Historic/Cultural-Renaissance Grappling
Date: 09-24-2026 7PM
Duration: 90 min
Grappling, or “Ringen” in Renaissance German, was a core skill for any warrior. Methods date back to the ancient Roman and Greek civilizations, and were the core of the original Olympic games. Most of the Renaissance system invoved redirection of force and taking someonedown to the ground. Be prepared to get on the floor (we will have mats).
Historic/Cultural - Katana
Date: 10-01-2026 7PM
The katana is the iconic close quarter weapon of the Samurai. Equally able to be used with two hands or one, it can be a fearsome weapon. We will explore cutting pattens, footwork, defensive postures, and see about creating sequences as they would have happened.
Historic/Cultural-Katana
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Duration: 90 min.
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Historic-Sickle and Scythe
Date: 10-29-2026 7PM
After the peasant revolts in Germany, when soldiers found that simple farm tools could be devastating weapons, some of the German masters placed chapters in their treatises about fighting with these tools as weapons. We will explore a few of their discoveries.
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