by Steve | Dec 19, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be having a free sparring day, along with a bit of experimentation. I will be recruiting a few volunteers to help interpret the last 4 or 5 remaining Paurenfeyndt Longsword plays, which has proven a bit of a challenge. For...
by Steve | Dec 14, 2024 | Classes, Tournaments
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will have an open floor for sparring, as attendance will be light. Bucks Historical Longsword is hosting the Golden Toaster tournament, and a great many of our people will be in attendance, so there will be no formal lesson. We...
by Steve | Dec 6, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, the illustrious Mike “Colonel” Sanders will be leading our intrepid crew through a class on Bartitsu basics. His classes are always fun, informative, and well-rounded, so it is certainly not to be missed A few of us will...
by Steve | Nov 29, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be having a series of sparring games, followed by extended free sparring. Several of us have a tournament upcoming in Erie, PA next weekend, so extra time will be set aside to work on our fencing to better prepare for the...
by Steve | Nov 21, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, it is Fight Week once again, and you all know what that means. With a number of regional tournaments coming up over the next several weeks, this will be a great opportunity to refine your technique and prepare yourselves for the...
by Steve | Nov 16, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we’ll be wrapping up Messer for the time being with some material from Johannes Leckuchner. Some select plays from his vast treatise will be featured, along with some exercises meant to encourage attacks both out of and within...
by Steve | Nov 7, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, the Paurenfeyndt Messer Madness continues, with Aidan again leading us through his dubious (but somewhat applicable) techniques. Though things seem strange in this part of the text, it is important to remember that there are some...
by Steve | Nov 1, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we continue going through Paurenfeyndt’s Messer, and at this stage, things really get interesting. Our guide through this sometimes perilous material will again be Crossing’s own Aidan Witherspoon who, despite the odd...
by Steve | Oct 25, 2024 | Classes, Tournaments
This week at Crossing Fight School, we will be hosting an Intermural Tournament at our venue. The rules will be the same as those for other IM tournaments we’ve held (which are also the same ones used for Clash for the Cash). There have been subtle changes made...
by Steve | Oct 18, 2024 | Classes
This week at Crossing Fight School, we continue our look into Paurenfeyndt’s Messer material, which will be supplemented by some additional techniques from none other than Johannes Leckuchner. Aidan has put together a marvelous gloss of Paurenfeyndt’s...
