Lovino is online
The Lovino manuscript is now online!
Intent of attacks
This post contains some discussion of a thought-provoking article: What is intent?
Study of various historical rapiers
Guillaume Vauthier has compiled and analyzed a great amount of publicly available data on rapiers, and has kindly allowed me to host it here.
Etude de rapières historiques
Guillaume Vauthier a réalisé une grande compilation et analyse des données publiques disponibles sur de nombreuses rapières, et m’a permis d’héberger cet article ici.
S’entraîner avec armes tranchantes, dans le passé et à présent
Ce court article est une discussion des conseils de Viggiani sur l’entraînement avec des armes tranchantes, focalisé sur les différences entre les contextes historiques et modernes.
Modelling impacts and damage
This article is an attempt at the physical modellisation of weapon impact – blunt, cutting or thrusting. It explores how damage, represented as depth of penetration, depends on various properties of the target and weapon, and how difficult it can be to predict damage.
The Valuable Lovino
The manuscript treatise by Giovan Antonio Lovino does not get the attention that it deserves. The two parts of this richly illuminated 16th century treatise have a number of original features that make it essential for a study of fencing in these times.
A Plan of Thibault’s Académie de l’Espée
In this post, I share a rough plan of Thibault’s huge treatise intended to help navigate it.
Simulating Sword Properties
Over the years the topic of the simulation of the properties of swords has come up a number of times. This article describes a contribution I have made on this subject, and gives access to the code!
Measuring swords as pendulums
This article describes a pendulum setup that can be used to measure swords’ moments of inertia with more accuracy and precision than with the waggle test. The device used is designed to be portable and easy to build for anyone.