Meyer longsword Archives

On The Five Words and Withdrawal

Posted by James Reilly | Aug 12, 2018 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Dagger, Meyer Dusack, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Research, Research articles, Study, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |

Mark, this is that before all things you shall rightly undertake and understand these two things,...

Meyer Pilgrimage Part 2 – Basel

Posted by Roger Norling | Aug 5, 2015 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Meyer Articles, Meyer Dagger, Meyer Dusack, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Research articles, Study Articles |

Almost exactly a year ago I was lucky enough to be taken on a small journey that has been a long...

The Ringen of Joachim Meyer

Posted by Keith Cotter-Reilly | Jun 26, 2015 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Dagger, Meyer Dusack, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Research articles, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |

This article shall group Joachim Meyer’s Ringen into collections of similar throws....

A key to Meyer’s mechanics & footwork – part 1

Posted by Roger Norling | May 12, 2015 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Dagger, Meyer Dusack, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Research articles, Study Articles |

Here is a rough diagram that tries to explain the core mechanics that go through all of Meyers...

The Onion – Basics of European Longsword: Part 10

Posted by Roger Norling | Oct 27, 2014 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer longsword, Study Articles |

For practitioners of German longsword it is fairly commonly known that with some stances and cuts...

The Onion – Basics of European Longsword: Part 9

Posted by Roger Norling | Oct 21, 2014 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Dagger, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Study Articles |

This time I will speak rather briefly about stances and the ideas behind them. This does not just...

Meyer Pilgrimage Part 1 – Straßburg

Posted by Roger Norling | Aug 1, 2014 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Meyer Articles, Meyer Dagger, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Research articles, Study Articles |

We all share the same love for our personal and shared discoveries of a forgotten European martial...

The Onion – Basics of European Longsword: Part 8

Posted by Roger Norling | Jul 18, 2014 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Dagger, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Study Articles |

Although not originally planned to be included in this series, I decided to add an article on a...

Teaching progressions in Meyer’s longsword 1: the attacking skill tree

Posted by James Roberts | Feb 22, 2014 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer longsword, Research articles, Study Articles, Teaching & training methods, Techniques & interpretation |

Over the last five years, I’ve given several workshops in both South Africa and Europe focused on sequencing the teaching of techniques from Joachim Meyer’s “Gründtliche Beschreibung… der Kunst des Fechtens”[i]. In my view, each...

The Onion – Basics of European Longsword: Part 7

Posted by Roger Norling | Feb 15, 2014 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Dagger, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Study Articles |

This week we will be taking advantage of one of the greatest benefits from reading somewhat later masters, like Joachim Meyer and George Silver, by looking closer at a subject that most early treatises speak little of; tactics....

The Onion – Basics of European Longsword: Part 6

Posted by Roger Norling | Dec 6, 2013 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Study Articles |

Throughout history going all the way back from at least medieval times up until modern military...

The Onion – Basics of European Longsword: Part 5

Posted by Roger Norling | Nov 15, 2013 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Study Articles |

This week’s article will be talking about the topic of various ways of counterstriking...

The Onion – Basics of European Longsword: Part 4

Posted by Roger Norling | Nov 8, 2013 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Study Articles |

This time we will start moving into somewhat more unexplored and unmapped territory, working with...

The Onion – Basics of European Longsword: Part 3

Posted by Roger Norling | Oct 25, 2013 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Study Articles |

Time for part 3 in the Onion Article Series, this time taking a closer look at the parts of the...

The Onion – Basics of European Longsword: Part 2

Posted by Roger Norling | Oct 18, 2013 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Dagger, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Study Articles |

Continuing with part 2 in the Onion series of articles we will now focus on the topic of...

The Onion: Basics of European Longsword: Part 1

Posted by Roger Norling | Oct 10, 2013 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Dagger, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Study Articles |

For the last year or so I have been working on a group of primarily longsword exercises based on...

Meyer freeflow exercises

Posted by Roger Norling | Mar 11, 2013 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer longsword, Teaching & training methods, Training exercises |

To begin with, just for clarification, this is not a typical article per se, but rather a text...

Meyer’s masters

Posted by Roger Norling | Feb 23, 2013 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Research articles, Study Articles |

On this day, 443 years ago, Fechtmeister Joachim Meyer published his magnificent fencing treatise...

Doing what we are told or what we are taught?

Posted by Roger Norling | May 2, 2012 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation, Training methods |

Here’s an old but still always relevant question for us HEMA practitioners to ask ourselves:...

The history of Joachim Meyer’s fencing treatise to Otto von Solms.

Posted by Roger Norling | Mar 21, 2012 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier |

The Joachim Meyer fechtbuch named MS A.4°.2, a beautiful hand-written and watercolour-illustrated...

The tools for the job

Posted by Roger Norling | Feb 26, 2012 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation, Training methods |

To understand the body mechanics involved in a technique we not only have to train our bodies so we are strong and agile enough, we also need to use tools that work together with our bodies in the appropriate manner. This may...

Strengthening exercises

Posted by Roger Norling | Feb 5, 2012 | Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword |

Here are some very crude video clips we shot today of the strengthening exercises we have begun working with in the Meÿer Halben Stangen class at Gothenburg Historical Fencing School. Since they are relevant to longsword...