Alan's Bloody Claymores

How many people here have any knowledge of European Medieval Martial Arts?

Just about all we hear about here is regarding MMA, actors, wannabe ninjas, pretend martial artists who claim to punch out throats and break bones on a regular basis and Asian styles and so precious little about European styles, or WMA.

I am familiar with all of them and have focused much on liechtehaur (as interpreted by sigmund rigneck) but have not really examined dei liberi much. Fact is there are a few people here that actively train WMA or have at some point.

My particular favorite WMA techniqe was from the codex wallerstien called “robbbing a peasant” where you are instructed how to make it appear that you slit someone’s throat without actually doing it to kill them. Ideally so the peasant thinks they are dead and the drunken a-hole noble bratty children can get a good laugh off of the peasant’s horror.

The vast majority of weapons questions are about modern day knife applications or gun or something like that. And the vast majority of sword related questions are well just plain stupid.

This bieng yahoo answers however we have to remember that in actuality there are no stupid questions, only stupid people.

If you wish to bring up a WMA specific question by all means do so, but the more technical the less response you will get. Might I suggest instead asking at swordforum.com or bullshido.net (they have a weapons section and I know of two posters off hand that have trained in WMA).

There probably are only a few people on this site who have even heard of george silver or meyer.

Personally I did not like the talhoffer fightbook (I admit to being a snob and went into it biased because it said one of the goals was to assist people doing stage combat), I did find I:33 interesting but did not get into single handed straight blade as much as I would have liked before I stopped training WMA as frequently. Now I pretty much still only spar once in a while.

Medieval longsword training – First steps – part 1

Secrets of German Medieval Swordsmanship: Sigmund Ringeck’s Commentaries on Liechtenauer $32.96 Translated and interpreted by Christian Henry Tobler. In the late 14th century, Master Johannes Liechtenauer developed a deadly form of martial art that fully integrated sword, spear, dagger and grappling, in and out of armour,on foot and on horseback. Founding a school of swordsmanship that would dominate Germany for centuries, he recorded his teachings in cryptic mnemonic verses and swore hi…

Codex Wallerstein: A Medieval Fighting Book from the Fifteenth Century on the Longsword, Falchion, Dagger, and Wrestling $28.99 The Codex Wallerstein is one of the best known of the late medieval fencing treatises still in existence. Though perhaps not as widely known as Talhoffer 1467 or Flos Duellatorum, it is just as important to students of the Western martial arts. Originally written in Middle High German during the late 14th and early 15th centuries, the Codex Wallerstein has long been available to scholars in micro…

Techniques Of Medieval Armour Reproduction: The 14th Century (Medieval & Renaissance) $35.95 Few historical icons can match the evocative power of the medieval suit of armour, and this epic new book is a complete course in the tools and techniques of the modern armourer’s art. Through more than 1,000 detailed photos and clear instruction, Brian Price presents a working handbook for aspiring and active armourers who want to develop their skills in the production of medieval armour in the s…