Alot of styles deviant from the more boxy look and thats exactly what I'm looking for i was just looking for any HEMA appropriate Halberd head in this specific style. Any help is appreciated thanks!

What kind of characteristics should it have ? I am thinking : wide blade profile, weight at least 1,5 kg, standard lenght (135 cm).

There's a certain manuscript in translation I found once, I think linked on this subreddit, which I can't find since. It was a typical Italian fencing manuscript, starting with the one-handed rapier but bringing in other weapons later, etc. The main notable factor was that at the end it has illustrated colour plates of "duels", with lead-up and the actions of the duel described below. They were of course designed to demonstrate various pedagogical themes in the text, but also gave a decent idea of what the actions in a duel could be. The only other significant factor is I remember it had been translated, but only into French, not English, so the pdf linked was the Italian with the French beside it.

Me and my friend are wanting to get into medieval weapon combat and this seems like the place to do it. What is a fun place in los angeles, preferably santa clarita or burbank? Thanks!

I'm looking to get a blunt steel sword mostly for acclimation and strength purposes. The club instructor is selling an old one of his, but I need an idea on what would be a reasonable price-range for these kinds of items (preferably in euros). On one hand, they get a lot of use bashing into shields and armor (eastern style viking combat), but the blade is also very rigid – I'm thinking the tang and cross-guard area are more likely to get worn than the blade itself.

The sword in question is ~1100g IIRC, nicely balanced towards the hilt, don't remember the make or model off the top of my head (bronze cg and pommel, golden stitch on black grip). There is a worn spots on the grip, the crossguard has a jangle to it and apparently the blade has gotten a bend from time to time, which the PO says he has "adjusted" with a hammer and wood (feel free to comment on good alternative ways to fix!)

Thanks in advance!

Got my vb gymnasium I'm suprised how small the hilt is compared to most gymnasium sabers still beautiful

Okay. So, I am relatively new to swordsmanship, I have practiced "swordsmanship" and LARPing for a couple of years now (I use the term swordsmanship lightly), but I am to the point where I want to learn a proper discipline or style in the art. That having been said, my weapon of choice is the Bastard sword, I've looked into the style of German longsword, however it focuses mainly on two handed manipulations of the sword, but I also want to use my sword one handed. Is there any particular style that trains this, or do I need to learn a Longsword and Arming Sword fighting style and swap accordingly?

Edit: If I were to use the sword predominantly in one hand, I would use a shield in the other, otherwise it would get used like a regular Longsword.

I live in the USA, and my budget is $500. If I could also get links to sellers/products please lmk!

Troops like the peltast carried multiple javelins into combat holding one in their throwing hand and the rest in their shield hand. They also have been equipped with swords or other melee weapons when the fighting gets up close. My question is what to do with the javelins in your shield hand when you get engaged in melee before you would have thrown them all.

Possible ideas I could think of include:

• drop them so your shield is more nimble
• ignore them as they change nothing about how you fight
• use them to block like an extension of your shield
• use them to stab at the opponent

Since javelins have been used to the late medieval period I hope that someone mentions a scenario like this in their treatises.

Sorry for the ramble but trying to understand what im doing haha.

been trying to read more of prime based Hungarian sources and, while ive been focusing on timmlich and chappon, I was wondering if they both compliment each other? One idea i was thinking was to use timmlichs lean cuts to make a cut that's just a bit too far to invite a cut back, then to step back as chappon describes to counter and reposte. Again still new to chappon so curious in how to use his and timmlichs to abuse distance especially with being new to tournaments and lighter sabers

Hi there, I'm going to be instructing some of our club in sword and Buckler in a few months (Bolognese school if that helps), would accept any recommendations of good exercises/resources :-)

Does anyone have experience with them? How they feel, look, what protectors that can be used under it? I want to get the Attila jacket and the cavalry trousers look great but very few use them.

Heya I'm prepping for my fencing tournament coming up and was curious if anyone knows why Louis chappon in saber fencers slips the leg or passive steps it back? Just was suprised it isn't just lunge and recover

I only got into HEMA about a year ago, and am finally starting to get my kit assembled. I have been reading some military saber manuals, and was wondering how much gear I would need for full steel sparring. I have a chest protector, jacket, and pants at the moment, and am working on getting clamshells or something similar.

So, I've got an upcoming saber tounament in the next couple months and I'm looking to get a pair of the black prince gloves from HF. My last saber tounament had a few painful hand hits that kinda set my mind on getting some more protective gloves but I'm wondering how long they usually take to produce them. Normally I order what's in stock from US retailers but they seem to be out at the moment so I plan on ordering directly from HF.

Any input would be a great help

Heya! Getting my gymnasium saber this week(I hope) and wanting to add langets to the inside of the grip I mostly use popsicle sticks and glue guns for my synthetics but wonder if that'd be enough for my vb gymnasium any advice is welcome!

A while back I was watching a movie, and there was a fight scene. As Hollywood does it was a dramatic fight with the two swinging all over the place, but it had me thinking. Where do you normally aim in a sword fight.

I'd assume it would change based on if it was armored vs unarmored, and depending on the weapon, but at the same time generally would be the same.

The torso with the head and neck would be the kill spots, with the stomach being next in line and possibly the arms to try and disable to reach those spots, with hits outside those areas being more attacks of opportunity or used to weaken the opponent.

Though that feels very top heavy to me

Am I correct on that?

I haven't fenced in years but I've been really liking the smallsword class at my local school. Enough to want to bite the bullet and get one. And eventually maybe play with a spadroon and a colichemarde in the smallsword circles as well, but that's a later problem

I'm confused as to blade types. I've finally figured out the sizing for epee blades 2 and 5 and the like. But what makes a musketeer blade different from a standard af/bg epee blade?

If this question has already been addressed, does anyone have a link?

Thank you in advance

Disclaimer: I don't mind people who dont or does HEMA for the competition aspect.

So lately my club has been concentrating in mainly doing competitions and mostly competition training. Personally I'm not a big fan of competitions, in all my hobbies once I compete it always turns me off, doesn't matter if I get first place or last. I personally just dont like competition atmosphere. Personally it makes me felt kinda left out since I felt like people don't take me as seriously anymore, since Im always more attracted in the tradition/historical part of HEMA.

I ordered my jacket (Acrcem as I said) and I'm waiting for it, I'm hesitating to order those protections because I don't know if it will fit on it...