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Valaska Releases "Natural Habitat"

Truth Or Sarah wrote 1 month ago: Truth: Valaska has released his debut full-length record, “Natural Habitat.” The album i … more →

Tags: Reviews, Album Reviews, Review, acoustic, Golden Age, aaron marsh, Dave Valdez, NATURAL HABITAT, copeland

Valaska’s "Natural Habitat" To Drop April 9

Truth Or Sarah wrote 1 month ago: Valaska has announced the release of his debut full-length record, “Natural Habitat.” Th … more →

Tags: interviews, extras, Golden Age, Dave Valdez, NATURAL HABITAT

Baked Valaska3 comments

shoutabyss wrote 1 month ago: Head Chef Today we feature a traditional dessert from the Abyss Recipe Cookbook that you’re bo … more →

Tags: Fail, Humor, cooking, Control?, recipe, Dessert, Reindeer, ice, akutaq

When Your Mind's Made Up (Part 2)

lukeosicka wrote 8 months ago: To put it similar to Del Paxton, it’s ‘time to blog.’ Special shout out to Dave of … more →

Tags: musings, Rock, Choir, Del Paxton, Southern Air, Zooey Deschanel

Czech and Slovak Festival at the Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden4 comments

Florian wrote 1 year ago: Last weekend, the Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden in Astoria, NY hosted their annual Czech and Slovak … more →

Tags: Restaurants, Slovak Cuisine, czech cuisine, Astoria, Czechoslovak Moravian Club Folk Dancers, Festivals

Mountain Axe at ISMAC XI 20114 comments

oprishki wrote 2 years ago: Wow, I have really neglected this site for the last year or so haven’t I? Like anyone is readi … more →

Tags: Info, Martial Culture, Ciupaga, fokos, Axe, sokyra, Ax, topirets, slavic martial arts

Cold steel to sokyra update

oprishki wrote 3 years ago: I did a little more work on my converted Cold Steel Norse tomahawk…it felt nice but was just a … more →

Tags: Info, Rusyn, Ciupaga, fokos, Axe, sokyra, topirets, Western Martial Arts, carpathian martial arts

Cold Steel to Sokyra

oprishki wrote 3 years ago: A few weeks ago a took the head off of my CS Norse Hawk and put it on a  hickory sledge hammer handl … more →

Tags: Info, Ciupaga, fokos, sokyra, Western Martial Arts, Cold Steel, Norse Hawk, western martial arts Ohio, Battle Ax

Session 1-18-094 comments

oprishki wrote 3 years ago: Just Matt and I today and we are both on the injured reserve list….so a definite need to take … more →

Tags: training report, savate, boxing, Ciupaga, Axe, sokyra, Ax, western martial arts Ohio, NEOHEMAS

Mountain Axe at SCA Saxon Summer again this year.

oprishki wrote 3 years ago: I will be teaching a workshop on the mountain axe again this year at the local SCA event called Saxo … more →

Tags: Info, Ciupaga, fokos, Axe, sokyra, SCA, Ohio

Mountain axe at ISMAC

oprishki wrote 3 years ago: On saturday afternoon I taught a 1 1/2 hour course on the Carpathian mountain axe. While taught a sh … more →

Tags: Info, Ciupaga, fokos, Axe, sokyra, Ax, ISMAC, Recreational violence

Mountian Axe Mayhem!1 comment

oprishki wrote 4 years ago: After we got done filming the clip below, we decided to do some bouting with our axes…… … more →

Tags: Martial Culture, Ciupaga, fokos, sokyra, topirets

Four engaging ways to deal with an incoming attack3 comments

oprishki wrote 4 years ago: Just a short video clip as promised a few posts back. 1. Parry with the poll side of the axe. 2. Par … more →

Tags: Info, Martial Culture, Carpathian Culture, Ciupaga, fokos, brigand, sokyra, Ax, Western Martial Arts

Zbojnický tanec - Outlaw dance

oprishki wrote 4 years ago: … more →

Tags: Martial Culture, Carpathian Culture, Ciupaga, sokyra, slavic martial arts, Oprishki, Outlaw, outlaw dance, topir

Another axe dance

oprishki wrote 4 years ago: Another great axe dance fromt he troope in Arizona with Harnas Dragoslav at the head! These guys hav … more →

Tags: Martial Culture, Carpathian Culture, Rusyn, Ciupaga, fokos, sokyra, slavic martial arts, carpathian martial arts, sokyra tance

A long and dramatic axe dance!

oprishki wrote 4 years ago: … more →

Tags: Poetry, Martial Culture, Carpathian Culture, slovak, janosik, Ciupaga, fokos, sokyra, Zbojnici

Blocking with the poll

oprishki wrote 4 years 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 →

Tags: Info, Martial Culture, Rusyn, Ciupaga, fokos, sokyra, Martial Arts, Western Martial Arts, slavic martial arts

Zbojnicki Dance1 comment

oprishki wrote 4 years ago:   The Dances of Podhale (Poland) Joseph Needham Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, … more →

Tags: History, Carpathian Culture, slovak, polish, janosik, Ciupaga, fokos, Axe, sokyra

The Cornhill Magazine 1879

oprishki wrote 4 years ago: The Cornhill Magazine By George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray Published by Smith, Elder and com … more →

Tags: Carpathian Culture, Ciupaga, fokos, Axe, sokyra, Forestry, Ax, Lumber, Woodcraft


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