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Well, they will be going to France to learn Savate ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savate ) and the preview advert showed what looked like some La Canne. That is at least in Europe, so there might be a Renaissance show after all.

thanks for the advice, guys, I really appreciate it. I will be going to Wal Mart today to get some padding for it, but as I do not own a quality blunt I guess I will be using my wasters with it for the time being. As soon as I can I want to get a Liechtenauer or an I.33 from Albion for practice, but ...

Today, after over two years of learning Western Martial Arts I had my first pelling session. To set the situation up, I have a wooden post in a concrete base, and I was using my Albion Talhoffer. I have a firm grounding in German technique, but this was new. Prior to today all of my striking ...

Some of my uninformed acquaintances have been having a running argument about whether an army of Samurai would be able to flat out beat an army of vikings or vice versa. I hesitate to get involved, as I do not wish to lose friends, but I have tried to tell them that, apart from cultural and combat ...

Can I use my medieval onehanded waster for cut and thrust techniques, or are they too dissimilar?

I would not. You can, I suppose, but I recommend these http://www.hollowearthswordworks.com/swords2.htm


I will be getting some soon, and I have heard great things about them.

Thanks Aaron. It did make sense, and it should help us a great deal.

Thanks Gene, I will do that.

Greetings all, I am Matt Miller, and although I am not yet an ARMA member I hope to be soon.

Anyway, the group I practice with wants to try a new method, specifically tactical scenarios. Our current plan is for one man to have his waster or wasters (be they a longsword, dagger, one-handed sword, or ...

http://www.thearma.org/essays/EnglishLit.htm

that should also be helpful, I found it to be a great read, very educational.

http://www.thearma.org/Manuals/NewManua ... oferro.htm

Those are plates from one of the most well known rapier manuals

http://www.thearma.org/essays/digby.html

and that is an account of a street fight, you may find it useful

Well, I am in the market so shoot me a message, ant I will provide you with an email address for further discussion.

Also, as has been said, My Armoury is great.

I would start with a waster as Jake said, but I would look through http://www.myarmoury.com/reviews.html for a good sword anyway. You may find a decent blunt at an affordable price.

I was going to get Albion's Talhoffer, and I still am, but it will not be arriving until March.

On the upside I got copies of the Codex Wallerstein, Ringeck's Knightly Art of the Longsword, and Royal Armourie's Medieval Art of Swordsmanship, a Facsimile and Translation of I.33.