Meyer’s Four Types of Fencers: How we conceive of them and ourselves
And the first are those who, as soon as they can reach the opponent in the Onset, at once cut and...
Read MorePosted by James Reilly | Oct 28, 2019 | Articles, Meyer Dagger, Meyer Dusack, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Research, Research articles |
And the first are those who, as soon as they can reach the opponent in the Onset, at once cut and...
Read MorePosted by Adam Franti | Oct 19, 2019 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Meyer Articles, Meyer Dagger, Meyer Dusack, Meyer Halben Stangen, Meyer longsword, Meyer Rappier, Research, Research articles |
There is a particular tension at play in the modern Historical European Martial Arts community...
Read MorePosted 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,...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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....
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Andrea Conti | Jan 10, 2015 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Meyer Articles, Meyer Rappier, Research articles, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
There are many reasons why I devote much of my time and my energies on what Joachim Meyer has...
Read MorePosted by James Roberts | Nov 7, 2014 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Rappier |
As a professional educator as well as a long-time amateur martial arts instructor, one of the issues that fascinates me about the historical fighting manuscripts is their approach to teaching. Broadly speaking, there are two...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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;...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
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