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    Cossack fighting

    The Bear is right. Here is a video from one of these groups. ДиÑциплины шермиций. ОÑновные Ñлементы. ЧаÑÑ‚ÑŒ...
    Post by: max Chouinard, Jan 23, 2012 in forum: Western Martial Arts
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    LaCanne - The Vigny method.

    It would be very interresting to see the "anti closing in-techniques"! It is all the coup de bout or talon. Here are some from Hebert: [IMG]...
    Post by: max Chouinard, Jan 8, 2011 in forum: Weapons
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    LaCanne - The Vigny method.

    Yes the roof parry. Still used today actually especially for "active parries" (a parry transforming into a strike). This is normally what...
    Post by: max Chouinard, Jan 8, 2011 in forum: Weapons
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    LaCanne - The Vigny method.

    No problem, its just that the way it was formulated kind of meant that Vigny was the ancestor of modern canne de combat, which it isn't. Modern...
    Post by: max Chouinard, Jan 6, 2011 in forum: Weapons
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    LaCanne - The Vigny method.

    He never mentions the lentgh, but 1,25 metres is way too long for the walking cane he shows. This is the proper guard:...
    Post by: max Chouinard, Jan 6, 2011 in forum: Weapons
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    LaCanne - The Vigny method.

    Just to mention that there are other ancient version of French canne, all of them using the standard tierce guard. To my knowledge Vigny is the...
    Post by: max Chouinard, Jan 5, 2011 in forum: Weapons
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    Suri stick fighting

    It seems Last man standing also made an episode about it: YouTube - Ethiopian Suri Stick Fighting BBC - Last Man Standing Part 1 Its more...
    Post by: max Chouinard, Sep 13, 2009 in forum: Weapons
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    Suri stick fighting

    Here is a documentary about the Suri and in large part about their traditional stick fighting. YouTube - Suri / Surma of - Ethiopia Amazing Stick...
    Thread by: max Chouinard, Sep 12, 2009, 2 replies, in forum: Weapons
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    Gun disarms cira 17th-19th century

    Now that's interesting, thanks Louie! I wonder at the percentage of sucess on such an encounter but when you got nothing to lose.
    Post by: max Chouinard, Sep 7, 2009 in forum: Weapons
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    Gun disarms cira 17th-19th century

    Not necessarily. Like I said some ryu ha teach gun use. A bushi could very well end up with a gun, in fact many battles by the end of the Sengoku...
    Post by: max Chouinard, Sep 7, 2009 in forum: Weapons
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    Gun disarms cira 17th-19th century

    There are schools that teach the use of the arquebus. I don't know what are their curriculum though. Other than that there are no schools teaching...
    Post by: max Chouinard, Sep 7, 2009 in forum: Weapons
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    Why no shields in Japanese arts?

    Why hide behind an armor? Japanese had pavises that they quite effectively hid behind to protect against arrows and later bullets. That's...
    Post by: max Chouinard, Aug 8, 2009 in forum: Weapons
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    Why no shields in Japanese arts?

    Actually there are examples of blades made of namban tetsu. Commerce was also made with continental Asia and later other western powers. I...
    Post by: max Chouinard, Aug 4, 2009 in forum: Weapons
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    Cane and Walking Stick

    While I don't necessarily like to tag it as a cane, there is bataireacht (Irish stick) which I practice. The style is called An Maide Bata, it is...
    Post by: max Chouinard, Aug 2, 2009 in forum: Weapons