page updated 10/20/09

news 03/09/10: daily updates this week - Aventail / camail / ventail (added 03/09), 8th century Viking sword (fresh pictures 03/08), Buffalo rib obsidian dagger (fresh pictures 03/07).

news 03/06/10: daily updates this past week - Indestructible arming sword waster (added 03/06), Plug bayonet / Bawdy dagger (fresh pictures 03/05), Viking spear head - broad blade (fresh pictures 03/04), Socketed broadaxe (added 03/03), Kendo helmet (featured item 03/02), Pembroke great helm - 14ga (fresh pictures 03/01), One-handed viking axe (fresh pictures 02/28).

news 02/28/10: daily updates this past week - Indestructible training dagger waster (featured item 02/27), Milanese pauldrons (added 02/26), antique Mongo/Konda shortsword (featured item 02/25), Scottish baskethilted broadsword (fresh pictures 02/24), Reenactor's hand axe (added 02/23), Spanish cup-hilt rapier / Taza rapier - antiqued version (last call sale price 02/22), Spiked war hammer (listed on closeout 02/21).

Please see the News Updates page for older announcements.

The infamous Home Shopping Network cheap katana accident
-or- Why I don't offer stainless steel swords

Flail Combat as documented by Paulus Hector Mair
(added 07/28/09)

A point about drawing swords
(s-s-sh-h-h-w-w-i-i-i-i-n-n-g!)
(added 05/29/09)

AFH test cutting with a Taza rapier
(added 05/08/09)

Precision iaijutsu
Isao Machii makes some spectacular cuts
on a silly Japanese TV show
(added 04/21/09)

Faintheart trailer
could be the ultimate reenactor film!
(added 03/06/09)

Techniques with the poleaxe (MEMEG)
(added 02/15/09)

The best weapons, armor, and LARP video ever:
"Prehistoric Dog", by Red Fang
(added 12/14/08)

Langes Messer
(added 09/19/08)

Selected Plays of the Poleaxe
Die Schlachtschule: The School of Battle Presents:
Selected plays of the pollaxe from Le Jeu de La Hache and Master Hans Talhoffer
Demonstrated by Hugh Knight and Matthew Tice
(added 07/29/08)

Kendo robot
(added 07/10/08)

Fiore "posta dance" - 12 longsword guards
(added 05/12/08)

Sean Hayes - Medieval swordsmanship
(local news clip)
(added 05/12/08)

Messer techniques from Talhoffer
(added 05/02/08)

The Zornhau and accomopanying plays
(added 03/08/08)

Samurai versus ...
(keep watching after the end credits)
(added 12/05/07)

Medieval streetfighting demonstration
(added 10/15/07)

Some long sword fencing pieces after Danzig & Ringeck
(added 10/09/07)

How to storm a medieval castle
(added 10/01/07)

300 - Back in Black
kick ass!
(added 08/03/07)

Red Crow Events - Medieval Jousting
(added 07/31/07)

Full plate armor combat (choreography dress rehersal)
(added 07/31/07)

Heavy Metal Combat - "No Longer"
(added 07/31/07)

Lego Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Silly English Ka-niggits!
(added 07/04/07)

Fechten mit dem langen Schwert
(added 06/30/07)

Firing a .75 cal medieval hand-gonne
(added 04/12/07)

Animated Bayeux Tapestry
(added 04/04/07)

Babes With Blades - promo video
(added 03/23/07)

Longsword Techniques by Zornhau (Offenbach, Germany)
(added 03/23/07)

Test-cut with Cold Steel grosse messer
(nice ring!)
(added 12/04/06)

Athos, Porthos, E ...
Stage combat workshop at "Rebel Blades" sword academy in Torino, Italy
(added 12/01/06)

"I need your love" -- Leandro Fossi music video
filmed in Austin - Therion can be seen at 2:45, 3:20, and 3:35
caveat - sappy song - it's not genocide, but it certainly ain't rock'n'roll!
(added 10/03/06)

Blade of the King: concept film
filmed in Austin - Therion provided post-production swords, armor, and expertise
(added 10/03/06)

Film trailer - Frank Miller's "300"
(remake of "The 300 Spartans")
(added 09/27/06)

Le Jeu de la Hache
15th century poleaxe combat demo (French language)
(added 09/08/06)

German longsword sparring
(with bonus rock soundtrack!)
(added 09/08/06)

Dijon 2006 - Longsword tournament - final fight
(added 09/08/06)

Meir longsword - Krumphau technique
(added 09/08/06)

Capo Ferro - rapier and dagger
1610 fight manual images
(added 09/08/06)

Ms. I.33 Tower fechtbuch
circa 1300 sword & buckler fight manual images
(added 09/08/06)

Dave Rawlings - sword demo
(added 09/08/06)

Longsword vs snowman
(added 09/08/06)

film trailer - Captain Alatriste
warfare in 17th century Spain
pikes and muskets and rapiers, oh my!
(added 09/04/06)

Lame Ribelli - "Rebel Blades" sword academy in Torino, Italy
(added 09/04/06)

Tameshigiri - Japanese sword cutting demo
James Williams of Bugei Trading Company
(added 09/04/06)

A Knight to Remember
A romantic drama that explores whether true love can exist between a man and a suit of armor.
(added 09/04/06)

SCA tv spot - Gulf Wars IX
(added 09/04/06)

Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts - webmercial
(added 08/30/06)

Armor in the Royal Armory - Madrid
(added 08/30/06)

Pennsic 35 - Broken Field Battle
members of my SCA household (The Mountain Confederation) completely destroy the "Rescue Rangers"
(added 08/30/06)