They are! It is an underground facility reserved mostly for martial arts training in my city Tampere. It is an old bomb shelter and I think it will be still used for that if that kind of situation becomes relevant. Its very good training place, I've been going there around 33 years - its like a second home for me.

Cheers, sir! Much appreciated.

I glad that you like it! You can find an example class of partisan from my Patreon channel at www.patreon.com/instructoreskoronimus . I will make a series of partisan use in future when I have time for it.

Certainly. The total length is about 240cm, to the tips of my fingers my hand extended upwards - it is a little on the longer side, I think, it could be about 20cm shorter. The haft is ash with a diameter of bit more than 3cm, planed hexagonal. A friend who is a furniture maker made it for me. The tip is from Black Armory, made by Arcem. I believe BA also sells the hafts. The tips are very good for training with controlled contact; they have the structure for cutting and controlling and enough flexibility to not break bones. The haft is the dangerous part in harder contact, though a good poke to the ribs can also pop things - the control in the practice is the key. I have also sawed off the wings from the base of the blade to make it more like the "Bolognese" partisans that we can see in Marozzo's manual's pictures.

Marozzo's material is an excellent starting point for any polearm use. I would go with the partisan as it has very clear and usable techniques for parrying, it gives a strong foundation for any polearm. And the halberd/ronca material are totally compatible with it.

@Instructoreskoronimus the strength of parries makes it very appealing. If I got that footwork down well, it would translate great to our sport. All in all, all of these drills would help all aspects that I need to work on. I will certainly be back to this video! Thanks!

There is an another video, an example class, for partisan in my Patreon channel for more reference.

I haven't studied glaive from any source as the Bolognese masters don't have glaive as such. But I would imagine it is not totally dissimilar to a partisan. My impression on glaive is that it is designed to give harder, hacking type cuts as well - partisan is not designed for that as the cuts are more slicing and drawing. But aside that they are both relatively short polearms with strong thrusting and cutting capabilities. So I would imagine they can work for each other too.

I'm really glad you like it! If you have any questions about it, feel free to ask.

That it is. Also, even though it is relatively simple in terms of what can be done with it, it has a very, very high skill-ceiling.

As in most cases, I believe the solution is the distancing. The closer you get to your opponent, the higher you will have to raise your hand to parry, which exposes your lower parts and most significantly, takes the tip of your blade out of presence. If you manage to stay further away so that your tip is threatening your opponent and you don't over extend your defense, you will be better off. That said, the unfortunate fact is that, at least in some regards, a smaller person is very often in disadvantage against a bigger one. The best solution is to stay away from the disadvantage, which is of course easier said than done! But totally doable. If you want, you could send me a video of the specific situation or situations that you are having troubles with and I could see if I can give you more detailed advice. You can find my contact details from my Facebook page or from my clubs website at www.tampereschoolofarms.com.

Very glad you like it, sir! Feel free to ask any questions about it.

Big thanks, sir! Really glad you like it. Feel free to send any questions about it.

They are indeed both! Basically like barefoot shoes, but the sole is a little stiffer than what you usually find from them. The shoes were a gift from a good friend, but I think they are from historicalitalianshoes.com . They also make a huge difference to ones footwork and definitely make it clear why the footwork was done as it was done in the fencing treatises at time. Some things work so much better with the correct shoes and some things are absolute no-no's (as they were in the historical instructions as well), compared to modern rubber soled shoes.

Im really glad you liked it! Feel free to ask any questions about it.

@@vladholt2800 my pleasure! Feel free to ask questions about it.

@@edwinpoon my pleasure!

Very glad to hear you like it! There is a lot more, and a series of videos coming concentrating on stretta di mezza spada, in my Patreon channel if you are interested seeing more. Also take a look at St. Louis School of Arm's Patreon channel, which is the source for everything I train and teach, they have the world's largest collection of Bolognese fencing material interpreted and the quality is top notch! Fiore's names for guards are indeed different even though some of them are same in the Bolognese fencing tradition. Bolognese fencing tradition is definitely a continuation in some aspects to Fiore's tradition. In Bolognese fencing system the guards are divided into subgroups, Porta di Ferro guards refer to inside guards (left side of the body for a right-handed fencer) and Coda Lunga to the outside guards (right side of the body for a right-handed fencer). The guards are furthermore divided with prefixes such as alta - high, stretta - narrow, larga - wide, etc. Cinghiare Porta di Ferro guards are inside guards with the left foot in front and so on. These things are also opened up in my Patreon content. In short, we could say the guards can be the same or at least used with similar ideas, but the Bolognese masters have expanded the system to be used in a more varied manner to describe more easily the guards' different uses. Or maybe Fiore had his own way using the names for the conventional guards at the time.

I'm glad you like it! It is definitely fun to do, as long as one is careful with the fingers - four swords moving around is a hazard for careless fingers!

Cheers, sir! Its a great combination it its own right but also really good technical workout for developing the off-hand too as it often gets somewhat neglected.

Wielkie dzięki! The Polish saber is really cool stuff, its great that it is being practiced again.

I'm glad you like it. Big thanks!

You are very welcome, sir. I'm glad you like it. If you want to see it taught in full, go and see St. Louis School of Arm's Patreon channel. My work is 100% based on that. I will be putting a version of my own at some point to my own channel, but that will be just how I teach it and make it work, not an interpretation per se. Feel free to ask any questions about it!

It sure does! It is getting a little geriatric at this point as I borrow it a lot to my students. I was using it instead of my Malleus Martialis Spadoncino this time due to its lighter weight (I've been having a bit of overexertion issues with my shoulder lately). It is an "Achille" model from Regenyei Armory, they are really solid and affordable trainers even if they could be a little more historical in their handling.

@@Instructoreskoronimus Good to know. Also maybe it may help but this exercise with a 10-20lb ball mace have done wonders for my shoulders: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roLVnHlndtGfn9k

According to Swanger 2019, 43, it probably derives from the verb "stramazzare" which means to "fall to the ground".

@@Instructoreskoronimus Can you share the title of the book please...do we have good glossares and or dictionaries fro the period and regional language ?

@@417hemaspringfieldmo Its "The Duel, or the Flower of Arms for Single Combat, Both Offensive and Defensive, by Achille Marozzo" by W. Jherek Swanger (I spelled the surname wrong above, I just corrected it). Swanger's and Fratus' translations do have glossaries for the techniques used, based on the source texts.

We don't post that content on KZbin, we have a separate OnlyFence account for that.

The sword we train with, according to Marozzo and Anonimo Bolognese, is not a Montante - or Spadone as they have it in Italy. It is somewhat smaller and lighter blade; the sword should be tall at least to the arm pit or at most to the nose use of user, when stood on its tip on the ground. Montantes and Spadones are typically somewhat larger and heavier swords, depending of course on their source and origin.

Cheers, sir!

@@Instructoreskoronimus Always love to see my fellow Bolognese fencers spar technically

Cheers, sir!

Thank you, sir!