Class for Dec. 5, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be engaging in deception and trickery. The ‘change through’, or Durchwechseln, and the Zucken, which are two of the nastiest (and potentially effective) techniques in the text, will be our subjects of study....

Class for Nov. 28, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, it is Fight Week. You all know what that means…..drills for skills, thrills, and kills. On top of that, there will be extended sparring time to help us improve our technique and test a few new things, if we so choose. Our new...

Class for Nov. 21, 2021

This week at Crossing fight School, we will have the lesson that was originally intended for last week. We’ll wrap up the Nachreissen material and review some of the plays that follow as we were scheduled to do. Because we had so few people in class last Sunday,...

Class for Nov. 14, 2021

As many of you know, there is an in-house tournament being held by Bucks Historical Longsword this Sunday, and it will feature some of the best and brightest fighters in the area.  Like anything done by our neighboring clubs, this will certainly be an event that is...

Class for Nov. 7, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be taking a very close look at the concept of Nachreissen, something I believe to be an essential component of the Art we practice. Nachreissen, or ‘traveling after’, is on full display when we perform exercises...

Class for Oct. 31, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, it is once again Fight Week. As usual, we will have some strategy and Fuhlen-based exercises, followed by extended sparring time meant to further refine our technique and expand our repertoire. Of course, this will be a great...