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| Added January 2010 |
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New ARMA Homepage and
substantial revisions, restructuring, updating, and merging
of content and page sections.
ARMA
International Gathering 2009
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| Added November 2009 |
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Where's
All the Ground Fighting?
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| Added September 2009 |
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Our
New "Rosetta Stone" - Advancing Reconstruction of Forgotten
European Fighting Arts
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| Added July 2009 |
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Open Workshops
for Renaissance Fencing Enthusiasts
Editorial:
Flawed Thesis Disorder: the Current Crisis of Our Subject
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| Added April 2009 |
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The Challenge
of Defining a Martial Art
Editorial:
Matching Goals with Means in Your Historical Fencing Practice
Editorial:
A Sword Story
Our Credo - the ARMA "Code of Conduct"
ARMA
Memorium Tribute to swordsmith Paul Champagne
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| Added February 2009 |
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Ten Reasons
Why Longsword Fencing Differs... So Much from Modern
Fencing
Longsword
Practice and Pell Exercise videos added
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| Added December 2008 |
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Reclaiming
the Art of the Blade
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| Added November 2008 |
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Ringen Vocabulary (PDF)
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| Added October 2008 |
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The Centrality
of the Longsword in RMA Study
Avoiding
the Temptation to Systematize
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| Added August 2008 |
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Renaissance Martial Arts
- The Web Documentary
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| Added July 2008 |
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Longsword and Katana
Considered
New
Book - Masters of Medieval and Renaissance Martial Arts
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| Added April 2008 |
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Opining on
the State of the Art - A Conversation with ARMA Director
John Clements
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| Added November 2007 |
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ARMA International Gathering 2007
- Full Report
Art
and Action - the challenge of combining sources with method
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| Added October 2007 |
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The Passing of Hank Reinhardt
The
Burrell Collection at Glasgow Museums
Ashokan
Sword 2005 Conference Review
New
Videos - Freeplay at Iron Door Studio
Fight-Book Clues
to Quality and Build of Knightly Weaponry
Getting Punchy –
Fist-Fighting, Wrestling and Fight-Books
Duel of Theobald versus
Seitz – Germany, 1370
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| Added September 2007 |
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A comparative pictorial
study of the Wards and techniques of the I.33 or Tower Fechtbuch
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| Added July 2007 |
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Modern "Masters"?
Interview
with Master Bladesmith Kevin Cashen
Editorial - Making
Better Sense
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| Added June 2007 |
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Fight Earnestly
- the Fight-Book from 1459 AD by Hans Talhoffer
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| Added May 2007 |
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Sword
Show - Edges & Flats
Edge
Bashing Basement Experiments I
New video - displacing diagonal
cuts edge to flat
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| Added April 2007 |
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How Were Swords Really
Made?
New video samples
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| Added November 2006 - February
2007 |
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Commemorating
Our Martial Tradition
Editorial:
Historical Fencing Over 40
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| Added September 2006 |
| Test Cutting Video of blunt
bastard sword on bamboo |
| Added July 2006 |
Atlanta
Bladeshow 2006 Lecture/Demo
Photos:
Guanajato, Mexico. Presentation 2006
Our Year in Review
2005 |
| Added May 2006 |
How Were Swords Really Made?
New Youth Article - Why So Many
Kinds of Sword? |
| Added April 2006 |
| Fiore
Dei Liberi Study Guide PDF |
| Added March 2006 |
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Interview with swordsmith
Peter Johnsson
New
Youth Page Question & Answer: "Why are there so many
kinds of swords?"
Five
Questions...
The
Real History of the Crusades
Interview
with swordsmith Paul Champagne
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| Added February 2006 |
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Mertein
Hündsfelder: Fechtlehre
mit dem Kurzen Schwert c.1491
Editorial:
On the Threshold
From
the Fringe - 6 new tragic incidents
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| Added December 2005 |
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Editorial:
Sense and Pretense
Some
Historical Swiss Swords Examined
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| Added November 2005 |
| Armor
Research Society Conference; Chicago 2005 |
| Added October 2005 |
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The Fight-Book of
Hugues Wittenwiller from Late 15th Century AD
Evaluating Historical
European Martial Arts on Television
Lone Star Schwertlager
2005 - Review
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| Added September 2005 |
The
Best of ARMA Research Articles
ARMA
Reader's Choice Top Favorite Articles
Top
Myths of Renaissance Martial Arts |
| Added August 2005 |
Talhoffer
and Causes for Fighting
Master
Ott's Wrestling
Basic
Fiberglass Rapier Simulator How-To
From
the Fringe - 9 new incidents |
| Added July 2005 |
| The Physical Reality of Forceful
Edge Impacts |
| Added June 2005 |
| Talhoffer Longsword: Armoured
and Unarmoured |
| Added April 2005 |
| Modern English version
of Hanko Döbringer's Fechtbuch from 1389 |
| Added March 2005 |
| La Verra Antiga |
| Added February 2005 |
Spotlight
- ARMA 2004 Year in Review
Book
Review - "Dueling with Sword and Pistol: 400 Years of One-on-One
Combat" |
| Added January 2005 |
| Fabris
the Assassin |
| Added
December 2004 |
The
Weighty Issue of Two-Handed Greatswords
Texas
Renaissance Festival 2004 Demonstration Photos
Core
Assumptions and the Exploration of Historical Fencing |
| Added November 2004 |
| The
Mastercuts - What They Are and What They Aren't |
| Added October 2004 |
| Editorial -
History and Heritage |
| Added September 2004 |
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New Article -
On Damaged Edge
Senior
Free-Scholar Prize Playing Photos - Gene Tausk
Senior
Free-Scholar Prize Playing Photos - Stewart Feil
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| Added August 2004 |
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Mertin
Siber's Fechtlere of 1491
The Weight of Two-Handed Great Swords
Editorial - Reviewing
Reviews - considerations on replica
sword opinions
Editorial - Understanding
the Origins of Misconceptions - where do false impressions
come from?
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| Added July 2004 |
| Sir John Reresby: Seventeenth-Century
Scrapper |
| Added June 2004 |
| A Brief Introduction
to Armoured Longsword Combat |
| Added May 2004 |
The Extraordinary Streetfight
of Sir Kenelm Digby
One Student - A Yearling's
Perspective - Editorial |
| Added April 2004 |
| New Youth Q&A
Article: All About Rapiers |
| Added March 2004 |
| Provo
Event 2004 Pics |
| Added Feb 2004 |
| History
of the Pell |
| Added Jan 2004 |
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What did Historical
Swords Weigh?
Using the “F”
Word – The Role of Fitness in Historical Fencing
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| Added Dec 2003 |
| Considerations for Female Practitioners
in Renaissance Martial Arts? |
| Added Oct-Nov 2003 |
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The Process of
Learning Lost Martial Arts - Editorial
The Death of a Martial
Art? - Editorial
Arms Research Report - Swiss FAH
Teaching
and Training with Intent
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| Added Aug-Sep 2003 |
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What exactly is it? - Editorial
New
longsword demo video clip
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| Added July
2003 |
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ARMA International Gathering
2003 - Full Report
SIGMUND RINGECK'S KNIGHTLY ART
OF THE LONGSWORD - new book!
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| Added May-June
2003 |
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Sweden Event 2003 Pics
Knights
vs. Samurai - revised and updated!
“Fence with all your strength…”
To
Spar or Not to Spar?...
Hey
Mister ...is that sword real? - Article on replicas
plus Swedish Royal Armory photos
Late 16th century German Fencing
from the Codex Guelf 83
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| Added April 2003 |
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Spotlight - ARMA's Year
in Review 2002
Duel
of the Century - the Jarnac-Chastaganeraye Judicial Combat
of 1547
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| Added March 2003 |
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Sword Show 2003 -
Report
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| Added February 2003 |
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Pinder's Contest - 16th century
rural English Prizing
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| Added January 2003 |
Sword Motions & Impacts
Codex
Wallerstein Book - Study Sheet & Revised Intro
Critical Characteristics
of Swords?
Renaissance Man - Column
What Makes an Effective
Sword Cut - how a cut works
The Myth of Cutting
vs. Thrusting Swords |
| Added November 2002 |
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From the Fringe
Peachey
the Shoomaker's Challenge
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| Added October 2002 |
Photos of ARMA Sweden Longsword Seminar
Ewart Oakeshott Tribute
Sigmund Ringeck's Knightly
Art of the Longsword
Historical Fencing and
Re-Enacting |
| Added July & August 2002 |
On Parrying Part III
2002 Interview with Dr. Sydney Anglo
Wasters - the history of wooden
swords
Liechtenauer's Sword
& Buckler Teachings |
| Added June 2002 |
| Major New Essay: The Sword
& Buckler Tradition |
| Added May 2002 |
The Myth of Edge-on-Edge
Parrying in Medieval Swordplay
Rapier Combats in Early 17th
century English Literature
Photos
of Atlanta Retreat 2002 |
| Added April 2002 |
A Brief
Glossary of Italian Rapier Concepts
Update to Member's Area:
New 24 test-cutting video clips and assorted photos.
New video clips on cutting exercises.
First parts of ARMA Director extensive conversations interview. |
| Added March 2002 |
Translation of Wurm's wrestling
book of c. 1507
A "Lost" Fencing Book from c. 1650 - The
Truth of the Sword |
| Added Feb 2002 |
| Sword Show
2002 Las Vegas - Report |
| Added Jan 12th 2002 |
New Editorial on Interpretation
& Application of source manuals
Article on the importance of studying
the Fechtbuchs |
| Added Jan 2002 |
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HACA is now the ARMA!
NEW ARMA PAGES:
An Introduction to Historical European Martial Arts page
Article on Renaissance Martial Arts Literature
Jörg Wilhelm’s Fechtbuch of 1523
Images art from fencieng texts of Marozzo, Agrippa, Di Grassi,
Capo Ferro, & Alfieri
Analysis of a 15th century English fencing poem
More fighting techniques & wrestling from Sigmund Ringeck's
15th century Fechtbuch
Excerpts from a lost 16th century English rapier
treatise
New image files of Fillipo Vadi’s text of c. 1480
along with translated portions
New Youth Club section – an educational program for
kids!
New InTheatre Program – Professional Stage-Combat
Certification by a noted authority!
New ARMA-Approved tools & equipment page
New update of Medieval Fencing Glossary –
over 50 new entries
New revision of Renaissance Fencing
Terminology – over 25 new entries
Entirely expanded Reading List & Study Bibliography
– with over 200 new titles!
Expanded and revised list of historical master’s works
Redesigned historical online source manuals page
Over 20 new Historical Art section images
A new Dialogue with modern practitioners page
Interviews with professional armorers
Material from Petter’s and Passchen’s 17th
century works
Definitions of Sword Replicas page
New Book & Video reviews
Article on studying the historical source manuals
Article on exploring principles of historical swordplay
Expert Consultants page
An article on free play “wargames”
Wav files for pronunciation of Fechtbuch terms
8 New video clips & 14 new Member's clips
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| Added November, 2001 |
| New Essay: Historical Fencing
Study - The British Legacy |
| Added October, 2001 |
| New Oakeshott
Book Review! Sword in Hand |
| Added September, 2001 |
New Article: "Interpreting"
Historical Examples: Thoughts on the Quality of Replica Swords
New Essay: “Tactical”
Swordsmanship - Scenario-Based Training for the Sword |
| Added August, 2001 |
Interview with
Hank Reinhardt, 2001
European Historical Combat Guild Seminar
Report - held at the Royal Armouries.
New Book Review - Blood Red Roses - the Archaeology of a Mass
Grave from the Battle of Towton, AD 1461.
Member's Page Updated.
New Medieval Fencing Manual! Hans Czynner - little known 15th
century Fechtbuch on armored long-sword & dagger. |
| Added July, 2001 |
New Book Review: Medieval Military Costume
Full Codex Wallerstein manual
now online.
Member's Page Updated. |
| Added June, 2001 |
Historical European Combat Guild
Inaugural
Seminar at Royal Armories
Houston
HACA's Summer Test-Cutting Gathering Report
New Book Review: Viking Weapons &
Warfare
Member's Page Updated.
Expo Report on Atlanta Medieval &
Renaissance Martial Arts Expo!
New - Schola St. George
Medieval Swordsmanship Symposium Pics |
| Added May, 2001 |
New Article: A
Brief Look at Stances & Guards of Medieval Longsword
New Article: Stick Fights &
Boxing in Renaissance Venice!
New Photos on Seminars
and Workshops page
New Editorial: Rumors, Innuendos, and
Half-truths
Member's Page Updated. |
| Added April, 2001 |
26 New Video Clips
Added to new Video Page! - see HACA practice, training,
& loose-play
New Essay: Martial
Art or Combat Sport? How to tell where your fencing fits
in
New Editorial: Martial Arts Unbelief:
"At the Edge of Knowledge"
New Editorial: "Renaissance Swordsmanship"
book 4-Year Anniversary |
| Added February, 2001 |
Images of Glenbow Museum
antique swords
Images of Calgary
Rapier Seminar
Photos of HACA
Renaissance Swordplay
Images of Free-Scholar Prize Playing |
| Added January, 2001 |
Sword Show 2001
- New Orleans - Special Report
New Manual! - Images from Paulus Hector Mair’s
rare and extraordinary Fechtbuch of c. 1540.
New Guest Editorial: Avoiding the
Commonplace in Historical Martial Arts |
| Added December, 2000 |
Fechtbuch of
Paulus Hector Mair - Images
from a rare 16th century manual
The Year 2000
Review of Medieval & Renaissance Martial Arts
Keith Ducklin, Royal Armouries-HACA
Seminar
New Essay on interpreting Achille Marozzo's
Opera Nova of 1536
15th
century English Great-Sword Text - This short,
rare text, known only as "Additional Manuscript 39564" (or
MS. 39,564) is now online at HACA. |
| Added October, 2000 |
HACA's Euro-Trip
2000 Report!
NEW! Rare 15th century Fechtbuch images - Gladiatorie
Additions to Ringeck's manual
- Part V |
| Added September, 2000 |
Sword
2000 Event -Special Report Exclusive!
New Essay - Legs, Wounds, &
Standing Up in Historical Fencing |
| Added August, 2000 |
New Essay: Consideration
of Grappling & Wrestling in Renaissance Fencing
Introducing the new HACA Membership Structure!
Book Review - The Martial
Arts of Renaissance Europe!
37 New Photos to 15 new pics under Rapier Fencing, Rapier
vs. Sword, S&B / C&T, and Seminars & Workshops
sections. |
| Added July, 2000 |
| Over 90 new titles added to Reading & Research
List! |
| Added June, 2000 |
Exclusive HACA preview of The Martial
Arts of Renaissance Europe! Plus exclusive
interview with the author!
Added 10 New Pieces to Historical Artwork
Section
New - HACA Director Editorial: "Content
& Character - Historical Fencing Information on the Web"
Reviews
of Medieval Swordsmanship Book! |
| Added May, 2000 |
HACA Hosts the Inaugural
Conference of Swordplay Symposium International
- Houston, May 27-29, 2000!
Three new Historical Fencing texts plus 29 additional titles
on war & military matters from the 16 & 17th
centuries have been added to the Historical Texts Reading
List! |
| Added April, 2000 |
New Essay! - The "Politically Correct"
Study of European Martial Arts?
Artwork from The Book on the Art of Fighting With Swords
by Fillipo Vadi.
c. 1482-1487!
New Essay! - What
Have We Learned From HACA Rapier Fencing?
Updates to Historical
Texts Reading
List |
| Added March 2000 |
The Harleian
Manuscript Analysis Project - Interpretation of a 15th
century English text on the two-hand or great-sword
Images from Fechtmeister Joachim Meyer's
Kunst des Fechten -
c. 1570
Updates to Historical Manuals
of European Masters!
More additions
to Master Ringeck's
Fechtbuch Comentaries
More than a dozen new titles added to Reading
& Research List |
| Added January 10, 2000 |
| Introduction
to Frederico
Ghisliero’s Rapier Text of 1587 |
| Added January 3, 2000 |
| Eight new
titles added to Reading & Research List |
| Added December 21-28, 1999 |
More than thirty
new titles added to Reading & Research List
Material from Fiore Dei Liberi's Flos Duellatorum
of 1410 added!
Updates to Historical Fencing Terms
Update to Insights from Historical
Artwork (new picture 58) |
| Added December 14-17, 1999 |
More plates added to Talhoffer's
Fecthbuch
1443, 1449, & 1459 editions.
Medieval Long-Sword Proficiency Certification
for Free-Scholar Curricula added for plus Student Study
Sheet notes at the end of the Membership Section
Cross-section photo of HACA's New Contact-Sparring
sword design added to the construction details section. |
| Added December 7, 1999 |
| Artwork from
Albrecht Duerer's early 16th century Fechtbuch! |
| Added November 23-30, 1999 |
Updated Version of Codex Wallerstein - more and clearer images
NEW! Insights from Historical
Artwork - now redone with twice as many
entries!
Updates to Historical Fencing Terminology
List
HACA Exclusive - George Hale's 1614 rapier text, The Private
Schoole of Defence
NEW! Hans Talhoffer's Fecthbuch
1443, 1449, & 1459 editions! |
| Added November 9 - 14, 1999 |
HACA Exclusive - 18
images on long-sword from the rare Codex Wallerstein,
a collection of anonymous German text and illustrations
from c. 1470
HACA Exclusive - Excerpts from Das Solothurner
Fechtbuch, another rare Medieval German fighting
manual. |
| Added October 20-25, 1999 |
Das Ringersbuch der
Hans Wurm - HACA exclusive, rare German wrestling text
of c. 1600.
Le Jeu de la Hache
- HACA exclusive!
Complete Official English Translation of 15th century Treastise
on the Polaxe!
I.33 - German Sword
& Buckler Manual
Oldest known European sword manuscript from c. 1295!
Updates to Reading List, New Book Reviews,
and Historical Terms |
| Added September 20-30, 1999 |
Pictures from the `99 Houston
Seminar
Updates to Reading List, New Book Reviews, and Historical
Terms
14 New photos of contact-weapon practice
& sparring with long-swords |
| Added September 2, 1999 |
| NEW HACA WEBSITE LOOK!
- to see it refresh your cache on your browser for all pages |
| Added August 13-31, 1999 |
The Deeds of Jacque
de Lalaing Feats of Arms by a 15th
Century Knight
Even more updates to Historical Terms
list
NEW! HACA's
1999 Sword Research
Trip to England - a full report with 50+ photos!
An Introduction to George Hale's The Private School of Defence,
1614 English Rapier text |
| Added August 3-10, 1999 |
More additions to Master Ringeck's
Fechtbuch Comentaries
Additions to Pietro Monte Essay
Updates to Historical Terms
list - 6 new terms added
Update to Reading & Research Bibliography list - thirteen
new titles added
NEW! Artwork from
19th Century Study of Historical Fencing
Updated Historical
Fencing Definitions page
Updates to Historical Manuals
of European Masters. |
| Added July 6-8, 1999 |
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Five New Photos of Sparring
- Other
Weapons
New Book Review: Arms & Armor of
the Crusading Era 1050-1350 Vol. I
Part II & III - Master Ringeck's
Fechtbuch Comentaries
HACA exclusive, 14th century long-sword
manual!
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| Added June 25, 1999 |
| New Interview with John Waller
- Head of Fight Interpretation, Royal Armouries |
| Added May 18 & 25, 1999 |
3 new test-cutting pictures
added - Cutting Practice
New Book Review: Anglo-Saxon Weapons
& Warfare
New Book Review: The World of the Medival
Knight |
| Added May 14, 1999 |
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The Compleat Sword-Man:
An Introduction to the Teachings of Sir William Hope
Two excellent new pieces added to Insights from Historical
Artworks
Four new photos of HACA exhibition at the 1999 Mardi Gra
Martial Arts Camp: sword &
rapier
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| Added May 6-7, 1999 |
Pietro Monte –
Medieval to Renaissance Master …once again
THE 1999 HACA NATIONAL SEMINAR!
Master Ringeck's
Fechtbuch Comentaries - a
HACA exclusive, 14th cen. manual!
Stephen Hand's "The Practical
Saviolo" (Revised Edition) PART 1 / PART 2 / GLOSSARY |
| Added April 19-28, 1999 |
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8 more photos under Medieval
Long-Sword - 3
New Essay: Part 2 of How to
Teach an Understanding of Parrying
12 New pieces added to Unarmed
Medieval & Renaissance Combat
3 New pieces added to Insights from Historical
Artworks
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| Added April 5-12, 1999 |
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Unarmed
Medieval & Renaissance Combat - A new section devoted
to these fighting arts
Update to Insights from Historical
Artworks - 1 new piece added Art27
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| Added March 18-24, 1999 |
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Over 30 photos added to
3 sections: Long-Sword 1,
Long-Sword 2,
& Other Weapons
New Essay The Ubiquitous Pell
Training historical style
New Essay Broadsword or
Broad Sword? Settling the Question of What’s
in a Name
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| Added February 24-26, 1999 |
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The First 46 Plate Ilustrations
of Talhoffer's Fectbuch of 1467 now online! Talhoffer
Added 3 more
new long-sword entries to Historical Terms
Updates to HACA Houston
class schedule
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| Added February 18, 1999 |
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Saxo the Dane
- Selected Anecdotes and Accounts
of Epic Combat from 12th & 13th
Century Danish History
Viking Fighting
- Selected Text from 23 Norse Sagas!
Added 4 new entries to Historical
Terms
|
| Added February 11-16, 1999 |
Added new entries to Medieval Long-Sword Terms
Added 5 new pieces to Insights from Historical
Artworks
Five more titles added to Reading & Research
List |
| Added February 2 - 8, 1999 |
Six new titles
added to Reading
& Research List.
Updates to Insights from Historical
Artworks - 4 new pieces added
Updates to Joseph Swetnam
manual of 1617 with additional text and all illustrations.
New Book Review: "The Cutting
Edge - A Practical Guide to the Use of Highland Weapons: The
Broadsword and Targe" |
| Added January 22 - 26, 1999 |
