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Cold Steel to Sokyra

oprishki wrote 1 month 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, Battle Ax, battle axe, Ciupaga, Cold Steel, fokos, Norse Hawk, sokyra, Western Martial Arts

Session 1-18-094 comments

oprishki wrote 1 month 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 months ago: I will be teaching a workshop on the mountain axe again this year at the local SCA event called Saxo … more →

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

Mountain axe at ISMAC

oprishki wrote 6 months ago: On saturday afternoon I taught a 1 1/2 hour course on the Carpathian mountain axe. While taught a sh … more →

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

Mountian Axe Mayhem!1 comment

oprishki wrote 8 months 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 attack1 comment

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 →

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

Zbojnický tanec - Outlaw dance

oprishki wrote 8 months ago: … more →

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

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 →

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 9 months ago: … more →

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

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 →

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

Zbojnicki Dance

oprishki wrote 10 months 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 10 months 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

Another mountain axe clip1 comment

oprishki wrote 10 months ago: Threw this together yesterday at the end of our regular training session. After watching this it was … more →

Tags: Martial Culture, Ciupaga, fokos, Axe, sokyra, carpathian, Ax, Martial Arts, Western Martial Arts

Universal Geography 1828

oprishki wrote 10 months ago:   “Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According t … more →

Tags: History, Carpathian Culture, slovak, peasant, Western Martial Arts, Slovakia, constume, Slavic, Slav

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 →

Tags: Martial Culture, Carpathian Culture, Ciupaga, fokos, Axe, Hatchet, sokyra, Arms & Armor, Hungarian axe

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 →

Tags: Martial Culture, Ciupaga, fokos, Axe, sokyra, Ax, entrenching tool, Shovel, Martial Arts

Session 12-15-08

oprishki wrote 11 months ago:   Nice warm day with temps into the 40’s F. Started off with just Matt and I doing sambo … more →

Tags: training report, fokos, Ciupaga, Axe, entrenching tool, sokyra

Austria: Containing a Description of the Manners, Customs, Character and Costumes of the People of that Empire 1828

oprishki wrote 11 months ago:   Austria: Containing a Description of the Manners, Customs, Character and Costumes of the People of … more →

Tags: History, Carpathian Culture, Hungarian, Rusyn, Ciupaga, fokos, Axe, Magyar, sokyra

Dracula

oprishki wrote 11 months ago: Dracula By Bram Stoker …the Cszeks with their white, and the Slovaks with their colored sheeps … more →

Tags: Info, Carpathian Culture, slovak, Axe, Dracula


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