Higgins Armory Sword Guild: Demo Photographs

Photographs and Video Clips
of Higgins Armory Sword Guild Demonstrations

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	Scenes from a German fencing school in the 1400s Video clips illustrating techniques taught to martial arts students at the end of the Middle Ages, taken from German martial arts treatises.
	Combat techniques from Renaissance combat treatises These short video clips illustrate combat techniques from several treatises and are excerpts from a longer project on combat through the ages.

Armored poleaxe combat for Modern Marvels on The History Channel
unarmored longsword demo	clashing blow	grappling	disarm
rapier demo
sword and buckler demo
armored combat demo
17^th century pike drill
di Grassi rapier demo			disarm
Mair dagger demo
Master at Arms demo
sword and buckler demo sequence	unarmored longsword demo sequence	rapier and dagger demo sequence	smallsword demo sequence
armored longsword demo
halberd demo			halberd line made up of volunteers from the audience

	A fully illustrated interpretation of one of Meyer's longsword sequences Part of the Guild's work-in-progress longsword training CD-ROM.
	Video clips of Meyer's longsword sequences A video presentation of some of the unarmored longsword sequences presented by the Guild to visitors at the Higgins Armory Museum.

Please note that the images on this page do not necessarily represent the Guild's most up-to-date interpretation of the historical techniques.

Photographs and Video Clips of Higgins Armory Sword Guild Demonstrations

Photographs and Video Clips
of Higgins Armory Sword Guild Demonstrations