Review: Analysis of the Vibrational Characteristics of a Training Longsword
This is a review of another article which discusses sword vibrations.
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.
Foil tournament rules – 1696
This post contains an English translation of the French tournament rules found in Labat’s treatise.
Federico Ghisliero
A complete scan of Federico Ghisliero’s treatise is online!
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.
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.
Tales of the French duels: Duel des Mignons
The accounts of the famous Duel des Mignons in 1578.
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.
Tales of the French duels
This post is an introduction for a series of contemporary accounts of late 16th century 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…