Nope! I didn't post this in the wrong section!
I've been contemplating writing an analysis and comparison of the principles of German longsword fencing and Wing Chun, and was browsing around for video examples when I came across some examples of German Messer fencing, and thought the FMA community might appreciate some of the similarities there are to be found in Filipino techniques.
Here are some plays from Johannes Luckner. There are few quite odd moves, such as the pommeling section, but the overall text seems to be fairly pragmatic and based on the methods of Lichtenauer and Paulus Kal. The enthusiastic "Hyaa!" "Hut!" bits are a bit humorous, but their demonstration of the techniques are pretty accurate to the text:
The execution in this video is a bit lacking, but here are some examples of other sources, including Talhoffer and Paulus Kal. Again, you'll see a number of similarities to FMA:
And lastly, some interesting dagger plays:
I've been contemplating writing an analysis and comparison of the principles of German longsword fencing and Wing Chun, and was browsing around for video examples when I came across some examples of German Messer fencing, and thought the FMA community might appreciate some of the similarities there are to be found in Filipino techniques.
Here are some plays from Johannes Luckner. There are few quite odd moves, such as the pommeling section, but the overall text seems to be fairly pragmatic and based on the methods of Lichtenauer and Paulus Kal. The enthusiastic "Hyaa!" "Hut!" bits are a bit humorous, but their demonstration of the techniques are pretty accurate to the text:
The execution in this video is a bit lacking, but here are some examples of other sources, including Talhoffer and Paulus Kal. Again, you'll see a number of similarities to FMA:
And lastly, some interesting dagger plays: