by Steve | Apr 27, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, the Ladies Knight tournament will be ongoing over the weekend. Classes will be held on Sunday by some knowledgeable and gifted guest instructors beginning around 9 AM and going the length of the day. These classe are free to all...
by Steve | Apr 18, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be reviewing the next section from Paurenfeyndt’s Longsword, including a few key plays involving the use of defense to enter measure. This, I am hopeful, will be of use to many of you, and prove to be a particularly...
by Steve | Apr 13, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be reviewing Paurenfeyndt’s Fencing from the Sweeps, one of the most useful and effective commentaries on fencing from the lower guards with a Longsword. This section has a number of inventive devices which allow for...
by Steve | Apr 5, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be entering the last third of the Paurenfeyndt Longsword text. Many of the plays in the first portion of this segment involve grappling of various kinds, so we should be able to cover several of them in this class. The plays...
by Steve | Mar 28, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, it is the return of Fight Week. As is our usual custom, since it’s the last Sunday of the month, we’ll be having a class that focuses on the development of strategy and technique. The time spent will be used to focus on...
by Steve | Mar 22, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, most of us will be at the Bucks Historical Longsword Intramural Tournament, so there will be no formal class. The floor will be open for those who want to spar amongst themselves and work on whatever they choose. I myself will be at...
by Steve | Mar 16, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, our study of Paurenfeyndt’s Longsword continues, and will include a partial review of plays 51 – 53 which proved somewhat opaque last week. Because of the Ascalon event in Ohio this weekend, attendance may be a bit...
by Steve | Mar 13, 2024 | Concepts, Videos
This is fun to use as a ‘free hew’. This cut is often under-used and somewhat misunderstood, but it definitely has its utility.
by Steve | Mar 8, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be resuming our study of Paurenfeyndt’s Longsword, picking up where we left off last month. The plays are getting a bit more complex, but we will sift through them, testing elements of each along the way. Grappling...
by Steve | Mar 2, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be having a loosely structured class centered around some of the upcoming Paurenfeyndt plays, and some extended sparring. This Sunday’s class will be the day after our tournament in Pemberton, so I won’t be...
