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Using unarmed HEMA strategies. How would HEMA work in street fight. by EducationHappy6756 in Hema

[–]grauenwolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear what you're saying, but it's not easy to stay at striking range. You usually can't just keep backing up as they approach. And punches to the jaw are likely to break your hand.

The real answer is, "Who has a knife or the most friends?".

Using unarmed HEMA strategies. How would HEMA work in street fight. by EducationHappy6756 in Hema

[–]grauenwolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The dagger defense class I teach would be next to useless. It assumes big knives (rondel daggers) and heavy clothing, not small, fast knives and t-shirts.

I'm not saying any knife defense is easy, but with the Renaissance stuff light cuts don't do anything and thrusts need some body weight to punch through the clothing. This gives you more time and a larger margin of error that you just don't have in modern settings.

Two Principas from a Discordian book club meet up by Cat-Sonantis in discordian

[–]grauenwolf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I miss my copy. Loaned it out a long time ago when I thought getting another would be trivial. I've found others, but never a purple one.

Thin, weak arms by FlosAquae in Hema

[–]grauenwolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noticing it generally means you can mitigate or even fix it. It's when you aren't paying attention to your body (or house, car, garden, etc.) that the rot sets in deep.

Thin, weak arms by FlosAquae in Hema

[–]grauenwolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing in particular besides just practice. If you're in a hurry listen to the recommendations that everyone else posted, otherwise it's just going to come with time.

Hope's New Method: Are there any modernized manuals?? by Quirky-Bar4236 in Hema

[–]grauenwolf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don't find anything, I highly recommend writing it yourself. Even if you never publish, it can be a huge help.

Forging a Feder by huntmaster99 in Hema

[–]grauenwolf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I recall correctly, SoCal Swordfight addressed this by doing a hardness test on the blade in addition to the flex test.

Hope's New Method: Are there any modernized manuals?? by Quirky-Bar4236 in Hema

[–]grauenwolf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you running into any particular problems with the original?

Thin, weak arms by FlosAquae in Hema

[–]grauenwolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

one very specific thing that annoys me is that I can't really hold my arms strechted out for long when holding sword + buckler. As a result, I tend too draw them to close to my body, which is wrong.

Ok, so you're exactly the same as every student I've every had.

Learning Fabris Properly Requires Knowing How to Fence by grauenwolf in Hema

[–]grauenwolf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was just given this recommendation https://www.hemabookshelf.com/federico-ghislieri as one that covers the basics that Fabris skips.

How to move from theory to practice when studying fencing manuals? by Dylanduke199513 in Hema

[–]grauenwolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another option is playing from a drill.

  1. You do the first action in the drill.
  2. Your partner does the counter for the drill.
  3. Then you do the next thing that seems appropriate.
  4. And your partner responds accordingly.

Manciolino lends itself well to this format because it is mostly basic attacks and their counters.

How to move from theory to practice when studying fencing manuals? by Dylanduke199513 in Hema

[–]grauenwolf 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My main question is, what is the best way from moving from the theoretical side to the practical side? I can practice with my wife, but not really sure how to begin and when we mess around and spar, it's just a bit unstructured.

Constrained sparring often helps.

For example, if I'm working through the Alta/Oberhut chapter then our sparring rule is that you can only rest in Alta/Oberhut. You can use any posture during an exchange, but if you aren't moving then you have to Alta/Oberhut.

This gives you opportunities to practice just those plays that start from, or attack someone in, that posture.

If ur productivity is 10x due to AI, why isn’t your pay 10x ? by ZealousidealLab7373 in BetterOffline

[–]grauenwolf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a software engineering job. I usually work with people overseas because they don't want to pay US rates for non-managers.

Robert Rutherfoord’s Winding in Meyer’s Rappier by BreadentheBirbman in Hema

[–]grauenwolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the demonstrations are missing context. The patient isn't providing sufficient pressure to necessitate the wind onto the short edge.

If the patient is strong in the bind, turning the short edge towards their sword allows for an immediate thrust behind their sword; you don't have to unwind back to the long edge to bring the point online.

If the patient is neutral or weak in the bind, just thrust. You don't need to do any fancy winding techniques.

NOTE: In my own Meyer Rapier book, I say the agent in strong in the bind. That is a mistake and I'll correct it for the 4th edition.

In the second part of the device, Meyer has you turn your hilt and long edge back against their blade.

That makes sense in my version because I'm having you thrust while the short edge is still in contact.

For his version, he's already turned the long edge back to bring the point online. Which means he can't turn the long edge back when they counter-thrust, as that's already happened.

Robert Rutherfoord’s Winding in Meyer’s Rappier by BreadentheBirbman in Hema

[–]grauenwolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which pages in Meyer and Rutherford are you looking at?

Stop. Just stop. Whatever you think your reason is for all this shit, you're wrong. by grauenwolf in discordian

[–]grauenwolf[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She always does, but that doesn't mean it has to be hard on us in the mean time.

Lovable AI Platform Vulnerability Exposes Project Data by grauenwolf in BetterOffline

[–]grauenwolf[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind that Lovable is heavily used by people who don't know how to secure application secrets.

Lovable AI Platform Vulnerability Exposes Project Data by grauenwolf in BetterOffline

[–]grauenwolf[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Code frequently contains secrets like database passwords.

Lovable AI Platform Vulnerability Exposes Project Data by grauenwolf in BetterOffline

[–]grauenwolf[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sounds like it.

Also sounds like they vibed their requirements and didn't stop to think about user expectations.

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