Articles
- Hans Talhoffer's dagger
- Myth of "20 to 30 pound broadswords"
- Dagger techniques from Talhoffer's Fechtbuch 1467
- Simplified method for instructing dagger techniques. (500kb pdf)
- Talhoffer's Tafel 172
- Dagger techniques from Achille Marozzo
- Defence against a dagger from Fiore dei Liberi
- Our first attempts at Talhoffer's dagger.
- A buckler from an IKEA salad bowl.
- Thoughts on sharing of research.
- Recommended Literature and book reviews
- Links
Sources
- Vollstandiges Ring-Buch of Johann Georg Passchen.
- Nicolaes Petter's Klare Onderrichtinge der Voortreffelijcke Worstel-Konst.
- Some dietary rules.
- Hendrick van Buren's Drilkonst, (1672) (pdf, 4Mb)
- Illustrated translation of chapter 3: handling of the pike, from the above.
Defenses against the low stab
The lower schield. The [fecht] manual shows the attacker avoiding the block
with diagonal footwork.
A sidestep and stab from "freyen hutt"
seen from the front
Outside deflection and stab. The inside deflection is an obvious variant but
not shown
Outside deflection and arm break:
Breaking the arm on the shoulder (most manuals show only the first stage):
