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This Week in German HMA – July 16th-22nd   Leave a comment

Week 2 of the New Plan, and so far, three more for the records: Mair’s Sickle fight 6: Gemina incisio contra geminam aversionem – Which inspires little commentary Mair’s Sickle fight 7: Supera et infera incisio cum suis aversionibus – Which makes Wistric swear, SWEAR that he can decode the system, leaving him crouching over […]

Posted July 23, 2012 by Wistric in German HMA

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This week in German Martial Arts – July 9th-15th   Leave a comment

Saturday, hanging out at Letia’s birthday party, Yzra said “I’m almost up to 100 pages translated!”  I thought about it, and how I’ve got all of 10 of those pages up for public consumption, and said, “We may need to take a new tack to getting these on the WW.”  “How so?  Just post one […]

Posted July 12, 2012 by Wistric in German HMA

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Mair’s Sickle fight 3: Incisio Contra Habitum Hostis Vellendi   1 comment

  Translation by Rachel Barkley Incision against the Position of an Enemy Pulling Away In this fight, if you will have come up nearer to your enemy than before [1], you will place forward the right foot and you will grasp the sickle in the right hand against him. You will hold the left hand […]

Posted July 3, 2012 by Wistric in German HMA

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Mair’s Sickle fight 2: Inferior Et Superior Incisio   1 comment

Translation by Rachel Barkley A Lower and and Upper Incision In mutual combat, if you have prepared yourself in advance like an athlete for the competition[1], remember that you should fix forward the right foot and against the adversary you should control the grain sickle with the right hand. You should protect under your right […]

Posted June 26, 2012 by Wistric in German HMA

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Mair’s Sickle fight 1: Incisio Superna Falcis Frumentariae De Latere Utroque   1 comment

Translation by Rachel Barkley An Incision of the Grain Sickle from Above Down on Either Side If you two are mutually engaged with a proper[1]  sickle, you should put forward the right foot. You should grasp the sickle with the right hand next to the left side of your head, you should reach out against […]

Posted June 1, 2012 by Wistric in German HMA

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Sichelfechten 0: Introduction   Leave a comment

We’re just about finalized on this bad boy (and moving on to Staff, Scythe, Halberd, and Dussack), so it’s about time to kick this off… This is a wildly different form from any of my experience.  As with dagger fighting, it’s most definitely not fencing.  It has some similarities to the two-hander Germanic style which […]

Posted May 17, 2012 by wistric in German HMA

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Journal, 10/31: For reals this time   Leave a comment

Sort of. I have gotten completely out of the habit of how to write and document these, so it’s going to be weak. That said: The Foot is Alright I’ve had two real practices where my foot felt fully functional, one baronial, one Kbergian (plus a couple of driveway fights).  At the baronial practice, fighting […]

Posted November 8, 2011 by wistric in Journal

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Mair’s Peasant Flail 8: Duo Superni Ictus   Leave a comment

Translation by Rachel Barkley Two High Blows Here you will wish to use now the following position properly. You will place forward the right foot and you will grasp the body of the flail in the middle with the right hand, and you will apply the left hand to the posterior part. Strike the left […]

Posted November 1, 2011 by wistric in German HMA

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Mair’s Peasant Flail 7: Habitus Superni Ictus Contra Inferiorem   Leave a comment

Translation by Rachel Barkley The Position of a High Blow Against a Low One You will position your body in this kind of competition by reasoning which will soon be described[1]. You will fix forward the left foot, you will grasp the flail in Scales[2] against the enemy so that the flail-body is inclined toward […]

Posted October 28, 2011 by wistric in German HMA

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Mair’s Peasant Flail 6: Ratio Superni Ictus Contra Medium   Leave a comment

  Translation by Rachel Barkley Reckoning of a High Blow against the Middle  You will accustom yourself to a fight of this kind: Put forward the left foot, grasp the body of the flail with both hands from your right flank[1] against your enemy, from this position thence you will direct the hanging part of […]

Posted October 27, 2011 by wistric in German HMA

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