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E-tool clip
Here is a short clip I made showing the basic defensive motions I use when working with the e-tool. All these motions will work just as well with a hatchet sized axe.… more →
The Oprishki
E-tool clip
oprishki wrote 1 month ago: Here is a short clip I made showing the basic defensive motions I use when working with the e-tool. … more →
Mountian Axe Mayhem!
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oprishki wrote 8 months ago: After we got done filming the clip below, we decided to do some bouting with our axes…… … more →
Four engaging ways to deal with an incoming attack
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oprishki wrote 8 months ago: Just a short video clip as promised a few posts back. 1. Parry with the poll side of the axe. 2. Par … more →
Another axe dance
oprishki wrote 8 months ago: Another great axe dance fromt he troope in Arizona with Harnas Dragoslav at the head! These guys hav … more →
Blocking with the poll
oprishki wrote 9 months ago: Soe just what is the poll you may ask? The poll is the butt or back end of your axe head. A good ref … more →
Training axes
oprishki wrote 9 months ago: Below is a picture that shows my wooden trainer, my brass and my leather headed ciupagas. Next up my … more →
Another mountain axe clip
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oprishki wrote 10 months ago: Threw this together yesterday at the end of our regular training session. After watching this it was … more →
Zbójnicki- Na szkle Malowane
oprishki wrote 10 months ago: A Polish dance troupe dancing the Zbojnicki…a bandit dance. … more →
Some stances with the A&A Hungarian Axe
oprishki wrote 11 months ago: First off just a quick pic showing the relative size of the Arms & Armor Hungarian Axe. I am 5 … more →
Baranta
oprishki wrote 11 months ago: Not sure about where all the techniques and combat theories in the modern Hungarian art of Baranta c … more →
Mountain axe and entrenching tool clip
oprishki wrote 11 months ago: Here is a short clip that first shows two techniques with the mountain axe then some quick work with … more →
Mary Barton: An Historical Tale of Poland 1846
oprishki wrote 11 months ago: Mary Barton: An Historical Tale of Poland By Henry Krasinski Published by A.K. Newman and Co., 1846 … more →
Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World 1829
oprishki wrote 11 months ago: Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Gre … more →
The War in Hungary, 1848-1849 By Max Schlesinger
oprishki wrote 12 months ago: Any firearms peeping out of a carriage-window commonly sufficed to keep such fellows at a respectful … more →
Bleiknopf peitsche
oprishki wrote 12 months ago: Adventures and Anecdotes of the South Army of the Emperor of Austria, During the Late Hungarian Camp … more →
Unknown Hungary By Victor Tissot 1881
oprishki wrote 1 year ago: If the Kanasz possesses a hut made out of branches, the brigand becomes his companion for the night. … more →
Mountain axe at Saxon Summer!
oprishki wrote 1 year ago: Well saturday I taught two classes at the local Northeast Ohio SCA groups event called Saxon Summer. … more →
