We got video of a couple of the fights at the latest AAF display. One of them I'm particularly happy with ( Read more... )

Berzerkertm Viking Fighting Arts

Nothing more to say, really. Except this.

THE STORY OF SIGNORE ROCCO AND AUSTIN BAGGER
Reproduced from George Silver Paradoxes of Defence, 1599 ( Read more... )

It would probably be appropriate here to post a link to a picture of my new sword, kindly made by Ewan. It's a wonderful piece of work - it's about two pounds in weight, which is a good period weight, unlike some of the crowbars that have been made previously. Ewan's first few swords suffered from poor hilt design - the handles were wide and flat, ( Read more... )

So I've been spending time more recently reading George Silver's Paradoxes of Defence, a work which is usually dismissed as a long-winded assault on the Italian rapier masters - which it is - but the actual content regarding English swordsmanship is frequently ignored. He does go into more detail in his Brief Instructions Upon My Paradoxes Of ( Read more... )