by Steve | Oct 10, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, our review of Hans Medel’s Longsword continues with his commentary on the Scheitelhau. His material has proven useful and unique so far, and I trust that trend will continue. This underrated cut doesn’t get the attention...
by Steve | Oct 3, 2025 | Classes, Tournaments
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be hosting a Messer and Sword & Buckler Intramural Tournament. These beloved weapon systems don’t get the attention they deserve, so we’re giving them their due. For those who wish to practice Longsword,...
by Steve | Sep 27, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will resume our review of Hans Medel’s Longsword, picking up where we left off some weeks ago. As we have seen so far, Medel’s material does have some unique and effective devices within, and these upcoming plays are...
by Steve | Sep 19, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be having a few sparring games (if desired) and some extended free sparring for the duration of our class. Many of our members will be at the AG Open tournament in Michigan, so the time will be ours to use as we see fit....
by Steve | Sep 12, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, our class time will be devoted to practicing for the AG Open next weekend in Michigan. We will have some Fight Week-style warm-ups, followed by some judged matches using the AG rule set. There is a large contingent from Crossing...
by Steve | Sep 4, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be having our 3rd installment of the Basics Block for Longsword. Next, we’ll be focusing on that often overlooked part of our training, footwork. We all fence from the ground up and use our lower body to drive the...
by Steve | Aug 25, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we continue our Basics Block for Longsword. The next thing we will review are one of the crucial components of KDF, the guards. This class will review what the guards are, what they’re for, and how they can be used at each...
by Steve | Aug 22, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, it’s a return to the Victorian era with Mike “The Colonel” Sanders’ Bartitsu Bonanza! The tumble rooms are again open for business as we get schooled on some turn-of-the-century self-defense. These classes,...
by Steve | Aug 15, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be in the tumble room for a lesson on Ringen with Aidan and Dan Black. This is a much-anticipated class that aims to feature one of the critical, but rarely taught facets of HEMA. Grappling comprises a central component of...
by Steve | Aug 8, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will have our first class in our Basics Block, a series of Longsword fundamentals lessons that will run over the course of a few weeks. This class, and the ones that follow, will be aimed at allowing newer practitioners to assess...
