As part of my research and interest in Viking culture and fighting that I developed when researching Dragon Heresy, I got involved with Asfolk, a Viking re-creationist martial arts and crafting group (mostly martial arts, but the instructor Arthur is also a traditional weaponsmith and has done some pretty cool experimentation). They’ve got lots of…
Just a reshare over at the Dimicator Patreon. Nifty video taken by Western Martial Arts practitioner Roland Warzecha looking at cutting clay with the “cast blow” technique using a viking sword. As always, “all models are wrong; some are useful,” but it was a great weekend and a fun test. Here’s the text from…