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Also, check out the Exiles Fiore Project.

http://the-exiles.org

Regards
Rob

Hi there,

AFAIK there is very little happening in Bristol but I would recommend checking out the BFHS website. You can get there via a link on our Welcome Page http://www.the-exiles.org - just click the logo.

The BFHS stands for British Federation for Historical Swordplay.

Regards
Rob

Both of these names are correct. FLos Duellatorum is the name given to the Novati Facsimilie of the Pisani-Dosi because one of the prologues is written in Latin, whilst the Getty and the pierpoint morgan are referred to as Fior Battaglia as they are written entirely in Italian. Incidentally, the use...

How is the bottom figure a hair pull? The person whose head is down has passed under the more upright figure's left armpit, who in turn looks like he has wrapped the head by passing his arm under the guys right armpit.

Just my thought.

Regards
ROb

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With this technique the Student passes to his right raising into Frontale (Crown, Kron) and strikes down at the opponents blade to force it to ground. When trapped the control is changed to the foot and a false edge blow is delivered to the face, immediately followed by a true edge strike to the wri...