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393 - Historical Bareknuckle Boxing and European Swordfighting, with Oz Austwick

393 - Historical Bareknuckle Boxing and European Swordfighting, with Oz Austwick

FromThe Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting


393 - Historical Bareknuckle Boxing and European Swordfighting, with Oz Austwick

FromThe Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
Dec 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In episode 393 of The Strenuous Life Podcast I talk to Oz Austwick, who has extensively studied armed and unarmed combat systems in Europe. Topics we cover include the origins of boxing in England, historical training and conditioning methods, reconstructing and testing techniques shown in swordfighting manuals, fighting with live blades, the role of wrestling in real swordfighting, and much more.  I think you'll really like this one! Oz Austwick runs the English Martial Arts channel on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/englishmartialarts and publishes at https://www.patreon.com/englishmartialarts
Released:
Dec 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

What is it that allows some people to push themselves beyond their limitations? Why can some people survive situations others do not? On this podcast we try to find out the answers. Stephan Kesting, is a lifelong martial artist, BJJ black belt, career firefighter, and outdoorsman. Join us as he talks to fighters, adventurers, competitors, coaches, firefighters, trainers and other people living the strenuous life. Stephan also runs Grapplearts.com, where he has published many hundreds of martial arts videos, articles and tutorials. His free guide to learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, A Roadmap for BJJ, has been downloaded more than 10,000 times and has become a foundational text for the art.