Translation by Rachel Barkley High Strike from the Flail Rightly here you will have wished to use this position. You will plant forward the right foot, you will apply the right hand in the middle of the flail, the left hand on the lower end, and from this position you will strike with the hanging […]
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Mair’s Peasant Flail 5: Ictus Superus Ex Flagello Leave a comment
Mair’s Peasant Flail 4: Ictus Forma Qua Caput Adpetitur Contra Aversionis Habitum Leave a comment
Translation by Rachel Barkley A Blow by Which the Head is Attacked against a Deflecting Position[1] It is necessary that you take this manner against your enemy in the fight. You will put forward the right foot, you should grip the lower end of the flail with both hands and from this position you should […]
Mair’s Peasant Flail 3: Contactus Ex Primo Congressu Duo Per Flagella Leave a comment
Translation by Rachel Barkley Two Contacts[1] from the First Fight[2] With Flails You will place yourself in this manner[3]. You will fix forward the left foot, you in the position of first contact will hold the lower part of the flail with the left hand. If you apply force in the middle[4] using the […]
Mair’s Peasant Flail 2: Ictus Superus Contra Habitum Aversionis Leave a comment
Translation by Rachel Barkley High Strike against a Deflecting Position In the fight against your enemy by this practice, that is to say imitating what is here[1], you will adjust yourself such that you will put forward the left foot, you will hold the flail near the upper part with the right hand, the lower […]
Mair’s Peasant Flail 1: Ictus Duo Superiores Tribuli Leave a comment
Translation by Rachel Barkley Two Upper Strokes of the Flail According to this stance, you will position yourself in this manner in the fight. You will fix[1] forward the left foot. You will grasp the flail around the lower part with the left hand. You will seize the hanging part of the flail together with […]
Mair’s Peasant Flail 0: Introduction Leave a comment
This is a bit of a fleshing-out of my classnotes from this past University. I figured it might provide some context for the rest of the posts on flail. History of German martial arts and Paulus Hector Mair Mair is at the tail-end of the Liechtenauer Tradition Liechtenauer was “The Way” of German Fencing for […]
My new toys! 3 comments
Alpha version, peasant flails for hma. Beta version will have 6′ handles, leather or cloth covered striking heads, and natural rope. Modeled off of these guys’ flails Hooray, HMA!