Why Peter Falkner? A Video Overview

n the waning years of the 15th century, Peter Falkner was a long-time member and sometime captain of the famed Marxbruder fencing guild, and it was during this tenure that he set about creating an illustrated fight book of his own. Colorful, painted figures and short captions depict combat with a wide variety of weapons: [...]

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The Road Goes Ever On and On, Part III: WMAW Deeds of Arms

A Chivalric Rogues Gallery: combatants, judge, heralds and valets from WMAW 2011′s Armoured Deed of Arms s the pen mightier than the sword? That is the question the Freelancers sought to answer as they took to the fields of honor at the Western Martial Arts Workshop, in Racine, Wisconsin. (See The Road Goes Ever On [...]

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The Road Goes Ever On and On, Part II: the Western Martial Arts Workshop

rom Pennsic it was off to the 2011 Western Martial Arts Workshop, in Racine, Wisconsin. Founded in 1999, WMAW has become the premiere North American venue for students and instructors of the western tradition to gather and cross-train, drawing instructors and students from three continents. Besides being the oldest event of its kind, WMAW is [...]

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The Road Goes Ever On and On – Part I: Pennsic

Would you buy books from these men? hey say it gets lonely on the road. Actually, it seems that it doesn’t – at least when you are surrounded by friends, patrons and fellow enthusiasts of the sword. It just gets sle ep deprived. After a busy spring, summer was largely taken up with one of [...]

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