Accelerating the Wrist in a Cut – It Doesn’t Work!
Despite what you may want to believe, you CAN NOT have acceleration at the wrist and a locked structure at the moment of contact!
Articles by Sean Franklin
FNY Rules are not about single exchanges!
While FNY was based on single hit matches, this was not the interesting part of the rules at all!
SwordSTEM Presents: Stats about SwordSTEM
For those who care.
Why Does my Gear Crack in Half?
Learn about the exciting life cycle of cracks! From infant little microfractures to all grown up break-my-new-feder cracks.
Are Double Hits and Afterblows Related?
Can the Bilateral Hits measurement tell us about Afterblows and Doubles? Or are they essentially independent quantities?
Thibault vs Modern Anthropometry
Thibault described his body proportions in great detail. What do modern measuring techniques have to say about that?
What are Tournament Stats?
I like to post about tournament stats, but we all need to keep in mind the inherent limitations of what the numbers can and can’t tell us.
Steel: What?
Steel is a good choice for swords. But what is it in the first place?
Steel: Why?
What makes steel a good material for swords? There isn’t just one reason, steel just happens to be right in the middle of a bunch of desirable properties.
Do they Double a Lot in the Swordfish Finals?
Some people have taken issue with the matches on the Swordfish finals due to a perceived high number of double hits. Let’s crunch some numbers and see if this is actually true.