Ludus Ferocia

05/29/2026

Some Messer clips from the RVA Ren Faire

05/29/2026

Wonderful discussion with Oskar of Virtualfechtschule about the combat nature of the mysterious Kriegsmesser. Full video of the interview coming soon to our youtube channel.

05/25/2026

Some more RVA Ren faire sparring, this time, 2 sword each!

05/22/2026

Here's one of our exhibition fights from the RVA ren faire!

05/20/2026

Sword and buckler versus sword and shield, which one is better? Full contact sparring highlights

05/19/2026

An exciting sparring match in modern knife fighting between @ and . Watch the full match on our knife martial art channel. Link in Description

05/15/2026

Some cool bottle cuts over the past few weeks!

05/07/2026

The katana is famous for lightning-fast draw-cuts that combine drawing the sword and slashing in one motion! But unless you know how to move your body to avoid incoming cuts, you might get cut too! Figuring out how to move your body is half the battle.

05/06/2026

Wow! The German Messer vs Filipino Kali. GN and I exchange some concepts and techniques from these sword martial arts! GN is truly a master of his craft (IMO) and it was one of the best crossover training sessions I've had. Check it out! How much does German and Filipino "knife fighting" have in common? Let us know.

The nagel actually has parallels in some Filipino swords. The kampilan often had a metal staple in the wooden hand guard, and on this staple could be draped leather or chainmail. The minasbad also often has a sort of d guard with a half clam shell guard protruding from the side. And I know of at lea...

05/01/2026

We are so excited that our new katana sub-channel is doing so well! In just 3 days, we have gotten so much support and A LOT of views and subs. A big thank you to for this collab and to many more interesting matchups with different cultures' swords arts! Check out Combat Katan Method on Youtube if you have not already. We have some more matchups planned in the future.