You are using Bonetti's Defense against me, ah?

[bae]

Today's study: some cross-pollination, with Renaissance side sword, 16th-Century German copy, sharp and training pair. (Treatises by Joachim Meyer, Fiore de'i Liberi.). This sword is a transitional piece between the rapier and various pre-rapier sidesword cut-and-thrust designs.

I normally use saber or messer, though my daughter and I worked on rapier for about 6 years. This is a fun compromise, and allows for a variety of techniques from many of the disciplines. Certainly more practical for daily use than a rapier.

I'm quite pleased with the balance of the trainer, they got it pretty close, and thus I still have all my fingers and toes. I highly highly recommend using trainers, and not getting sharps until you have more-than-a-clue what you are doing, it is somewhat easy to injure yourself badly with a moment's inattention. Don't do that!

(For ages I have been involved with a group that finds old fencing/sword treatises languishing in museums, scans them in, translates them, attempts to interpret the technique, and publishes the results, in my infinite spare time.)

[catherine]

One of my favorite acting classes in London--and the one that I was the best at--was stage fencing. I loved it.

[bae]

One of my favorite acting classes in London--and the one that I was the best at--was stage fencing. I loved it.

I have enjoyed dropping by the London Longsword Academy over the years when over there, they have drop-in sessions, and loaner equipment, handy when traveling.

Some of the folks there are a bit caught up in the rarified HEMA politics and mud-flinging, I try to avoid all of that.

[Rogar]

Could come in handy in the apocalypse. In these days of drone warfare I aways find it amazing the nations and battles were won with swords and other implements. At least after the archers got through with things. Brutal.

My hometown paper had a recent article where some drunk was causing a commotion. It might pay to have a sword as a back up. T

"Police said the suspect then ran towards a second person, who later reported the incident. When that person ran inside his home, ... said the suspect also ran inside after him.
...Police said the home owner then armed himself with a sword, and that the reporting party stated that as soon as he grabbed his sword, the suspect ran into it."

[iris lilies]

This reminds me, bae, I’ve been meaning to ask you: what kind of weapons can you take into Canada when you’re crossing the border?

[catherine]

I have enjoyed dropping by the London Longsword Academy over the years when over there, they have drop-in sessions, and loaner equipment, handy when traveling.

Some of the folks there are a bit caught up in the rarified HEMA politics and mud-flinging, I try to avoid all of that.

I did Junior Year Abroad at RADA--it was amazing.

[bae]

This reminds me, babe, I’ve been meaning to ask you: what kind of weapons can you take into Canada when you’re crossing the border?

Well, my regular legal-in-Canada, not-carried-as-a-weapon pocket knife. If I'm going up to the Arctic, I'll bring an appropriate non-restricted rifle or shotgun, and properly declare it and fill out the Non-Resident Firearm Declaration and pay the minimal fee at the border.