The Musings of a Freifechter
Wherein a member of the Meyer Freifechters muses about HEMA/WMA and other medieval and sword-related ideas.
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Video reblogged from Forteza Fitness and Martial Arts
On Sunday, March 4th from noon to 4:00pm, Forteza held a special Open House to showcase our swordfighting, physical fitness and Western martial arts classes. Over the course of the day, over 150 guests filed through the studio to check out our combination of demos and mini-lessons, including:
- Armizare: the Martial Art of the Medieval Knight – including the two-handed sword, spear and dagger
- Renaissance Swordplay: the Art of the Duel – including the rapier, rapier and dagger, and rapier and cloak
- Bartitsu: The ‘Lost Martial Art’ of Sherlock Holmes – a unique Edwardian blend of Eastern and Western fighting arts
- Garimot Anis: Traditional Martial Arts of the Philippines – including fast-action self-defense techniques against a knife
- Stunt Display – an exciting demonstration by Asylum Stunts
There was also be a hands-on table display of the weapons and armor we use for training.
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Photo reblogged from I am a fencer
Meyer 1570, longsword plate K
(Source: iamafencer)
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Photo reblogged from Mike's Tumblr Feed
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Photoset reblogged from Arms and Armor
Rare Pichangatti Knife & Scabbard with Fine Silver & Brass Mounts
- Culture: Coorg, South India
- Dated: 18th-19th century
Pichangatti knives were the indigenous knives of the Coorg people of the Kingdom of Mysore in what is now Karnataka state. Such knives tended to be more utilitarian rather than for use in combat. They were carried in the front of the belt. This example is of typical form but is finer and in better condition than most extant examples.
The iron blade is wide with a band of incised decoration. The hilt is of iron sheaved in silver sheet that is embellished with silver studs and rosettes. The scabbard is of rosewood with silver and brass mounts - the two metals providing a pleasing contrast with one another.
The scabbard terminates with a well-cast silver lotus bud. Elsewhere, the silver is decorated with applied twisted wire bands. A thick chain of well-cast segments is suspended from a loop attached to the scabbard. Tools for personal grooming such as ear picks and nail cleaners would have been attached to this chain.
Source & Copyright: Curator’s Eye
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Photo reblogged from Arms and Armor
Viking Sword by Blue I’x on Flickr.
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Photoset reblogged from Alessandro Cagliostro
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Photo reblogged from Dead Men Talking
My skeleton, Bucky, chilling on my couch
I’m so glad you named your skeleton. Mine’s Morgan Thrifty :D
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Photo reblogged from Art of Swords
Button – Also known as a pommel nut, pommel bolt, capstan rivet, or tang nut. In some swords, the button is screwed on to the end of the tang to hold the grip on.
Pommel – The counter-weight at the end of the grip.
Grip – Handle
Tang – The hidden part of the blade which the grip is mounted to.
Shoulder – The corner portion where the tang and the blade meet.
Guard – A blanket term for all the parts that protect the hand.
Quillon – Extended portions of the guard.
Écusson – or quillon block. The metal center where the quillons meet and all parts of the guard attach to.
Ricasso – Unsharpened portion of the blade which extends from the grip to the end of the guard.
Le rapier.
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Quote reblogged from Living the LegacyNow since everyone thinks differently from everyone else, so he behaves differently in combat.Joachim Meyer, 1570 (via iamafencer)
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Photo reblogged from Procunsul FiFi
Not gonna lie - there is something truly terrifying about that painting.
(Source: iamafencer)
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Hello, hello, hello averagearchaeologist! I’m loving all this archaeology attention!!!
Welcome and enjoy your stay on the crazy train! :D
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Ok smarty Wiktenauer-roving people, what is this from? Cuz that there looks like a Talhoffer shield… which is weird.
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Photo reblogged from Art of Swords
…*blinkblink* HOLY CRAP, THAT’S DUNCAN MacLEOD’s KATANA!
#sword #swords #collection #steel #q8 #kuwait #instagramq8 #q8instagram #japanese #katana #shamshir (Taken with instagram)
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Finishing up the photoset with a couple more good examples from historical battlefields.
Sorry I can’t remember off the top of my head which battles these injuries were from. That would require digging through my paper and/or slides. If you want to know, you are welcome to message me or just ask and I’ll go looking. I’m just lazy right now :D
