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: [...]
Posts Tagged ‘messer’
Why Peter Falkner? A Video Overview
Posted in Medieval Martial Arts, Uncategorized, tagged Captain of the Guild, Christian, Falkner, Liechtenauer, longsword, messer, Tobler on March 13, 2012 |
The Road Goes Ever On and On, Part II: the Western Martial Arts Workshop
Posted in FAP General, Medieval Martial Arts, tagged Adam, Christian, classes, Greg, messer, montante, travel, WMAW on October 10, 2011 |
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 [...]




