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 …
Category Archives: From the Manuscripts
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 …
alle dink habn lenge vnd moße – being small to be great
dy leng das ist dastu hinter deinem swert stest und reckst dich / dy mass ist dastu nider stest … …
