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2008 ALLIANCE SUMMER CAMPS
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Historical Fencing at Alliance
Introduction
We are pleased to announce that beginning on March 31, 2008, Houston’s Alliance Fencing Academy will welcome Scott Brown, a well known Historical European Fencing and Martial Arts researcher and instructor, to provide two new exciting programs to our already strong curriculum. Mr. Brown, operating as Sword to Sword Historical Fencing and Martial Arts will be offering courses teaching the Kunst des Fechtens.
Kunst des Fechtens (the Art of Fighting) is a term for those European fighting traditions emerging from regions known today as Germany. The Kunst des Fechtens encompasses many martial traditions including both armoured and unarmoured combat, longsword, sword and buckler, falchion, spear/lance, grappling/wrestling, dagger, horsemanship, and more. In order to provide a higher quality of instruction to the members of the Alliance Fencing Academy, Mr. Brown’s courses will focus on the unarmoured German longsword and sword and buckler traditions, though individual lessons are available for many other arts upon request.
This illustration is believed to be Grandmaster Liechtenauer
Grandmaster Johannes Liechtenauer, a 14th century Fechtmeister (Fight Master/ Fencing Master), has been well documented as one of the great fencers of his time. Though he himself was very secretive of his Arts, many of the inheritors of his Art chose to write down and preserve much of his system while also adding their own perspectives. Mr. Brown will be teaching fencing principles, mechanics, tactics, and strategies of the longsword consistent with today’s understandings of Liechtenauer’s principles for combat. Beginning programs will first focus on building firm foundations in basic bladework and footwork operations as well as timing, distance, and position skill-sets consistent with Liechtenauer’s systems. Classes will also integrate Liechtenauer’s mechanical, tactical, and strategic methods. It is Mr. Brown’s goal to develop skilled longsword practitioners able to compete on an international level demonstrating superior German swordsmanship.
However, some just enjoy historical fencing for its healthy benefits, its historical associations or to explore some relationship to an ancestral heritage. For those practitioners, Mr. Brown will encourage and cultivate further exploration into the specific techniques, manuscripts, and cultural relationships pertaining to a variety of German Masters. This will allow these practitioners a unique and rich cultural experience, while simultaneously enriching their lifestyle and health.
Franck Cinato delivers a blow to Olivier Gourdon in Dijon, France ’07
The world’s oldest known fencing manuscript, the R.A. MS. I.33 and is the primary source for Mr. Brown’s sword and buckler program. This system pre-dates even the mighty Liechtenauer himself and is often referred to as the “Art of the Priest” as the manuscript describes a Priest and a Scholar (pupil) demonstrating very sophisticated sword and buckler fencing principles and techniques. The Priest is believed by some to be a man known only as Lutegerus and this system is often referred to as “Lutegerus’ Art” or “Fencing Lutegerus”. One other fascinating element of Lutegerus’ Art is that this manuscript depicts one of Europe’s oldest known examples of a female fencer from around 1300 AD. Mr. Brown is recognized as a leading researcher into this system and considers it a wonderful and exciting privilege to share this system and his personal methods with the members of the Allied Fencing Academy.
Scott Brown
Scott Brown travels to study, train, and teach extensively with the world’s foremost researchers and practitioners in order to bring the highest level of instruction to the U.S. He is a 25 year veteran of the martial arts that has taught and trained in France, Germany, Hungary, the U.K., Japan, Canada and the U.S.A. Scott holds certificates of rank for Japanese, Philippine and Modern martial arts systems. Studying historical martial arts since around the turn of the century, Scott now focuses his efforts to help revive the European traditions through diligent, practical, hands-on study with top historical specialists, researchers, and practitioners. He currently instructs a full curriculum based on the “Priests” system as depicted in the 13th century text known as R.A. MS. I.33., as well as German longsword principles via the Liechtenauer traditions and falchion according to Lecküchner.
Schedule
MONDAYS: 6:30-7:30pm Longsword Introduction 7:30-9:00pm Open Fencing 8:00-9:00pm Sword and Buckler
THURSDAYS: 7:30-8:30pm Longsword Introduction 8:30-9:00pm Open Fencing
SUNDAYS: 1:00-2:30pm Longsword 2:30-4:00pm Open Fencing
Classes, Lessons, and FeesIntroduction to Historical Fencing Course
This month long session to Longsword covers introductory lessons to the weapon, basic fencing principles, mechanics, and historical cultural contexts surrounding German longsword use.
Includes: 8 Group lessons (1 Hour each/twice a week, Monday and Thursday only)
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Includes: 8 Group lessons (1.5 hours each/twice a
week, Monday and Thursday only)
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Basic Session II
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