Class for Oct. 10, 2021

Good evening, all. This week at Crossing Fight School, we will begin our lesson by taking a closer look at a few fundamental things in KDF, namely the guards themselves, and also the Vier Versetzen, the virtues of which I have long espoused. As I have said many times,...

Class for Oct. 3, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll take a look at the bastard of the 5 Hidden Hews, the Scheitelhau. Dismissed, maligned, and misunderstood, this cut is thought by many to be almost useless, but it does have its applications (as we will see). Ringeck only...

Class for Sept. 26, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, it will be the return of Fight Week.  Once again, we’ll be going through a series of technique and strategy-based exercises meant to refine our fencing and better prepare us for the fights ahead, both in and out of a...

Class for Sept. 19, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be going through the remaining plays from Wallerstein dagger and wrapping things up. Not unlike some of the Longsword material from this manuscript, what may first appear a bit odd at first glance has proven to be pretty...

Class for Sept. 12, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, as promised, we will be be reviewing the Wallerstein dagger plays. As a handful of you know, the Nuremberg tradition has some of the more creative and visceral material, replete with painful submisson holds, stabs to the...