Explaining the German fencing terms by simple means of wrestling
Explaining the Liechtenauer five words and other German fencing terms is a very simple thing if you look at them …
Category Archives: From the Manuscripts
Of buffaloes and peasants not knowing to feel the sword
Keith Farrell is one of my favorite author and sword companion especially if it comes to teach me the Scottish …
A man wrote a fight-book. It’s incredible what happened 500 years later.
In the paper “Limits of Understanding in Historical European Martial Arts Studies” my friend Eric Burkhart introduced a variation of …
The danger of the attack – a translater’s problem
The sources we use to reconstruct the historical martial arts are written in a language that is not fully understandable …
The true meaning of “Vorschlag” and “Nachschlag”
The understanding of the terms “Vorschlag” and “Nachschlag” in the teaching of Johannes Liechtenauer is widely based on the interpretations …
The ultimate guide to the prime Medieval German Fencing Terms
Sword fighting is not that complicated: you take a sword and hit hard. But to explain and teach the art …
Active or Passive, and Double “Vor”
wenne mit dem worte vor als e gesprochen ist / meynt her das eyner mit eyme guten vorslage ader mit …
The simplicity of the “Vor”
The first thing, Master Lecküchner recommends in both his treatises is to open Schrödinger’s Box and release the cat. In …
Understanding Zufechten
Wenn dw mit dem zwuechten ze dem man kumbst so soltu nicht stil sten mit dem messer vnd seynen heuen …
The definition of “One step away”
das her in mit eynem schrete / ader mit eynem sprunge dirreichen mag / wo her denn indert in blos …
