The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts

OK, thanks! That makes sense!

OK, thank you!

That makes sense. I can definitely see some restriction of neck movement, but I'm glad to hear that 17th Century Closed Helmets still allowed for some neck movement - at least in better-made suits!

And that makes sense about sallet-and-bevor helms as well.

That makes sense. As firearms increased in power, range, accuracy, and numbers, suits of armor would have to get thicker regardless of whether they are full, 3/4, or 1/2 suits.

I kinda wish he included charts mapping changes in average weight over the centuries for each form of armor. It would be ...

Wow! Thank you very much! That link is precisely the kind of data treasure trove I've been looking for!

You've made your point well: I will simply have to join the MyArmoury site too so that I can have better access to information like that.

And that makes a lot of sense. The entire point for ...

True, true. It makes sense that the farther you get away from the longsword and armor the less you will see half-swording. Yet you might still see it occasionally in sword vs. pole-arm.

Plus, it's a lot easier to set aside a bayonet thrust than it is to parry a pollaxe cut. So I can see how Sir ...

OK, thank you!

It sounds like the Bolognese material would be ideal for those who are already experienced with the use of such blades.

I understand what you mean about Silver! We haven't done anything with his sword material yet, but we just finished with his pole-arms. The techniques are simple ...

OK, thanks!

Sounds like the numbers I have seen before were mostly accurate.

It can sometimes be difficult to get accurate numbers as people like Get Dressed for Battle usually include the stand and rigging as part of the weight (so you get weights listed as 188 lbs. or something ridiculous like ...

OK! That makes a lot of sense. I thought that they would probably continue to do half-swording with later weapons, but it's good to verify that. Thanks!

And true, it makes sense that the Mordhau would be somewhat useless once full plate armor went by the wayside.

As far as Fabris goes, yes that ...

OK, thanks! Yes I've seen some of Ilkka Hartikainen's material. It's good stuff!

I knew Marozzo was earlier and likely more cutting-oriented than, say, Di Grassi. Mostly I just wanted to see if Hutton was over-stating things. He seems to have a habit of doing that. (For instance, he claimed that ...

OK, thanks! Sounds like Hutton, Burton, or Rosworth would be best then.

Personally, I think I might prefer Silver or better yet Marozzo. I really want to delve in deeply into comlex-hilted straight sword material. But we tend to do things fairly democratically. So we'll see who outvotes who.

Some people in our group are interested in branching out into Early Modern fencing, especially English or Scottish Backsword/Broadsword/Cut-and-Thrust fencing.

How would such fencing styles compare with earlier material like Marozzo or Silver?

Is the newer English/Scottish material more simplistic ...

Here's a quick question on Rotella/Rodela/Target durability.

George Silver recommends the Target shield as one of the best weapons to use on the battlefield due to it "leading upon the shot" and being able to better parry pole-arms and two-hand swords than bucklers can.

This seems to imply that ...

Our group is about to do a demo in a few weeks and the issue of armor weight always comes up. I'm well familiar with sword weights for various designs, but I wanted to make sure my facts were straight for armor.

What would be an average weight or weight rang for the following forms of armor?

1 ...

I was reading through some of Alfred Hutton's commentaries on the historical Masters of Defense and he had some rather curious thing to say about Marozzo.

He claimed that Marozzo's style was mostly cutting and that the thrust was "rarely used." How true was that? I know the Bolognese School employs ...

Hm. Interesting. Those dimensions are approaching full Two-Hand Sword size.

So if that's true, then Meyer is indeed part-way between what we think of as a "longsword" and what we think of as a true Two Hand Sword.