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A Guide to Renaissance Faire Language
The Middle Ages were a thing of the past and, although tempered by the presence of a religious Reformation, Europe was experiencing a time of discovery and self expression. Elizabeth I took the throne of England in 1558 and her people set out to explore the unknown of the high seas and to manifest their daring creativity and imagination on paper and canvas in an nprecedented
manner. They left their mark on the world as artists, poets and thinkers and, most of all, as lovers of language.
A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry
Nothing will here be said concerning the "goose step of the sword," the Balance
Motions," and the "Extension Motions," of the official 'Infantry Sword Exercise.' They are essentially a part of 'Squad and Setting-up Drill,' and as such they have been treated in several good manuals, especially by Sergeant-Major S. Bertram Brown: A 'Practical Guide to Squad and Setting-up Drill, in accordance with the Principles laid down in Part I., Field Exercise of the Army.'
Medieval and Renaissance Knife Fighting History
During the Middle Ages, roughly the 14th-15th Centuries, the warriors of Europe developed a powerful style of combat that proved equally victorious on the battlefield in times of war, on the street for suppressing riots, and in personal defense. These men fought personal and judicial duels to the death, as well as taking part in organized “melees”, or tournaments.
Circle of Steel
During the Renaissance, roughly 16th-17th Century, there were many changes in the European styles of swordplay, and a new style evolved, based on the earlier Medieval methods. Overall, there was a shift from swordplay based in military combat, to being more and more designed for use by civilians, and used in sparring in an early “training hall” environment, where common people would pay to take lessons.
Six Martial Arts Myths About Knife Defenses
The person who waves his knife in your face wants something from you: your fear, your money or for you to leave him alone. In this situation you will have a martial arts response available, but if you like to wander on those parts of the map where it says "dragons be here" you'd better have a reflexive response ready for the ambush.
The Templar Orders In Freemasonary
HAVING regard to the fact that Emblematic Freemasonry, as it is known and practised at this day, arose from an Operative Guild and within the bosom of a development from certain London Lodges which prior to the year 1717 had their titles in the past of the Guild and recognised its Old Charges, it would seem outside the reasonable likelihood of things that less than forty years after the foundation of Grand Lodge Knightly Orders should begin to be heard of developing under the aegis of the Craft, their titles in some cases being borrowed from the old institutions of Christian Chivalry.