Class for August 1, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, it is once again Fight Week. In fact, it will be Fight Week for the next two classes in preparation for the Pennsylvania HEMA Open. As always, we’ll be running through some fight exercises and having extended sparring in an...

Class for July 25, 2021

Greetings once again, everyone. This week at Crossing Fight School, we will continue our lesson on the Zwerchhau, and if all goes according to plan, we’ll wrap up that section entirely. This is material we should pay close attention to, as many fights degenerate...

Add Protective Nubs to Swords

I have a nubby announcement … that is, I have an announcement about nubs. I’m ordering more for the club, but in reality, each fighter should be providing their own. I’ve ordered like $100 worth of these things over the past year, and they’re...

Class for July 18, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, our review of the Zwerchhau continues, this time featuring a bit of slicing, a bit of deception, and a measure of variation … just some of the things that conspire to make this one of the more interesting and diverse sections...

Class for July 11, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be resuming our Ringeck review and our split class format, this time focusing on the Zwerchhau. Many of us have love/hate relationship with this cut (myself included), but at the proper range, it’s certainly an...