Hans Talhoffer 1459 Ringen

Our interpretation of medieval wrestling techniques from the Thott 290 2º manuscript written in 1459 by Hans Talhoffer. The images in the video are presented in the same order as they appear in the book, except for the last two which have been reversed (nr. 23 and 24). The very last illustration is not from the wrestling section but from a later part of the book.
A facsimile of the original manuscript with a translation has been kindly made avaliable by the ARMA and can be seen here:
http://www.thearma.org/pdf/Fight-Earnestly.pdf

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• martial arts
• ott
• wrestling
• medieval wrestling
• ringen
• hans talhoffer
• fechtbuch
• kunst des fechtens
• HEMA
• WMA
• liechtenauer
• german
• kampfringen
• medieval
• fightbook
• Schola pugnatoria Celeiana
• grappling
• throws
• takedowns
• armlocks

[kaindrg]

do you guys do any fuelen drills

[ScholapugnatoriaCe]

@kaindrg Hi! The "old" members of our group train fühlen too, but most of our members are beginners, so we didn't do fühlen drills till now. First they must learn the basics, fühlen comes later. But we intend to begin with sistematic fühlen classes after the summer break.

[kaindrg]

@ScholapugnatoriaCe is fuelen generally the same idea in all the german fencing schools?

[ScholapugnatoriaCe]

@kaindrg I think so. It means feeling the pressure of the opponent's blade on your blade in the bind. One has to feel if the pressure is strong or not and react in appropriate way.

[ShayRoberts]

Nice work, gentlemen. Do you wear any back or elbow padding under your gambesons?

[ScholapugnatoriaCe]

@ShayRoberts Thanks Shay! No, we don't wear any additional defence under the gambesons, but usually we train our ringen on mats in T-shirts. And we too think everybody should train on mats in order to avoid injuries. We did this directly on the floor just for video purposes. But we very often train the falling on gym floor too.

[HansThalhoffer]

I love to see my wrestling displayed that way you do here :-)

[MarkHolgate]

thanks! very encouraging - makes me want to keep working on my ringen game!

[hotspurschool]

Excellent work!

[jjwmacdo]

THis is excellent. Thank you for sharing.

[schizoidboy]

The last part reminded me of something from Monty Python maybe because the guy looked like John Cleese.

[Plodochorka]

Красавцы!!! :)))

[SkinnyGuy31]

Nice. I like that you didn't just do the techniques, but added in a short grappling for position and leverage before actually doing them.

A lot of videos have people start in a static position and go from there right into a throw or whatever. This can lead to accusations that your techniques only work if the other person stands still for them.

Your approach, though not all out free-play if I'm correct, is much the better and more realistic.

[Andrhens]

Very good job, guys! I really like what I see here. Keep training!

[DietrichvonStroheim]

Excellent ringen demonstration. Good work gentlemen!

[baronshober]

Great video! Too bad you didn't have a more forgiving surface to work on, like... cement or gravel.

[tallswede80]

One thing though guys, you might want to invest in some wrestling mats.

[tallswede80]

Really great demonstrations guys. Thanks for uploading.