by Steve | Jun 14, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will have our final installment of Sword and Buckler, with class being led once again by the incomparable Aidan Witherspoon. He has been collaborating with Austin Straub to bring us a few plays by someone considered by many to be...
by Steve | Jun 7, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, the intrepid (and irreverent) Aidan Witherspoon once again leads our class in a further exploration of Andre Lignitzer’s Sword & Buckler. Last week’s class was enjoyable, informative, and well-attended, and this one...
by Steve | May 31, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will begin a series of classes on Andre Lignitzer’s Sword & Buckler, led by the Phantom himself, the one and only Aidan Witherspoon. Aidan has seen fit to modify the layout of Lignitzer’s plays for what is sure to...
by Steve | May 24, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we once again have an open floor for sparring and refining our technique. Many of us will be away at Funfecht in Pittsburgh, and I myself will be away in North Carolina, so although attendance might be a bit thin, you are encouraged...
by Steve | May 17, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will have an open floor for people to spar, trade ideas, and advance their training. Bucks Historical Longsword is having an Intermural Tournament on the same day, so some of our members will be there, but others plan to come to...
by Steve | May 10, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be going through the next series of plays from Paurenfeyndt’s Longsword. We are approaching the end of the treatise, but there are a few key plays left to review which I’m hoping will prove both useful and...
by Steve | May 3, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be having a rather unique class on field combat, led by none other than Ian Burgess-Linden. Ian is not only a learned and accomplished fencer, skilled in the arts of modern fencing and HEMA, but he is also a historian and...
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...
