Class for Sept. 19, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be going through the remaining plays from Wallerstein dagger and wrapping things up. Not unlike some of the Longsword material from this manuscript, what may first appear a bit odd at first glance has proven to be pretty...

Class for Sept. 12, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, as promised, we will be be reviewing the Wallerstein dagger plays. As a handful of you know, the Nuremberg tradition has some of the more creative and visceral material, replete with painful submisson holds, stabs to the...

Class for Sept. 5, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll have our second installment of the Schielhau. We’ve covered the first portion last week, where we learned of its utility in dealing with aggressive fighters and displacing an oberhau, and this week, we’ll be...

Class for August 29, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be taking a close look at everybody’s favorite short edge cut, the Schielhau! Is someone threatening you in Langort? Are you about to get stabbed? Are you facing down a buffalo in a fencing match? No problem! A...

Class for August 22, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be wrapping up the Zwerchhau material with some customized exercises, as per our hybrid lesson format. We’ll be striking to the Ox and the Plow (one of my favorite options), engaging in deceit, and foiling those...

CANCELLED: Class for August 15, 2021

UPDATE AS OF AUG 14: After a hard fought tournament, it’s clear that attendance will be insanely light tomorrow, so I’ve decided to give everyone a day off. Class is canceled tomorrow so everyone can recover and put themselves back together. There will be...

Class for August 8, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll have our final tournament preparation class, complete with challenging exercises which should (hopefully) prepare you to either take control of your fights, or make adjustments within them to seize an advantage....

Class for August 1, 2021

This week at Crossing Fight School, it is once again Fight Week. In fact, it will be Fight Week for the next two classes in preparation for the Pennsylvania HEMA Open. As always, we’ll be running through some fight exercises and having extended sparring in an...

Class for July 25, 2021

Greetings once again, everyone. This week at Crossing Fight School, we will continue our lesson on the Zwerchhau, and if all goes according to plan, we’ll wrap up that section entirely. This is material we should pay close attention to, as many fights degenerate...

Add Protective Nubs to Swords

I have a nubby announcement … that is, I have an announcement about nubs. I’m ordering more for the club, but in reality, each fighter should be providing their own. I’ve ordered like $100 worth of these things over the past year, and they’re...