Dragon Preservation Society

My articles on historical European martial arts

Kampai Budokai

My articles on Japanese martial arts

Photo Gallery

My photos of swords, armour, and other things

Art Studio

My art on the web

Academia

My academic writings

Hajime!

My martial arts newsletter (dutch)

Bio

My resumé

Latest additions

May 2007:

• A classification and interpretation of Hans Talhoffer's dagger techniques from a presentation at the 2007 HEMAC gathering in Dijon.
• Salle d'Armes in the Musée de beaux-arts in Dijon

April 2007:

• My back is visible in one of the pictures to this article of "Dijon notre ville". =D

Februari 2007:

• Armour and weapons in the Bayerisch Nationalmuseum, Munich

August 2006:

• Added missing pictures for the start of Ranai to the Jodo kata descriptions

June 2006:

• Muso Shinden ryu Tachi Uchi no Kurai (kata descriptions)

April 2006:

• Medieval sword practice pictures.

March 2006:

• The myth of swords weighing 20 to 30 pounds.

February 2006:

• Digital fascimile of Hendrick van Buren's Drilkonst, 2nd edition (1672) (pdf, 4Mb), and a translation of the pike handling chapter, at the Dragon Preservation Society
• Examples of Ju Jitsu, a pamphlet by Alfred Hutton (pdf, 160kb) at the Kampai Budokai

January 2006:

• Muso Shinden Omori ryu kata description at the Kampai Budokai
• On January 3, this site was hacked. If you've seen strange stuff here around that date, that was the reason.

November 2005:

• Longsword for children at the Dragon Preservation Society
• Also, new instruction for making the IKEA buckler
• Also new is the online version of Hajime! now containing a complete archive.
• New art is added regularly at the Studio