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...
by Steve | Sep 16, 2021 | Classes
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...
by Steve | Sep 10, 2021 | Classes
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...
by Steve | Sep 3, 2021 | Classes
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...
by Steve | Aug 26, 2021 | Classes
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...
by Steve | Aug 20, 2021 | Classes
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...
by Steve | Aug 11, 2021 | Classes
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...
by Steve | Aug 5, 2021 | Classes
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....
by Steve | Jul 30, 2021 | Classes
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...
