#testcutting

[gothamswords]

A glimpse into the past week of training: Test cutting, free-play fencing, and weighted trainers, oh-my! We are very excited to share that Gotham Swords was featured in @timeoutnewyork 🤩 [link in bio]. More announcements are coming soon, but we have some new classes starting in October: Longsword: Skills and two Bauernwehr: The Peasant's Defense classes!

[steelandcotton]

The history of the Chinese Fast Sword Draw (出劍法) dates back to the Han dynasty, 2,000 plus years ago. Unfortunately, there are no known manuals for these techniques and historically illustrations are rare. This depiction of a seated swordsman drawing his sword is from a scroll originally painted by Gu Kaizhi ( 顧愷之) in the 4th century. While Gu’s original version of this scroll, The Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies (女史箴圖) has not survived, later copies of this work have.

The two following later copies of this scroll date to the Tang (dated between the 6th and 8th century AD) and Song dynasties. As such they are likely the oldest known illustrations of a Chinese Swordsman Preforming the Fast Sword Draw (出劍法). They are also the only know depiction of a seated Chinese sword drawn know to date. Given the age of the two paintings, it is difficult to make out the finer details. What we can see is that seated swordsman’s grip is palm out with his fingers wrapping over the grip prepared to draw and strike downward. His rear hand is well back toward the rear of the scabbard, palm down.

A skeptic might understandable suggest that the seated figure is actually wielding a cudgel. Given the lack of visible detail, this would be an understandable suggestion. However, there is no reason for a wooden club to be gripped at the rear end just prior to swinging it. And given that what appears to be bear is just before the seated man, if it were some sort of cudgel and not a sword ready to be drawn, it is more likely he would be gripping it with two hands not holding the the rear end palm down.

Note: the Tang period example of The Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies is in the collection of the British Museum in London. The Song period (960-1279) example is the property of the Palace Museum in Beijing.

[sartoriainsulindica]

Last Sunday was supposed to be a cutting practice session with the @hemasurabaya folks but I seem to have missed the memo somehow and gone on #disco practice instead. #machete #testcutting #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #hemaindonesia #gwaithimegyr #hemasurabaya #sword #swords #martialarts (at Asrama Haji Sukolilo) https://www.instagram.com/p/B76SyUoHSwr/?igshid=kf0vgp7imwlv

[schwerterundstickerei]

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NYHFA assistant instructor Steven Viani in the Fechtschule New York finals, cutting Zwerchhau against a clay target. #FNY2017 #HEMA #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #longsword #testcutting (at Margaretville, New York)

[godsdreamer]

Doing some #testcuts on the #cameosilhouette #plotter to check my settings #heregoesnothing #vinyl #vinyldesign #graphicdesign #designlife

[ruffcreator]

Trying out some new sticker stock and printing some Dead slaps as tests...a little homage to the original 'ain't no time to hate' stealies handed out for years at shows by my queer deadhead brothers and sisters... . . #aintnotimetohate #grateful dead #stealie #stealyourface #gaypride #bearpride #transpride #pride #loveisloveislove #slaps #stickers #ruffcreator #ruffmadeart #testcuts (at RuffMade Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9TWRB0ptku/?igshid=s9xcvze84qz2

[mineapostasy]

@gretchensettle was kind enough to film me doing swordthings today! It’s been a while since I got to cut, and the second #tatami was a little scalloped. Time to get back to working on my form! #hema #longsword #testcutting #mkdf #ckdf

[schwerterundstickerei]

The winners of the 2017 Fecht Yeah cutting competition! 4 - Rebecca G. (NYHFA) 3 - Katie Z. (Laurel City Historical Fencing) 2 - Julie O. (Athena School of Arms) 1 - Lisa L. (MKDF) Well done, all! #HEMA #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #testcutting #sharpswords #longsword #womenwarriors #womenofHEMA (at Sword Class NYC)

[normally0]

Testcut

[transfer2paper]

I can never say it enough: test cut, test cut, testcut！ This simple step is one that even l've been tempted to skip and when it doesn't work out I always regret it #transferpaper #digitalprinting #heattransfer #vinyl #htv #heattransferrvinyl Transfer 2 Paper Industrial Co.,Ltd http://transfer2paper.com info@transfer2paper.com whatsapp: +86 1779850 9603

[celteca]

Laser cutting!!! So when I found out I had (limited) access to a laser cutter I was intrigued. This is an enlarged replica of an old Irish stamp. Thought this design would show me the true capabilities of the machine and I was pleasantly surprised with the results. Sun is out so time to burn! Have a fruitful Friday folks! #lasercutting #nofilter #illustration #stamp #irish #art #design #testcut #eire #wood #firstattempt #ditcreativearts #arte #diseño #graphic #visualcommunication #creative #modernart #contemporyart #irishartist #celteca (at Dublin, Ireland)

[stylegraphy]

my apple watch 3 他の撮影途中でライティングのtestで撮りました。

[dezi-belle]

#testpress #testcut #vinyl #vinylgeek #vinylrecords #hiphop #rap #beats #vibes #moreinfocomingsoon (hier: Dezi-Belle Basement)

[kustomhobbies]

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#testcuts #brantfordontario #platnumvinyl #stickers #decals #oracal651 #kustomhobbies #fablessmanufacturing #blackandwhite #matteblack

[strictly-public]

Katharina Sieverding. Projected Data Images. Testcuts from imai - inter media art institute on Vimeo.

Projected Data Images. Testcuts (2010). Eine Ausstellung von Katharina Sieverding, kuratiert von Renate Buschmann, präsentiert vom imai - inter media art institute im NRW-Forum Düsseldorf. 11. September bis 21. November 2010. Für die im Mittelpunkt der Ausstellung stehende Installation Projected Data Images. Testcuts hat die Künstlerin erstmals eine umfassende Sichtung ihres immensen, mehr als 40jährigen Fotoarchivs vorgenommen. Basis dieser Revision waren jedoch nicht Negative, sondern sogenannte Teststreifen (Testcuts), eigentlich fragmentarische Nebenprodukte des analogen Vergrößerungsprozesses. In digitalen Montagen aneinandergereiht, liefern diese einst zufälligen Bildausschnitte aus über 1.800 Fotos die zeitgeschichtlichen Verweise, um eine individuelle, ahistorische Erinnerungskonstruktion von Personen, Ausstellungen und Ereignissen im Düsseldorfer und internationalen Kunstgeschehens seit 1966 aufleben zu lassen. mehr: imaionline.de/content/view/144/6/lang,de/

Ein Film von Ralph Goertz © Katharina Sieverding/imai/IKS-Medienarchiv 2010 iks-medienarchiv.de imaionline.de

Projected Data Images. Testcuts (2010), an exhibition by Katharina Sieverding, curated by Renate Buschmann, staged by imai – inter media art institute at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, 11. September - 21. November 2010. While planning the installation Projected Data Images. Testcuts, around which the show centres, the artist for the first time extensively reviewed her vast photographic archive built up in the course of more than forty years. Instead of viewing the negatives, however, Sieverding inspected her archive on the basis of test strips (“testcuts”) – the fragmentary by-products of the analogue enlargement process. Now assembled sequentially using digital montage, these random cut-outs from over 1,800 photographs deliver a wealth of contemporary-historical references. The living memory constructed in the process is individual and ahistorical, recalling people, exhibitions and events in the art world of Düsseldorf and other international venues from 1966 onward. more: imaionline.de/content/view/144/6/lang,en/

Created by Ralph Goertz © Katharina Sieverding/imai/IKS-Medienarchiv 2010 iks-medienarchiv.de imaionline.de