by Steve | Nov 19, 2021 | Classes
This week at Crossing fight School, we will have the lesson that was originally intended for last week. We’ll wrap up the Nachreissen material and review some of the plays that follow as we were scheduled to do. Because we had so few people in class last Sunday,...
by Steve | Nov 11, 2021 | Classes
As many of you know, there is an in-house tournament being held by Bucks Historical Longsword this Sunday, and it will feature some of the best and brightest fighters in the area. Like anything done by our neighboring clubs, this will certainly be an event that is...
by Steve | Nov 7, 2021 | General
As most of you know, we’re changing venues, and now we have a date selected. As of 11/28/21, our new home will be Pivotal Training in Southampton, NJ (see Google Map below). Our first class at the new venue will be held on that date. I selected this week in...
by Steve | Nov 7, 2021 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be taking a very close look at the concept of Nachreissen, something I believe to be an essential component of the Art we practice. Nachreissen, or ‘traveling after’, is on full display when we perform exercises...
by Steve | Oct 29, 2021 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, it is once again Fight Week. As usual, we will have some strategy and Fuhlen-based exercises, followed by extended sparring time meant to further refine our technique and expand our repertoire. Of course, this will be a great...
by Steve | Oct 22, 2021 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, our review of the Ringeck gloss resumes, and we’ll be looking at what do to when we are displaced. Confronting an opponent who is fencing defensively can be a problem, but fortunately, there are countermeasures against such...
by Steve | Oct 13, 2021 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, the class will focus on Schnappen, a particularly useful technique from this portion of the text. As it happens, Schnappen is something of a specialty of one of our best trained fighters, Aidan Witherspoon. In fact, you can hardly...
by Steve | Oct 9, 2021 | Classes
Good evening, all. This week at Crossing Fight School, we will begin our lesson by taking a closer look at a few fundamental things in KDF, namely the guards themselves, and also the Vier Versetzen, the virtues of which I have long espoused. As I have said many times,...
by Steve | Oct 1, 2021 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll take a look at the bastard of the 5 Hidden Hews, the Scheitelhau. Dismissed, maligned, and misunderstood, this cut is thought by many to be almost useless, but it does have its applications (as we will see). Ringeck only...
by Steve | Sep 24, 2021 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, it will be the return of Fight Week. Once again, we’ll be going through a series of technique and strategy-based exercises meant to refine our fencing and better prepare us for the fights ahead, both in and out of a...
