by Steve | Dec 24, 2021 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll have an instant replay of last week, and this time, we’ll be having a bear pit for one of our members. Robert will be braving the gauntlet as he celebrates his birthday, so if you have a chance to attend class,...
by Steve | Dec 17, 2021 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, it’s going to be an open floor for fighting, refining technique, or whatever you guys want. There might be a couple of warm-ups, but there won’t be any lesson beyond what you want to practice. If you want to put time...
by Steve | Dec 11, 2021 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be reviewing some of the Durchlauffen plays from the Ringeck manuscript. While last week we engaged in trickery and deceit, this week we’ll be practicing outright thievery (and a few take-downs for good measure)....
by Steve | Dec 4, 2021 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be engaging in deception and trickery. The ‘change through’, or Durchwechseln, and the Zucken, which are two of the nastiest (and potentially effective) techniques in the text, will be our subjects of study....
by Steve | Nov 27, 2021 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, it is Fight Week. You all know what that means…..drills for skills, thrills, and kills. On top of that, there will be extended sparring time to help us improve our technique and test a few new things, if we so choose. Our new...
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...
