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Humor	History	Film & Theatre	Advice	Information

Humor [Back to Top]
Create Your Own Shakespearean Insult Putdowns worthy of The Bard!	The Director vs. The Fightmaster A humorous, yet painfully plausible, look at creating staged violence
Everything I Need to Know... ...I Learned from the Ring of Steel	The Hamlet Rap A more modern version of the play by Shel Silverstein
Medieval Pick-Up lines Sorry about this one, but we thought it was funny...	The Shakesperian Hokey Pokey The winning entry for a writing contest (author unknown at present)
Xiao Xiao Stick Figure Theatre presents... Kung Fu!

History [Back to Top]
A Brief History of Steel A translation of a German research project	The Historical Combat Association - Essays A collection of informative essays on weapons and combat
Historical Duelest: Mlle. d'Aubigny, dite La Maupin The colorful history of one of the most well-known female duelists	The Historical Musketeer Uniform What did the Three Musketeers really wear?
Irish Code Duello of 1777 Historical rules for combat	Irish Code Duello of 1777 Historical rules for combat
Martial Traditions of bharat Discussion of the arms, armor, and weapons in bharat	Women as Warriors in History Extensively Researched Historical Report/Site

Film & Theatre [Back to Top]
Combat Cliches What has been done too often!	Obituary for Toshiro Mifune In honor of the passing of Japan's great actors
Obituary for Paddy Crean In honor of the passing of one of theatre's greats	Stage Directions Magazine Serves strategic, practical and technical information needs of small theaters
Superstition and the Scottish play An excellent discussion on the myths surrounding MacBeth	Swordplay on the Screen A brief history of combat in flim (article by Rudy Behlmer)

Advice [Back to Top]
On Buying a Weapon An informal discussion about how to select a combat worthy blade	The Elizabethan Language Book Excerpts from an invaluable reference book
The Flavors of Steel A brief layman's overview on steel quality	Home of Poi On-line Quarterstaff lessons
Kingdomality Medieval Profession Selector To what and whit would you have been suited to do...?	Notes on Damascus Steel How easily does this stuff rust?
Stage Blood Recipes How to add that extra touch of realism to a fight	Theatre Arts Video Library Stage Combat Videos
Weapon Suppliers Who we buy our weapons from

Information [Back to Top]
Anatomy of a Rapier Terms for some of the basic parts of a sword	Blackfriars' Journal Journal for Stage Combat and Historical Swordfighting
By The Sword A collection of links related to Fencing and Stage Combat
The Dashing Blades Stage Combat and Action Acting Portal, based in Canada	The Duellist Providing a single UK resource for all those interested in European swordsmanship
FightDirector.com This site aims to provide independent information on fight direction	Firing Blanks for Hand Gun Training An external link to an article on the use of blank-firing weapons in law enforcement training
Pictorial Glossary of Armor Terms This cross-indexed glossary defines terms for European Medieval armor	Replica Firearms in the United Kingdom A report on the criminal use of Replica Firearms
Ring Library A hopefully complete listing of texts in the Ring of Steel's collection	SAFD Glossary of Terms The terminology of Stage Combat, according to the SAFD
Stage Combat Basics A rough graphical depiction of the basic moves in theatrical combat	Stage Combat in the News News Stories of Import and Interest
Stage Combat Mailing List(s) On-line discussion in your mailbox!	Theatrical Combat What is it and how does it differ from other fighting styles?


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