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My Approach to 15th-Century German Fencing Theory
This is my current approach to using 15th-century German fencing theory. You may have a different interpretation—and indeed, the...
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Jul 198 min read
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Longsword drills: Cutting patterns and parrying
This post is heavily inspired (stolen?) from Jeff Tsay of Forte Swordplay. Check out his videos on his YouTube channel (which I've...
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Jul 68 min read
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Liechtenauer's longsword 101 - part 5: Parries
Parries in LL system can be broken down into: Common parries: not used if you can help it, but probably necessary to train against in...
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Jan 24, 20246 min read
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Liechtenauer's longsword 101 - part 2: Overview of the system
These are the core elements of LL's system. To test myself, this was mostly written from memory, but I have referred to the Zettel and...
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Jan 21, 20247 min read
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Liechtenauer's longsword 101 - part 1: Introduction
I've been studying Meyer's longsword on and off for about 2 years, and I've moved on to Liechtenauer's longsword (LL for short) recently....
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Jan 19, 20243 min read
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