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English forum => Talk to GHFS => Ämnet startat av: Andreas Engström skrivet 2006-11-11, 20:48:54

Titel: Welcome!
Skrivet av: Andreas Engström skrivet 2006-11-11, 20:48:54

A warm welcome to our friends from afar. Please talk to us!


-Engström

Titel: Re: Welcome!
Skrivet av: Karl-Axel Knutson skrivet 2010-03-10, 15:32:59
Cheers, and thanks a lot!


I, poor student at the University of Lund (currently living in Gifu city, Japan, however) have come across a japanese friend who decided on starting to give me classes in medieval japanese fencing -kenjutsu (not to be mistaken with the modern sport of "kendô"), provided that I teach him what little Ihave come to know about German medieval fencing.


Seeing how I was but a mere beginner when I left Lund I have come to the point where I no longer have very much new things to teach my japanese friend...and this after only one month!


Thanks to your publication of the Ringeck Zedel I am now capable of organizing the training a bit better and provide with more training material! (As a former student of german medieval literature at the Humboldt University of Berlin I must say that it warmed my heart to see that one isn't alone in one's interest for dusty german tombs(http://www.ghfs.se/Providers/HtmlEditorProviders/Fck/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/tounge_smile.gif))





So once again, thank you!


Vîl gluock unde spâz bî ringen!
Titel: Re: Welcome!
Skrivet av: Andreas Engström skrivet 2010-03-10, 15:39:13
Always fun to hear that our stuff is put to good use! The gospel of Liechtenauer needs to be spread to light up these dark places in the east.. :-)


Good luck with your continued training, and do come visit us whenever you're back visiting in Sweden!


-Andreas
Titel: Re: Welcome!
Skrivet av: Anders Linnard skrivet 2010-03-10, 19:03:06
And let us know what your friend thinks of the German stuff.


/A
Titel: Re: Welcome!
Skrivet av: Karl-Axel Knutson skrivet 2010-03-11, 07:01:07
Indeed, I just got off the double-course training about an hour ago...We came to discuss the differences between japanese swordfighting(in this particular case unarmed 16th century peasant self-defence swordfighting) and some of the ill-composed training courses that I have had to put together so far in Lichtenauers spirit...


The differences are sometimes striking -how come fighting with a sword became this different, I wonder...


For your interest, I assume, it seems that the "Krumphau" was used by the japanese as well! Although, the trajectory of that particular cut seems to differ a bit from the japanese version of it, the idea seems to be the same!





Once again -thank you!