Meyer Rapier We looked at the first two leg cuts against Gerade Versetzen. Meyer Polearms We had three cohorts this week: Here are the new material for driving with the halberd. We don’t have writeups yet for the halberd’s high cut plays. L’Ange Rapier This week we worked on the appel, the combination beat/stomp meant… Continue reading Practice Notes for July 12th
Month: July 2026
Practice Notes for July 5th
Meyer Rapier Our first pass interpretations of Gerade Versatzung (Straight Parrying) have been completed. For the next several weeks we’ll be continuing to test the plays and revising our interpretations accordingly. There are 25 plays and 2 precepts in this section, so it will take awhile to go through them all. But they are all… Continue reading Practice Notes for July 5th
HEMA Drill Book News for July
Completed projects The second edition of our Talhoffer Messer & Buckler Drill Book has just gone to print. In order to publish, we had to replace the translation we used in the first edition to an inferior version. The good translation is still on Wikipedia. There are only nine Talhoffer plays total, so we used… Continue reading HEMA Drill Book News for July