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G.MatthewWebb wrote:

philippewillaume wrote:

Andy Spalding wrote:
So yes a shiel is a Zornh with a twist.
The twist being the decentring of the hilt to the left

Phil

What do you mean by "decentring?" I have never heard this word before.

Matthew Webb
Oklahoma City, OK
USA

eaxtly what axel said

But wouldn't that just be a zorn with a twist? How would that strike constitute a new name? Not only a new name, but be a meister hau? It seems to me that would be a zorn technique, not a separate cut all together. I may not be able to articulate what i am talking about right now, but give me a cou...

hello andy sorry I must be thick, But I still don’t get it. and to make it worse; Inside and outside are omote and ura in JSA so I am familiar with the concept but I usually that all the strike should start like a Zornh and just bein change at the last minute, so I think I understand that bit as wel...

Hello I would say that the guy on the left is thrusting given te hway he gabs the sword. One hand on et forte on hand on the pommel. It does not really change what you are saying, I am not sure I understand what you mean by inside and outside the body http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGZTMVd8Cu8 In th...

Jeffrey If the man on the left has simply set aside the adversary's weapon I might could see a single time action. However, given that he has a grip on the arm itself I have to go with Jay on this one. Sure, I can understand that. My idea of it can work with a drawing or sliding cover, that ends in...

Hello Well you see indes is exactly that, theory. It is just something to put a name on very organic fencing concept, a concept that transcends techniques. Indes is the moment of decision and it is not a time measurement unit in any way shape or form. It is inseparable of fullen because without full...

One interesting thing is that the one punching does not guard with the off hand. This is exactly what I meant by “no strikes or defenses seem to come from recognizable boxing stances but rather from wrestling postures”. For a modern boxer (& one could even guess an ancient Greek or a Victorian ...

well i think it quite clear in ringeck that atemi (knee, hands/fist strike, gauging) are integral part of the fight. it is clear as well that it is not "boxing" you ar using you strikes to get penetration. so ity is more like the MMA fashion. that being said there are very few of the mediv...

Hello Ringeck tell use to strike and stoss (he never mentions the fist just the hand appropriately closed) In the unarmored version there is a knee in the gonads and in te armoured version youy can kick the knee or the gonads but and I quote “you need to be carefull that he does not grab our feet Th...

Hello I am not a MMA fan; I practice aikido and medieval wrestling. However regardless of the context of medieval wrestling or aikdido, the way MMA people go about the fight and especially breaking the distance is very valuable. In fact the shoot /take down/mount/pound is a good conceptual model. Me...

I am not sure that we can talk about cut in absolute like that. You need to take in account the practicality of such cut and the target given by the manual. (ie each given manual). But bearing in mind that each manual tell us the idea is to kill the opponents and not get killed. For example Obata se...

LafayetteCCurtis wrote:Kampfringen is full of aikido techniques and aikido is full of Kampfringen techniques. Let's just call that "convergent evolution," shall we?

ho yes, as shane said since we all have the same type of arms and that the said type of arms can not bend a certain way .....

phil

Hello Well Ringeck is full of aikido technique, ikkio/gonkio, sankio, nikkio, hije jime/rokkio, Aiki-otoshi tenchi (with variation at the leg instead of the head, kaiten. Shomen-ate, Gyakugamae-ate . The bone breaker at the arms are all variation of shihonague (the one against a grap or stike beineg...

Kendo techniques have been modified heavily because of it evolving in to a competitive sport from a pure martial art. I have been taught in the use of a bokken (mainly drawing techniques, basic slashes and parries and such) and jo (which is a short staff) by my Aikido sensei. The style used in Aiki...

In terms of pole arms, the weilder would have no problem parrying any blows because the heads of such are actually very light. Also, the use of a two handed mace or hammer would be very hard to do on horseback, because of the need to have at least one hand on the reins. (many experienced horsemen d...