by Steve | Apr 4, 2026 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be reviewing the series of plays from Medel’s Third Stance as we near the end of his treatise. As we discovered last week, his Second Stance proved rather useful, and although things may not play out for us in the...
by Steve | Mar 28, 2026 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be reviewing the plays extending from Hans Medel’s second stance, taking what we can from his recommendations, and adding what we can to make what he proposes as useful as possible. Aidan will once again be leading us...
by Steve | Mar 20, 2026 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be reviewing plays originating from Medel’s Seven Stances. This is a subset of the main text which essentially highlights a series of guards, and a number of actions that you can stem from them. The concept of forcing...
by John | Mar 6, 2026 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will again be having a series of judged matches in preparation for our tournament, Clash for the Cash. We are also planning to keep score using HEMA Scorecard using features available on the site. As the site isn’t intended...
by Steve | Feb 26, 2026 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be having a series of judged matches in preparation for our upcoming tournament, Clash for the Cash. As some of you may know, this will be the very first competition in the PEMAC League series, so it’s imperative that...
by Steve | Feb 19, 2026 | Classes
Greetings, fencers. This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be having a class on counter-grappling led by one of our most versatile and capable fighters, the one and only Dan Black. Although this class will center around fencing with the Messer, the principles...
