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Stories from Histories, Art from Articles. About The Tartan Trouvere. Original size at 536 × 600. Asymp; Leave a comment. Claymore and armour from Dunvegan Castle, Circa 1890. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out.
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Stories from Histories, Art from Articles. MARCASITE – DIAMOND’S DARK SISTER. Posted by The Tartan Trouvere. Asymp; Leave a comment. Lady of the lake. Diamond’s dark sister). The Tartan Trouvere 2013. If we were to search for one stone that so perfectly encompassed these Celtic ideas of water and magic, we would find it in Marcasite. Marcasite is the dark shimmering stone par excellence, one which fulfils utterly, every criterion for magic, mystery and mischief. The eye does not fall lazily upon ...Marca...
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Stories from Histories, Art from Articles. JACK SPARROW KNOWS JACK …. (Or “HOLLYWOOD, YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH”). Posted by The Tartan Trouvere. Asymp; Leave a comment. JACK SPARROW KNOWS JACK . Or Hollywood, you can’t handle the truth ). The Tartan Trouvere 2013. 8221; they cry, as I stalk past the taverns clutching Gibbon to my breast. “Where shall I begin? 8220;The Three Musketeers”. Taken as a brief survey to expectation and disappointment, a cursory glance at public reviews of the many history bas...
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Stories from Histories, Art from Articles. Posted by The Tartan Trouvere. Asymp; 1 Comment. Many people would have by now seen the film. Or at least know something of the Australian involvement in the Dardenelles campaign of 1915. For some years I had heard tales of Charles Bean’s references to Australian soldiers using ‘. The Official History of Australia. The TARTAN TROUVERE 2013. 8211; Anzac:Gallipoli marksman. 8211; Courtney, Bob (AWM) Curator. Larr; Previous post. October 10, 2014 at 11:43 pm. You a...
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Stories from Histories, Art from Articles. Quill Power and Sealing Wax! Posted by The Tartan Trouvere. Asymp; Leave a comment. If you are reading this, you are the resistance. In response to the tyranny of texting, mobile/cell phones and the likes of kindle, I have little choice but to declare a ‘Romantic War’ upon such foul agencies as those currently engaged in the insidious corruption of the beauty, ritual and custom of communication. If you wish to join the ‘Romantic Resistance’, charm yo...Http:/ ww...
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“A Subject for the Morgue” : Umbrella defense in Philadelphia | I don't do long sword
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A Subject for the Morgue : Umbrella defense in Philadelphia. A method of umbrella defense as taught in Philadelphia in 1908. A photographic montage was found in 2011 by researcher Tony Wolf. Which was identified to the Philadelphia Institute of Physical Culture in 1908. Nothing more was known of the subject or techniques shown in these photographs, but it appears that they were published in the same year in the San Francisco Chronicle on April 26. 1890 under an ad he published:. The techniques presented ...
The “womanly art of self-defense” and the “God-Man Mystery” | I don't do long sword
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The womanly art of self-defense and the God-Man Mystery. A 1911 self-defense article for women and a mysterious death. In April 2013, Tony Wolf published a very interesting article. Dr William Richard Cunningham Latson. I have included in this transcription some of the unpublished photographs but which do seem to describe parts of the techniques involved. The text and pictures are taken out of the June 11th 1911. I am not afraid to walk the streets alone at any hour of the day or night. I just mind m...
A thorny issue: what did the sticks look like? | I don't do long sword
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A thorny issue: what did the sticks look like? What did a real fighting shillelagh look like? As you might remember in my last article. I promised that I would soon publish another source that might be on Irish Stick fighting. Unfortunately that article is still not quite ready so I though that while you waited I would talk on a related subject : what did the faction fighters really use? An authentic cudgel. Watch the video below to learn more. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. You are...
What is Irish stick fighting? | I don't do long sword
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What is Irish stick fighting? All about the art of Irish stick fighting or Bataireacht. What is Irish stick fighting? You’ve probably heard of Irish stick before or at least if you clicked on this article you are no doubt curious about what it really is. The art called. Where does the name come from? Usually refers to a “stick”,. Can be translated as fencing as well, according to the 1977 dictionary of Niall Ó Dónaill. This relation to fencing does not necessarily means a connection to sword-fighting...
When the cane is mightier than the sword | I don't do long sword
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When the cane is mightier than the sword. A unique method of cane defense as described by James I. Pearson in 1924. As I indicated in my latest article on Irish stick fighting. Hemmet portraiying The Thin Man, one of the characters he created. When this excerpt came to the attention of the HEMA community, it was instantly compared to Irish stick, mostly for its grip. Had Hammet learned boiscin somehow or observed it? But is it Irish? By James I. Pearson. Until that great American civilizer, the spade, ha...
The sticks of Joinville : What is French Baton? | I don't do long sword
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The sticks of Joinville : What is French Baton? All about the French art of the Bâton, or as some call it “Grand Bâton” or “Great Stick”. If you have a certain interest in 19th century martial arts, you probably read about the Joinville staff tradition from France. Part of the other military great stick traditions of Europe, the French baton has a very long documented history from at least the 13th century, and while it disappeared in its original form it is somewhat kept alive through the. Or two ended ...
Treatise on the counter-point, by Alexandre Valville, 1817 | I don't do long sword
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Treatise on the counter-point, by Alexandre Valville, 1817. The Franco-Russian sabre manual of Alexandre Valville, fencing master to the Imperial Guard, published in 1817. In 1817 he published this treatise. Which took him 22 years to write, was printed in only 200 copies, dedicated to Alexander I, and was meant to be used by the Imperial Guard. What is a “counter-point”? Are they separate types of weapons? A certificate of contre-pointe, showing something very different from a spadroon. And so what Valv...
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You will find on this blog articles on history, the sociology of HMA, translations and transcriptions as well as more light material. I hope you enjoy. I live in Kingston Ontario where I work as a museum curator for the Museum of Health Care. I have been doing martial arts for nearly 20 years and now teach kenjutsu, Irish stick, sabre and pugilism. Kingston Irish Fighting Arts. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. On The Broad Swords...
Thug attacks you: No.2 | I don't do long sword
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Thug attacks you: No.2. The second part to Latson’s method. It seems that Dr. Latson’s Method of Self Defense. Made it to print more than once. This second article appeared in the Denver Post a week after the initial one in June 18th 1911. I haven’t been able to find any following ones. The following tricks of defense can be acquired by almost any woman who is willing to devote a little bit of her time to the task. There is no telling when one may be called to put them in to practice:. Address never made...
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Stories from Histories, Art from Articles. A welcome to all who follow this din, tis a wee nook of knowledge explored from within. From without you may search for some theme in my name, all too soon to discover a fox is at play. Enamored is he of history and art, for tucked in his tunic he keepeth a dart. A prick tipped with India and feathered for flight, The Tartan Trouvere fills his parchment with light. The Tartan Trouvere 2012. Claymore and armour from Dunvegan Castle, engraving circa 1890.
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