by Steve | Aug 1, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, many of us will be in North Carolina for the Raleigh HEMA Open, so the floor will be open for sparring and experimentation. As always, if you’re a newer practitioner, this is a golden opportunity to get a handle on the...
by John | Jul 25, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we resume our examination of Hans Medel’s Longsword, with Aidan leading the class. We’re approaching the halfway point in the text, and it’s been an interesting journey so far. One thing that might have occurred to...
by Steve | Jul 17, 2025 | Classes, Special Events
This week at Crossing Fight School, class willl be led by the incomparable Josh Furrate, the Legend from Louisiana. He will also be accompanied by one of the most talented and prolific artists and designers in the HEMA community, the one and only Amber Damare. The...
by Steve | Jul 12, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will at last use one of our adjoining tumble rooms for a lesson on grappling basics with the one and only Mike “The Colonel” Sanders, who will be sharing with us his secret recipe for besting your opponent on the mat...
by Steve | Jul 10, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be having some post-tournament downtime and enjoying an open sparring floor for the afternoon. We may have some guests from far away lands visiting us, so this will be the perfect time to fence people we rarely see. In...
by Steve | Jun 25, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, it is Fight Week, and as is our custom, we’ll be focusing on strategy, execution, and technique in an effort to advance in our training. Just as importantly, it is the week before Revolution Rumble, the much-anticipated yearly...
by Steve | Jun 20, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we dive further into the treatise of Hans Medel, where he puts his own unique twist on some familiar plays from the original RDL texts. Interestingly, buried in the next few plays will be one of these variations which, as...
by Steve | Jun 13, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will have an open floor for sparring, experimentation, and whatever informal lessons anyone may want to present. You can also make use of the computer and monitors to go through any historical texts you may want to research (Hans...
by Steve | Jun 6, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, the Medel madness continues as we make our way into the main body of his work, featuring more plays involving the 5 Cuts. As some of you may have observed, this material touches on fencing against your opponent’s guard, an...
by Steve | May 30, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we resume our study of the Longsword treatise of Hans Medel, re-branded guards and all. There are a few novel techniques and different takes on familiar ones, as we will see. As always, everyone is encouraged to experiment with all...
