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...
by Steve | Feb 13, 2026 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be looking into the last of Hans Medel’s Longsword techniques, namely Durchwechseln. Sometimes translated as the “change through”, or the “disengage”, this deceptive acrion can be used to...
by Steve | Feb 8, 2026 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will have one of the last classes on Hans Medel’s Longsword. We should be wrapping this all up over the next couple of weeks. Medel’s material has proven both unique and useful, and aside from his trying to re-invent...
by Steve | Jan 31, 2026 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will continue our examination of Hans Medel’s Longsword, as we look into the last major section of the treatise, namely Nachreissen. Nachreissen, or “traveling after”, is a particularly useful device, and can...
by Steve | Jan 24, 2026 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be open for business, but there is no lesson planned. Because of the impending weather, there is no telling how many people will be able to make it, so if you choose to come despite the snow, it will essentially be a...
