Lochac Fencingby François Henri GuyonOriginally published in Punta Dritta June/July AS XXXVI (2001) The secret blow has always been a part of the teaching of Civilian Combat. Certain blows used at the correct time that are unable to be parried, or parries that will destroy any attack. Men who purported to know such blows were treated […]
By Fergus MacTighearnainOriginally published in Punta Dritta June / July AS XXXVI (2001) Greetings everyone, I would like to share with everyone the results of the cutting test I performed at Valhalla this weekend. The test cutting subject was a 40 lbs. room temperature pork hind quarter, which was then covered with one (1) layer […]
by David Falcone D’el Phoid Originally published in Punta Dritta, March AS XXXV (2001) Those of you who have read, or perhaps tried your hand at my last published project, the Simple fencing coif, will recognize much in this design for a cape. If anything, it is even simpler than the coif. The design is […]
by David Falcone D’el Phoid Originally published in Punta Dritta Februaly AS XXXV (2001) If you know how to sew, there are any number of coifs you can make. I don\’t know how to sew. But I figured, “Hay, how hard can it be?”. The answer is, not very… if you can get the machine […]
By Francois Henry GuyonOriginally published in Punta Dritta January AS XXXV (2001) My father sent me a clipping from the paper the other day. Entitled “Cut down to size” [1]; it details some rapier demonstrations at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, England. It is a short six-paragraph article, which talks about Queen Elizabeth the first’s […]