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 Topic: zweihander or great sword fighting techniques or manuscripts |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 9 Views: 19726 |
 Forum: Reenactment Combat Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:04 pm Subject: zweihander or great sword fighting techniques or manuscripts |
| The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Combat-German-Martial-Treatise/dp/1403970920/ref=cm_lmf_img_23_rsrssi1 It's a good text. |
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| Topic: Fiore de' Liberi's Fior di Battaglia |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 2 Views: 8184 |
Forum: Historical Combat Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:47 pm Subject: Fiore de' Liberi's Fior di Battaglia |
| Finally this has been published, no more waiting on Bob Sharon.
Note this is the first publication and is the text only. This has been a long time coming and its the Getty version..... ------- ... |
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| Topic: Gaining the sword in Italian rapier |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 5 Views: 17232 |
Forum: Reenactment Combat Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:43 am Subject: Gaining the sword in Italian rapier |
| I have fixed the links. | |
| Topic: Gaining the sword in Italian rapier |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 5 Views: 17232 |
Forum: Reenactment Combat Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:48 pm Subject: Gaining the sword in Italian rapier |
| A set of videos about gaining the sword, and generally about mechanical advantage, in Italian rapier.
It's in 4 parts on youtube as follows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij2D4NRXyH4&featur ... |
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| Topic: Viking Age Arms and Armor Viking Sword and Shield Combat. |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 3 Views: 10578 |
Forum: Reenactment Combat Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:37 pm Subject: Viking Age Arms and Armor Viking Sword and Shield Combat. |
| You all may have seen this.
http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/viking_sword_technique.htm GK |
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| Topic: Tinker Swords |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 20 Views: 38231 |
Forum: Reenactment Combat Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:24 am Subject: Tinker Swords |
| Guys I have just last night seen the Tinker swords available and purchased one of the longsword blunts.
Very, very nice swords, very high temper, nice flex to the blade. Some of the best entry swords ... |
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| Topic: Acceptable dsign of helms vs historical authenticity. |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 10 Views: 12996 |
Forum: Armouring & Weapon Smithing Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:24 pm Subject: Acceptable dsign of helms vs historical authenticity. |
| What a flash back, we used to have a whole lot of Helms like that in AS&S in the 1980's. | |
| Topic: Tinker Swords |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 20 Views: 38231 |
Forum: Reenactment Combat Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:53 pm Subject: Tinker Swords |
| In our sport the sword is a consumable.
Yes? Yes.. |
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| Topic: Tinker Swords |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 20 Views: 38231 |
Forum: Reenactment Combat Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:55 pm Subject: Tinker Swords |
| Hey all. Has anyone bought or handled any of the Tinker swords as yet from Casiberia, they look very good.
Medieval - http://www.casiberia.com/productsearch.asp?subsubcat2=yes&cat=Swords%20and%20 ... |
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| Topic: Dark Age and early Medieval sword work. |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 5 Views: 12475 |
Forum: Historical Combat Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:46 pm Subject: Dark Age and early Medieval sword work. |
| I was having a talk the other night to a Norse mate and we were discussing Dark age sword work and the sorry lack of manuals.
I am of the opinion that if we look at the latter period medieval manua ... |
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| Topic: Introducing AS&S/ASEMA German longsword training |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 3 Views: 8104 |
Forum: Historical Combat Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:07 pm Subject: Introducing AS&S/ASEMA German longsword training |
| German longsword 15th – 16th centaury. (Historic European Swordsmanship)
Well after two weeks, German longsword is going well; I am finding it to be a subtle yet devastating weapon. It is poss ... |
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| Topic: Introducing AS&S/ASEMA German longsword training |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 3 Views: 8104 |
Forum: Historical Combat Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:56 am Subject: Introducing AS&S/ASEMA German longsword training |
| Please PM or e-mail expressions of interest to me.
Gerard Kraay Head Instructor AS&SS Minimum requirements for this training course are. A fencing mask, longsword waster and gloves. Posted ... |
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| Topic: exploring western military martial arts |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 29 Views: 36413 |
Forum: Historical Combat Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:13 pm Subject: exploring western military martial arts |
| I believe he is going on about Geoff Tank Tod from Tod Group http://www.schoolofselfdefence.com/default.htm
It’s a very good system of CQB, Tank is a fantastic teacher and person to train with and ... |
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| Topic: Vids on Viking single combat. |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 9 Views: 10284 |
Forum: Historical Combat Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:44 am Subject: Vids on Viking single combat. |
| Ignorance knows no bounds.
Yes Spada has a very interesting article on shield work, written I think by Steven Hand and Paul Wagner. |
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| Topic: Vids on Viking single combat. |
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| Gerard Kraay Replies: 9 Views: 10284 |
Forum: Historical Combat Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:52 pm Subject: Vids on Viking single combat. |
I’m not surprised that you have the above observation Stuart.
They are using their shields to close off the lines of attack and to control and open their oppon ... |
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