Forerunners of the Fechtschule Pt I : Antiquity
“An average, foundational knowledge of the past helps us understand the 14th-16th c. Fechtschulen...
Read MorePosted by Christopher VanSlambrouck | Dec 31, 2018 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Reading, Research, Research articles, Study, Study Articles |
“An average, foundational knowledge of the past helps us understand the 14th-16th c. Fechtschulen...
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 Jean Chandler | Jun 3, 2018 | Articles, Reading, Research, Research articles, Study, Study Articles |
Over the years I have spent researching Late Medieval Central Europe, I ran across many unfamiliar...
Read MorePosted by Piermarco Terminiello | Dec 23, 2017 | Research articles, Study Articles, Teaching & training methods, Techniques & interpretation |
Giovanni Alberto Cassani published a military treatise in Naples in 1603.1 In this work he...
Read MorePosted by David Coblentz | Nov 1, 2017 | Articles, Study Articles, Teaching & training methods, Teaching Curriculum, Teaching Pedagogics, Techniques & interpretation |
This article will present an analysis of Johann Georg Paschen’s (1628-1678) Kurtze iedoch...
Read MorePosted by Reinier van Noort | Feb 4, 2017 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
In the mid-19th century, not that long after the Belgian war of independence, an experiment was...
Read MorePosted by Jay Leccese | Oct 24, 2016 | Articles, Research articles, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
Proposition This article proposes that Francesco Novati’s 1902 facsimile reproduction of Flos...
Read MorePosted by Michael Chidester | Aug 18, 2016 | Articles, Research articles, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
Last week, in the same spirit of information freedom that inspired Wiktenauer’s creation, I...
Read MorePosted by Michael Chidester | Aug 11, 2016 | Articles, Research articles, Study Articles, Teaching & training methods, Techniques & interpretation |
Though long delayed, this book represents the most complete picture possible of the Liechtenauer tradition of foot combat as it was recorded in the mid 15th century. It’s the text I wanted for my students when I was leading a study group, and I’m happy to finally offer it in print. I hope it serves in some small way to advance the study of Johannes Liechtenauer’s art.
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Jun 19, 2016 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Study Articles |
This video was recorded by the MFFG at the 4th Meyer Symposium in Iowa, USA, 2016 and is yet...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Jun 19, 2016 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Study Articles |
This video was recorded by the MFFG at the 4th Meyer Symposium in Iowa, USA, 2016. It is a small...
Read MorePosted by Jess Finley | Apr 15, 2016 | Articles, Reading, Research articles, Study, Study Articles |
King and Fool – The Vier Leger of Liechtenauer’s Tradition and their relationship with...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Mar 19, 2016 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Study Articles |
This second video in the Basic Meyer Quarterstaff series brings up a few topics: First of all the...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Mar 12, 2016 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Study Articles |
For the last seven years I have dedicated myself to the study of Joachim Meyer’s...
Read MorePosted by Ariella Elema | Mar 11, 2016 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
Part One of this article examined the famous judicial duel between Jean de Carrouges and Jacques...
Read MorePosted by Ariella Elema | Mar 4, 2016 | Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
According to the website Deadline Hollywood, Studio 8 has hired a screenwriter to turn Eric...
Read MorePosted by Kendra Brown | Jan 2, 2016 | Articles, Research articles, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
Florius de Arte Luctandi is formally designated Ms. Latin 11269 by the Bibliothèque nationale de...
Read MorePosted by Chris Slee | Oct 23, 2015 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
The entry on fencing in René François’ 1621 encyclopedia is a rich source of terminology and...
Read MorePosted by Chris Slee | Oct 9, 2015 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
In the introduction to “The Sword and the Centuries” (1901), Alfred Hutton mentions a curious incident. His fencing group in the London Rifle Brigade were invited to Belgium to put on a display of historical fencing. What can we discover about this Belgian event? What follows is an overview some literary detective work that reveals Adolphe Corthey, a man in every way Hutton’s equal and the powerhouse behind late nineteenth century HEMA in France.
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 Ton Puey | Jul 31, 2015 | Articles, Research articles, Study Articles |
This article gathers a series of notes written while studying the sources on the Iberian montante sword of the late XV century and following centuries. The extant sources are listed and analysed. Different approaches to teaching this weapon’s handling are described, stressing those who can provide a context for its use.
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 Piermarco Terminiello | Jun 19, 2015 | Articles, Research articles, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
“Finding yourself assailed by enemies, and supposing there are many of them, the situation demands...
Read MorePosted by Bert Gevaert | Jun 12, 2015 | Arms & Armour, Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
Continuing with his four part series on The use of the saber in the army of Napoleon, Dr....
Read MorePosted by Bert Gevaert | Jun 5, 2015 | Arms & Armour, Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
Continuing with his four part series on The use of the saber in the army of Napoleon, Dr....
Read MorePosted by Bert Gevaert | May 22, 2015 | Arms & Armour, Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
Continuing with his series on The use of the saber in the army of Napoleon, Dr. Bert Gevaert now...
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 Bert Gevaert | May 8, 2015 | Arms & Armour, Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
“The sword is the weapon in which you should have most confidence, because it rarely fails you by...
Read MorePosted by Jean Chandler | May 2, 2015 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
Introduction: So what happened to the Second Estate? Most of my own HEMA-related historical...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Feb 10, 2015 | Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
Our personal goals in studying HEMA are varied, complex and individually quite different. For...
Read MorePosted by Martin Fabian | Jan 30, 2015 | Articles, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
Back in the end of May this year we had the honor to be invited to the internationally renowned...
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 Roger Norling | Dec 12, 2014 | Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Study Articles, Study News |
Long overdue I’ve finally posted my booklet on the Meyer quarterstaff, a weapon also used to...
Read MorePosted 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...
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 Jürg Gassmann | Sep 27, 2014 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
Below are three versions of the Fencing Ordinance of the Swiss town of Solothurn, first the...
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 | Jun 13, 2014 | Community news, Study Articles, Study News |
Posted by Roger Norling | May 6, 2014 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Study Articles, Teaching & training methods, Techniques & interpretation |
Here’s the workshop on Joachim Meyer’s quarterstaff held by me and my fellow GHFS member Mattias Moberg at the HEMAC Florentia event in March, in Florence, Italy. It has been edited down from a 3 hour workshop into a...
Read MorePosted 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...
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 | Feb 3, 2014 | Community news, Study Articles, Study News |
by Roland Warzecha and friends!...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Feb 1, 2014 | Community news, Study Articles, Study News |
Just to remind you of the beauty of one of the few still living European martial arts; Portuguese Jogo do Pau. If you ever get a chance to try it then take it. It is well worth...
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 | May 30, 2013 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Dagger, Research articles, Study Articles |
Note: This is a working document and will continuously be updated as we work with our interpretations of Joachim Meyer’s dagger teachings. Similarly to how I worked with his staff teachings I will attempt at systemizing...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | May 30, 2013 | Community news, Research articles, Research News, Study Articles, Study News |
Designing a sword of mid 14th century style using a system of geometric drawing that is inspired by surviving plans of medieval gothic architecture. Please visit my site at peterjohnsson.com for more information about this...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Apr 3, 2013 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
Here is an excellent lecture on Fiore Furlano de Liberi, Ludwig von Eyb and more, by Michael Chidester, held at Fechtschule America 2013. Well worth watching, no matter if you focus more on the “Italian” or...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Apr 1, 2013 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
This short movie shows a glimpse of the world of the Collegiate Fencing, the still living child of the Fechtschule tradition. For more reading, look at the excellent article An overview of German collegiate fencing traditions by...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Mar 2, 2013 | Articles, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
Here’s a good clip from John Clements focusing on an often forgotten aspect of...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Nov 30, 2012 | Community news, Study Articles, Study News |
Very nicely produced video on footwork, from La Sala delle...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Nov 16, 2012 | Arms & Armour, Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
In my opinion the dussack doesn’t quite get the recognition it deserves in the historical...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Sep 26, 2012 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Study Articles, Training methods |
“Ey fåår Fächtare Krantz förn ändas Manlige Strijden. The Fighter shall not receive the...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Jul 17, 2012 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Research articles, Study Articles |
This article is written to accompany the recent article about the mysticist, and possibly even fencer and a Freyfechter, Heinrich Agrippa. If you haven’t read the article, it is suggested you do so, before...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Jul 4, 2012 | Community news, Research News, Study Articles, Study News |
From at least as far back as the early to mid 1400s, all the way up until about the French...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Dagger, Research articles, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
It has been debated regarding to what extent Meyer was inspired by the Italians, the...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | May 31, 2012 | Community news, Research News, Study Articles, Study News |
This project will collect all of Joachim Meyer’s personal advice on fighting, stripping away all techniques instead focusing on fighting principles, tactics and strategies. Anyone is welcome to join us in this project. The...
Read MorePosted 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:...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Feb 20, 2012 | Articles, Meyer Articles, Meyer Halben Stangen, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
The Guards Here are the main guards of Joachim Meÿer’s Halben Stangen: 1. Oberhut (left) 2. Gerader Versatzung (or Mittelhut) 3. Unterhut 4. Wechselhut (Not really a “main” guard, but a key stance) 5. Oberhut...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Jan 26, 2011 | Articles, Research articles, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
Well there is a right Vom Tag, and a middle one… so there has to be a left Vom Tag as well,...
Read MorePosted by Roger Norling | Jan 26, 2011 | Articles, Study Articles, Techniques & interpretation |
No, it’s not the hottest, new move on the dance floor. It’s just the old High Guard as...
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