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Malleus Martialis Galante – Initial look

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

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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.

Modern training / Source analysis

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.

Modern training / Source analysis

Foil tournament rules – 1696

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

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.

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.

Federico Ghisliero

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

2020/01/09 in En français, 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.

Tales of the French duels: Duel des Mignons

The accounts of the famous Duel des Mignons in 1578.

2019/11/07 in Tales of the French duels.

Tales of the French duels: Blame the Italians

An excerpt of Brantôme’s Discours sur les Duels, tracing the origins of the new duelling habits to Naples.

2019/10/30 in Tales of the French duels.

Tales of the French duels

This post is an introduction for a series of contemporary accounts of late 16th century French duels.

2019/10/30 in Tales of the French duels.

Minimum effort, maximum efficiency

In this article, I discuss the widespread principle ‘minimum effort, maximum efficiency’ and how it should be handled with care…

2019/10/16 in Modern training, Physics and biomechanics.

Lovino est en ligne

Le manuscrit de Lovino est disponible en ligne !

2019/05/29 in En français, Source analysis.

Lovino is online

The Lovino manuscript is now online!

2019/05/28 in Source analysis.

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