Wed 16 May 2012

Medieval Congress Paper Presented

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I just returned from the 47th International Medieval Congress at Western Michigan University where I presented a paper entitled “The Gripping Tale of Fiore Dei Liberi’s Fifth Dagger Remedy Master.”  It was the third in a series on the organization of the dagger section in the Getty manuscript of il Fior di Battalia, and was well received.

I am currently working on a paper combining this paper and the two previous ones for inclusion in a proposed proceedings volume for the panel series “Can These Bones Be Brought to Life” that has been sponsored by the Higgins Armory Museum.  If you have my Armizare book from Freelance Academy Press you will still find some material of interest as the paper touches on elements concerning the structure of the plays in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Remedy Masters developed since that manuscript was put to bed.

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Sun 19 Feb 2012

Change of Plans

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Lysts on the Lakes and the Chivalric Martial Arts Symposium have had their dates changed. They are now May 11-13 and May 8-11 respectively.

Unfortunately, this means I will not be able to attend due to a previous commitment to present an academic paper on Fiore dei Liberi’s Il Fior di Battaglia at the Kalamazoo Medieval Congress in Michigan.

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Wed 8 Feb 2012

Chivalric Martial Arts Symposium

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In connection with Lysts on the Lakes international jousting competition (May 4, 5 & 6), there will be a Chivalric Martial Arts Symposium offering training in both equestrian and pedestrian chivalric arts, which will be taking place in Austin TX on the four days preceding the Lysts on the Lakes competition event. More details will be available soon on the official website.

I and several other notable fellows are among the instructors. There will be classes in armizare (and other styles of related arts) classes. Students and instructors will have the opportunity to participate in armored foot combat during the competition days.

This is a major opportunity for anyone interested in the practice of chivalric martial arts.

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Mon 3 Oct 2011

WMAW Afterword

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The Chicago Sword play Guild once again presented and amazing four days of Western Martial Arts classes, lectures, demonstrations, and activities at the lovely DeKoven Center in Racine, Wisconsin.  They have yet to put up pictures from the event but many have all ready surfaced on various social media sites and on You Tube.  I can’t honestly say that a good time was had by all (but only because I didn’t speak to each and every one of the folks there) but I know I had a fine experience (despite a pesky headache haunting the middle two days which were, naturally the ones when I was teaching, presenting and fighting in the armored Deed of Arm).

My Amrizare book made a pre-release appearance there by way of 20 or so copies that Freelance Academy Press liberated from the printer for the occasion.  I am pleased to say that all departed the DeKoven Center on their way to new homes.  Someday I will get a copy myself.

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Mon 12 Sep 2011

WMAW is upon us

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I am looking forward to attending the Western Martial Arts Workshop this week. Lots of swords, classes, and good folks.

I will be lecturing on the structure of Il Fior di Battaglia as well as teaching a class on the fifth Remedy Master of the dagger and team teaching a “better in armor” class with Sean Hayes.

On Friday, I expect to be participating in the armored deed of arms as one of the tenans holding the field.

It will be a busy time for this sword scholar.

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Mon 29 Aug 2011

Exploration and Prep Session

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Yesterday at the salle, we did some work with the Fiore’s Fifth Remedy Master of the Dagger to iron out some issues prior to the class I will be presenting at the Western Martial Arts Workshop in Racine WI next month.
We also did some unarmored work with mezza-mella gripped sword, both slow pressure explorations and more energetic wrestling at the sword.  This was a combination of prep work for the class in armored fighting and for the armored deed of arms taking place at WMAW on Friday.
A good, if tiring, day.

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Fri 12 Aug 2011

Armizare book coming soon!

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armizare book coverOver the past two years, much of my time has been devoted to preparing a book on the Getty manuscript of Fiore dei Liberi’s il Fior di Battaglia (The Flower of Battle).  We are now in the final production stages and expect it to be available in September from Freelance Academy Press.

The covert images should look familiar as they were also used for the blog’s header.

The book is nearly 200 hundred pages long.  It explores the organization of the the manuscript, section by section. Between each text section is an interpretation section where key elements and plays from the manuscript get explored.  The intent is to provide a tool kit for further exploration of the art of arms as recorded by Fiore dei Liberi.  As such, I think it will be a valuable read for both beginner and experienced martial artists alike as well as for those interested in how a medieval manuscript canbe used as a teaching vehicle for a physical art.

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Mon 20 Jul 2009

Starting Up

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This is the launch of a wordpress blog supporting the Forteza Historical Swordplay Guild website.  News of upcoming events of interest to Forteza students and friends will be posted here as well as rambling by our scholars.

We are still in the testing phase for the moment.

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