Class for September 1, 2024

This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be having a collaboration class of sorts. I would like to accomplish a couple of things. First, with the use of sparring games, I would like to see fighters remedy certain deficiencies in their fencing, shoring up any...

Class for August 25, 2024

This week at Crossing Fight School, the illustrious duo of Austin Straub and Ian Burgess-Linden will be at the helm, teaching us two critical elements of fencing – footwork and parrying. These two key ingredients are what makes most of what we do both functional...

Class for August 18, 2024

This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be having another installment of the Hidden Hew Review, as there are many new people now training with us who could use a more formal introduction to the strikes which comprise the basis of many attacks and plays in KDF....

Class for August 11, 2024

This week at Crossing Fight School, we will once again resume our study of Paurenfeyndt’s Longsword, as we draw ever nearer to the conclusion of his treatise. This class will feature, among other things, a few key techniques common to close-in fencing, where...

Class for August 4, 2024

This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be having an open floor for free sparring and for the trading of ideas to help us advance our training. Several of us will be in North Carolina for the Raleigh HEMA Open, so attendance will be somewhat light. Nevertheless, I...