Class for March 27, 2022

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be learning a bit of Italian from the one and only Camilla Frazier. Anyone who has fenced Cam can attest to their fierce dedication to training, and their skill and acumen when it comes to competing. I, for one, look...

Class for March 20, 2022

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be taking a dive back into one of the most fun pieces of source material in KDF, Codex Wallerstein. Why? Because it’s as awesone as it is unusual. Also, we’ve finished the Ringeck text and did the von Danzig...

Ascalon Tournament Wrap-Up

The Ascalon tournament in Ohio was a sensational event. The format was solid, but the fencing conditions were confined to say the least; nevertheless, our Philadelphia area fencers did all sorts of damage all weekend. Everybody did well in one way or another, and a...

Class for March 13, 2022

Greetings, fighters. This week, as most of you know, we are closed because of the Ascalon tournament in Ohio. This formal announcement is being made just to remind everyone. Class will resume on the 20th as scheduled. Best of luck to all competitors. Fight...

Class for March 6, 2022

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be having a mock tournament to prepare our fighters for the Ascalon in Ohio on the weekend of the 13th. We’ll have a few warm-ups and a fight exercise or two, but the bulk of the day will be spent in competition....

Class for Feb. 27, 2022

This week at Crossing Fight School, technically it will be Fight Week, which means we’ll be practicing some carefully chosen fight exercises meant to foster good fencing habits and allow us to further hone our skills. If attendance is sparse, we’ll have a...

Class for Feb. 20, 2022

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be looking at everything we couldn’t get to during our last class, and also revisiting a couple of exercises that have since been modified. These dynamic drills will not only aid us in developing better fighting...

Class for Feb. 13, 2022

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be doing a little bit of everything … experimenting with a few different competitive sparring games, looking closely at strategic options, and tailoring the fight to suit our opponents. I am hoping this class will...

Class for Feb. 6, 2022

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be reviewing the very last of the Ringeck material, which means we’ll be working from the bind, cutting, stabbing, and slicing as needed, in an effort to finish off our opponents. We’ll be going through a...

Longsword sparring Henric Jansen versus Oskar ter Mors

I find Oskar’s videos entertaining and informative, and this one is no exception. Here you can see some pretty stable, measured, and decidedly deliberate (‘eyes-open’) fencing, with the Vor and Nach switching between the two of them pretty regularly....