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The Art of Never Being Killed or Wounded in a Duel

Posted on February 18, 2015 by S

The estimable Phil Crawley recently posted this excerpt to the Smallsword Symposium group. Given the gravity of a legitimate duel, this is refreshing approach from an entirely different direction. This is reblogged here with Mr. Crawley’s permission. By the care … Continue reading →

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Martinez Academy Sabre Exhibition

Posted on May 18, 2014 by S

In this short video clip, Maestro Martinez and Jared Kirby conduct a Northern Italian dueling sabre assault exhibition.  It would appear to me that they both are using the light S2000 style modern blades which are significantly lighter than the … Continue reading →

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Historic Duels

Posted on September 7, 2013 by S

Given our recent examination of the dueling sword, I thought a look at some video footage of historic duels would be of interest. If you are not familiar with the videos republished by YouTube user schlager7, they demonstrate interesting and … Continue reading →

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National WWI Museum

Posted on April 6, 2013 by S

The twins and I missed practice today, but enjoyed the National WWI Museum in KC.  These may be of interest.

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Fencing Diagram

Posted on March 17, 2013 by S

My last post showing a French fencing diagram generated several views from throughout Europe.  As a result, I thought this similar image may be of interest.  It may be Portuguese in origin, or perhaps Spanish or Galician.  The source that … Continue reading →

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