Posted on 09/16/2008 10:08:51 PM PDT by Ramius
LOL... you’re right about Silver. Didn’t like Italians much, at all. :-)
What’s interesting about Silver to me is his discussion of the “times”. The “time” of the hand, body, foot. It’s his commentary on body mechanics that I think is interesting and very useful.
There are certain universals in swordplay, regardless of the weapon in hand. Time, measure, position, balance, leverage, etc. Silver’s system is a very effective synthesis of those elemental concepts. However, they can be used just as well with a rapier or a longsword as with Silver’s sidesword.
See also Giacomo DiGrassi’s comments on body mechanics.
Thank you for your information. However, I am interested in the real thing...an authentic medieval sword or other weaponry.
My son has quite a collection of good quality reproduction swords. They are nice to look at but just don’t turn me on much.
Albion makes very good reproductions. They are a great bunch of guys, and I would agree that you will get your moneys worth buying from them. They also do a lot of fantasy stuff and one of their workers (can’t remember his name...) does very good quality helms. My son and I were graciously granted a factory tour last spring. You medieval enthusiasts would love these guys! They look like they just leapt out from medieval times... :)
If you get up near New Glarus, Wisconsin be sure to drop in...New Glarus is a great little town in it’s own right as well.
Oh, one last thing, for the interested, Albion does a lot of the movie swords...they have quite a list of movies they provided swords for. Some are big money movies.
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I used to be a member of ARMA, it’s a great historic European martial arts org.
Maybe the best.
“European martial arts org”
On another forum there was a discussion if there was a medieval martial arts form. Is that what you are describing or is this organization just for weapon play? There is a huge pent-up demand for Christian/European based Martial Arts as oppose to the Taoic based Asian Martial Arts. Medieval soldiers must of have developed hand to hand combat skills just like the Eastern Asians.
Oh and thank you for the link. I was looking into taking up Fencing by summer time (after I start ballroom lessons), but I may look at this instead if they have a group in DFW.
Yep.
The DFW group is one of the best in the nation.
Please add me to your sword Pinglist.
Thank you.
Done. (it’s a fairly low-volume pinglist, but every now and then there’s a good thread).
Thanks! Yes, I’m an ARMA member, but only for a little over a year now. I’m still very much a novice, but I’m getting better. :-)
Nice ... add me to the ping list .... your illustrations look like my 15th century Gothic two hander.
Good weapon under 300 and much FASTER than anyone thinks.
Schweet. Added.
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