I agree that you should need John's permission to post his response, but that does not appear to have stopped your comrades from posting what appears to be John's private email to make the challenge above. This wasn't his private email, this was an email that he asked to be translated and explicitl...
Stacy Clifford wrote:One question: When John Clements canceled the trip on August 1st, did you attempt to address this subject with him directly, in private, at that time before you decided to take your grievance public two months later?
Hi everyone I've noticed that finally Paladin Press has published the book by Jeff Hull, Monika Maziarz and Grzegorz Zabinski "Knightly Duelling". This is an overview of several German texts that deal with fighting on horseback. I have not yet had an opportunity to examine it, but it's goo...
I'm back safely to Poland. This was the best and the most inspiring event I've ever been to. Much has already been said, so I will just say congratulations to new SFS (I expect to see the tapes :)) and GFS out there, thanks to Gene, Stacy, Sydney, Kyle, Kim, Erich and others who made it possible for...
Hi everyone, To all who have been interested in my methodology for working with the sources, I have decided (thanks to some insightful questions by my colleagues) that it is necessary to include more explicitely the phase for verification of a given technique. Therefore, the new phases are: 1. Analy...
Hi guys, Great discussion. It covers most of my own observations about the dagger fighting. I especially agree about the non-duelling attitude, aggresiveness and sparring in non-duelling situations. I would advise: 1. Make a role-playing tactical game of being surprised by an attacker. It's difficul...
If you encounter a phrase "kurtzen/kurtzes swert" in period German manuals it *always* means half-swording, "shortened sword", not "short sword" as a type of blade. This is a mistake like calling "mezza spada" half-swording. Confusion of terms.
This article has had a long way behind it - I wrote it half a year ago, and it has been corrected and re-corrected several times. In my original form there is a mention of krumphau being struck with either edge and even with the flat. I think it got lost somewhere along the way. I will post it when ...
Well, there are sometimes some differences in the size of the top portions of the blade (falchions sometimes are really wide at the end) but generally it's a political matter. BTW, does anyone know an english equivalent of the name messer? And to cause more confusion, there is a Polish non-technical...
The difference between falchion and messer is the grip and it comes from the dispute between swordmakers and knifemakers who would be allowed to produce a single-edged (well, mostly) blade. Falchion is the same type of weapon as messer, only it has a sword grip, while messer has a knife grip. Best r...
I forgot to add - we had Peter Johnson coming to the seminar and showing us some of his blades. Awesome. Plus we had an opportunity to discuss several things with him during lunch.
I just got back, so just a short note: I enjoyed being in Sweden a lot. The class was very obedient, very quick to pick up new things and very tolerant for my sometimes not so good performance. I would like to thank Bjorn for hosting me, and for making this seminar happen, and all other guys from AR...
