by John | Mar 6, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be looking at a few core strategic and canonical concepts of KDF. To develop a style and methods that serve us well, we need to have an understanding of how things work, why they do, and whether or not they’ll work...
by Steve | Feb 21, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, it is once again Fight Week. This, of course, means that we will be doing exercises meant to hone our skills and bring about the best possible results during the fight. Earlier in the week, I received a request for a few different...
by Steve | Feb 14, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will continue our review of Mair’s Longsword and take a look at the next several plays, using the overarching themes as our instructional guide. So far, there have been a few cryptic things here and there to sort out, but...
by Steve | Feb 7, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we are having another Intermural Tournament to better prepare for us for Clash for the Cash, our upcoming competition in March. Please arrive on time, as we cannot afford any delays. We will endeavor to shut down promptly at 6 PM so...
by Steve | Jan 31, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be reviewing the next few plays from Mair’s Longsword, and focusing on the essential elements therein. As I mentioned before, there’s a lot to unpack in his material, and there will be a few devices and methods...
by Steve | Jan 24, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will dive deeper into the complex collection of Longsword plays from Paulus Hector Mair. As some of you already know, Mair has an extensive section devoted to Longsword, and the plays are both lengthy and complex. Since they...
by Steve | Jan 18, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, our class will be led by the incomparable Aidan Witherspoon. The lesson will center around Paulus Hector Mair and some mid-to-later KDF material. Mair will probably be our next source, at least in part, as we go further down the...
by Steve | Jan 10, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we are having an Intermural Tournament to test the Clash for the Cash format and rule set, to which we’ve made a few adjustments in the last several weeks. The competition begins at 3 PM, and hopefully will feature multiple...
by Steve | Jan 2, 2025 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be going over the very last of the plays from Paurenfeyndt’s Longsword, which involve a number of grappling and somewhat unique Schwertnehmen (sword-taking) techniques. After some thorough and lengthy research, I feel...
by Steve | Dec 27, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we are having another sparring and experimentation day to close out the year. This Sunday will look a lot like last week, though perhaps without all the birthday festivities. Enjoy your extended fighting time while it lasts, as we...
