“I want you to know that it is a beautiful mystery to know how to teach people well, more than to just play; for a man, if he knows how to play well and does not know how to teach, is not good (he is single): but one that knows how to teach well, is […]
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Musing: Teaching Leave a comment
Other People’s Stuff: The Book of Four Things Leave a comment
Sir Corby has boiled all of melee down to his Book of Four Things. Definitely worth a read, though be aware he’s writing primarily for heavy fighters, so some things are reversed.
Wistric’s Pet Peeve: “Bouncy Draws” and Other Bullshit 3 comments
(in which Wistric speaks in an ungentlemanly way of ungentlemanly behavior) Lords and ladies, we too often forget that we are allegedly playing with Ginsu-sharp steel. Many are the times when I’ve laid blade on an opponent’s neck and pulled. Sometimes, the motion of the opponent INTO the blade can cause the sword to […]
Self-analysis 1 comment
No real WWW this week. I’ve got one on my jump drive, but as I see the end of my list of ideas approach, I think weeks where I post three times I may hold off on the WWW. Nonetheless, I’ve been having a thought, and figured I’d share… Dante’s teaching a Self Analysis class […]
Wistric’s Musings – What’s it take to be a free scholar? 2 comments
It’s a question that comes up often enough. I figured I’d provide my thoughts. They’re just that, thoughts. Since I have no say in making Free Scholars, all I can do is say what I would suggest to anybody who asked. Here goes: So what’s it take? The quick answer: Three provosts who like you […]
Musing and Questions: Female Fighters 8 comments
It seems that male fencers are, in general, more comfortable with dictating the terms of a fight and asserting their will upon their opponent. Is this true, or am I missing something?
Closing Thoughts on MS I.33 Leave a comment
I figured I’d put together my thoughts on MS I.33 now that we’ve wrapped the last of it in the Windmasters HMA. To start with the text: Wagner & Hand’s commentary on it (http://revival.us/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=112) is very useful, but also leaves out a couple of key points (Like, some of the stuff in MS I.33 is […]
Other People’s Ideas: Two on One 2 comments
His Excellency Girard put together a post on how two squires should take on a knight. It applies to fencers, too. Though I think he leaves out having Squire Meat fall back and back again as an option.
A Musing: Shot Generation 5 comments
One of the Kappellenfechters recently asked how not to hit hard, because last night’s practice left bruises, but only on her opponents
MS I.33: I’ve had an apostrophe 2 comments
“If Priest’s Special Counter counters Priest’s Special Longpoint, and PSL contains the whole of the art, can PSC counter the whole of the art?”