a friend from one of the fencing schools I go to came back from a trip to Japan last year and he told me the clubs there were not allowed to train with steel feders.
one of the Japanese HEMA club members told him that technically there is a way to import a metal sword, whether real sharp or blunted feder, but you have to write a letter explaining the justification for owning one in Japan. if they deny your application letter, they break your imported steel blade in half and return it to you in two broken pieces.
it is a shame that the HEMA clubs in Japan are forced to practice with synthetic blades. you really cannot simulate the bind with anything other than metal
I.33 is also known as the Walpurgis manuscript, named after the illustrations in the treatise depicting a woman named Walpurgis demonstrating the written techniques against a priest. I plan on using this book to study and train on the use of sword & buckler.
I also committed sacrilege by putting on my book some cute I.33 stickers I got from Purpleheart Armoury when I visited them in Houston, TX :blobcat_googly_knight:
when the family estate decides to convert one of their historical towers into an airbnb property (my only chance at ever spending the night in a castle)
Saint Vitalis of GazaPatron of Prostitutes :red_umbrella:For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.But in the end she will be as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.Proverbs 5:1-23* * * * * * * * * * * * *HEMA practitioner, pipe smoker and lover of whores