Consulting Swordsman
Medieval German Wrestling Course: the Twirchringen of the Von Baumann manuscript The long-awaited Medieval German Wrestling course from Jessica Finley is finally ready! Last June I flew to Kansas to shoot Fiore dagger plays with Jessica Finley. While I was there she asked if we could also shoot a course on Von Baumann’s wrestling plays, … Read more
In July I flew to Kansas to shoot video with Jessica Finley. I originally intended to just get the material for my medieval Italian wrestling course, but when I saw this amazing mural on Jessica’s salle wall, I was hit by a really good idea- why not use this memory-tree of Liechtenauer’s 12 hauptstucke (“chief … Read more
Last week I ran a survey to find out what I should be working on next. This generated a very clear ‘get on with the “systems from sources” online course’ response. I am following orders, and hope to have the first couple of modules up for beta-testers next week. I will set it up so … Read more
I returned yesterday from a visit to the Osnabrück branch of my School, where every day of training was followed by one or two small beers, and playing Audatia. These guys are good enough (at the game, at least 🙂 ) that I got at least one pommel strike in my face, and ate a … Read more