Rabbit Hole Research

In this episode of Rabbit hole research I share a fascinating discovery about Jochim Meyer. I believe it will prove rather entertaining and informative. Hope you enjoy the ride.

In this episode I talk about the reasons for the rhyming poems that the renaissance era fencers wrote, Commemorating their bouts in the fechschulen. I read quite a few of my own translations of them. Hope you enjoy this episode.

This short podcasts shares details of the historical research of Heinrich Ferdinand Schöppl. (1868-1924). Military officer and archivist who had begun writing a Historic Novel in 1910, titled the Federfechter from Regensburg. Included in this podcast are insights into that work and others that should prove fascinating for those who enjoy the Historic European Martial Arts.

In this episode I share insights and historical information about the connections between the minstrels and the Historic European fencing arts. hopefully, these insights will appeal to students and researchers of European history and those today who practice and reconstruct the Historic European Martial arts. thanks for tuning info and I appreciate the support and feedback.

In this episode I share historic details about the Trades Guild and their connections to the fencing arts and fencing guilds of the Holy roman Empire during the renaissance.

In this episode I share and reveal historic details about how the fencing guilds certified Masters of the Longsword.

Insights into the formation of the Federfechter guild in Prague.  In this podcast I will share recent discoveries about the conditions in Prague and elsewhere that led to the Emperor granting Imperial privileges to a group of Freifechter who would become known  as the Federfechter, or Freifechter von der Feder von Greifenfels. I also will share some interesting names that may be related to the original Patronage of the guild.  This has led to  some new ideas or theories and it may help us to understand more about the origins and formation of the Federfechter guild. Thanks for tuning in. 

In this latest episode I relate a brief history of Sword Dances throughout the world. Giving a context for the main topic of this podcast, the German Sword Dances of the 15th-18th centuries and how they related to the Sword Arts and Fechtschulen.  From several 19th century German historians' work, I will read a thorough description of original sword dancing techniques and share opinions for the reasons behind them. As always I hope you will tune in and give a listen and potentially learn a thing to too.   Thanks for listening and thank You all for your support.    

Here I read from an unpublished article I wrote back in 2014. Detailing the direct influence of the ancient Greco-Roman histories on the 15-17th century German fencing arts, and more.  I hope this inspires others to also delve deeper  into research of the ancient cultures and customs that helped to influence and guide the renaissance era German fighting arts.  Once again, I'd like to thank you all for supporting me and this podcast. I am motivated to bring you more and more of the research I have accumulated over the years.  Thanks again. 

In this episode I continue with the theme of the Fechtschulen of the 16-18th centuries. Here I dig deeper into the rules and ordinances of the fencing events. How the city councils sought to maintain order and clean fencing. Using original sources that I have transcribed and translated, interesting facets of the history of the fencing events will be shared.  Hope you enjoy your time here and thanks again for listening in.