.org/Meyer.title.html). Mainly I'm putting this online reference into a format suitable for making a hardcopy that I can take out in the yard or park where I can't access it online. It's format is kinda clunky for printing. Also I'm...

I'm headed to Napoli (Naples, Italy) in a couple of weeks for work. I'll be in the area for 10 days, a few of which are free time. Aside from the obvious attractions (Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum) is there anything that I should try and see ... specifically a good museum with some historic ...

For gloves the best option that I have found are field hockey gloves ... NOT hockey gloves. Standard hockey gloves are too bulky and as a result make using two hands on an accurately sized hand and a half sword difficult and uncomfortable. Also they are WAY too padded. The guys that I spar with that...