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Thibault’s grip

This post provides an analysis of Girard Thibault’s specific method of gripping a sword.

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Modern training / Source analysis

Secret attacks

A translation of a portion of the Traité d’Escrime Moderne of Jean Joseph-Renaud discussing the concept of “secret attacks”.

Modern training

Benefits of ‘canne de combat’

‘Canne de combat’ is a spectacular combat sport. What are its true benefits, and how applicable would it be outside the sportive context?

Reviews / Weapon design

Malleus Martialis Galante – Initial look

A detailed review of the design and construction of the Malleus Martialis Galante rapier which I recently bought.

Modern training / Physics and biomechanics

Dissecting a cut

This post provides an in-depth analysis of a cutting motion, giving details about the trajectory of the sword and the power generation mechanisms involved.

High-res images from Gallica

Gallica, the digital section of the French National Library, hosts a lot of sources. Here is how to download full-res scans from there.

2022/03/31 in Source analysis.

Tales of the French duels: Dagger courtesy

Is it always fair to abandon your dagger if your opponent does not have one?

2021/08/07 in Tales of the French duels.

Plates in Thibault’s hilts

On Thibault’s Table 27, perforated plates cover the hilts’ front openings.

2021/07/03 in Source analysis, Weapon design.

Tales of the French duels: Watch your back

Another account of a duel where the winner was not cautious enough.

2020/08/17 in Tales of the French duels.

Review: Analysis of the Vibrational Characteristics of a Training Longsword

This is a review of another article which discusses sword vibrations.

2020/06/29 in Physics and biomechanics, Reviews.

Marozzo’s Spada sola – Cap. 95 & 96

This post outlines my current interpretation of the first actions found in Marozzo’s sword alone section, started in the context of an online form tournament.

2020/04/19 in Modern training, Source analysis.

Foil tournament rules – 1696

This post contains an English translation of the French tournament rules found in Labat’s treatise.

2020/02/06 in Modern training, Source analysis.

Federico Ghisliero

A complete scan of Federico Ghisliero’s treatise is online!

2020/01/09 in En français, Source analysis.

Interpreting Silver’s times

This post contains my long overdue interpretation of Silver’s concept of true and false times, using the Aristotelian notion of first movers.

2019/12/17 in Source analysis.

Sword Measurement Protocol

In this post I share a detailed measurement protocol for swords and a measuring sheet that are intended to facilitate the collection of new data.

2019/11/11 in Physics and biomechanics.

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