Month: February 2025

First of all, thanks to all of you who gave us feedback over the last couple of years. This wouldn’t have been possible without people outside of out club keeping us honest. The final page count is 328 pages of illustrations, drills, charts, diagrams, and commentary. We put everything we learned about Meyer’s longsword over… Continue reading It’s finally done! After 20 months of writing and testing, we’ve completed our Meyer Longsword Drill Book!

We’ve found that we really need to call out the constraints, especially in the early plays where students are just learning the exercise. Also, having a way to distinguish between a thrust in opposition from a free thrust is important in some plays. Therefore, we’re making the following changes to the diagrams. You can see… Continue reading Changes to how we’re doing the rapier diagrams

This beginner friendly seminar will introduce the German weapon known as the Langes Messer or Long Knife. The first session will be a basic introduction to the weapon, its unique features, and some drills you can do solo. After a break, the second session will be looking at all four of Talhoffer plays. If there’s… Continue reading Talhoffer Messer Seminar: Saturday Feb 8th