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Thought piece on the late medieval martial arts system of Fiore dei Liberi as a heuristic for enabling rapid combat decision-making.
Initial 3: Review of Medieval Studies
A Proposed Methodology for the Validation of Historical European Martial Arts Reconstructions2015 •
Proposes a multi-layered approach to validation and assessment of differing reconstructions of Historical European Martial Arts drawn from surviving fighting treatises from the thirteenth - sixteenth centuries. Layers of linguistic, pedagogical and competitive evaluation are offered to harness academic and practical expertise.
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Class notes for a seminar given at the 2014 Schola Saint George Swordsmanship Symposium, Dallas, TX. Examines the hanging guard for the sword in one hand through the lens of Fiore dei Liberi's 1409 treatise, Fior di Battaglia, both as a practical training tool for teaching swordmanship and as an exercise in using Fiore's principles to analyze aspects not presented in the text. Second half of the presentation analyzes Fiore's use of the sword in one hand as preserved in the treatise.
Handout / Preliminary research for the 2003 38th Annual International Congress of Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, 2003. This was a longish (90-minute) presentation, and it discusses the sources and techniques of use for the medieval poleaxe, touching also on the chivalric context for its use. A later set of practicum notes also survives from 2005, and this is the foundation for an in-progress book-length work on my queue looking at the weapon, armored combat, and its social and martial context.
History of the Italian school of fencing
MFA -Interdisciplinary Arts form Goddard Portfolio. I propose that using these elements—contextual historical study; movement study with a focus on the core; self-exploration, including self-understanding and awareness; somatic integration; and acting techniques — combined with a physical component based on each Fiori "Animal” that integrates that animals’ traits and metaphors, will better prepare the actor/combatant to inhabit the role and the fight choreography in a more fully integrated, confident, and physically safe way. In brief, this method has intellectual, psychological, emotional, spiritual, contextually historic, and physical components.
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The stigmergic swarming of digital media environments with propaganda and personal communication made the self-proclaimed Islamic State (also known as ISIS, IS, ISIL and Daesh) one of the strongest terror groups in the world. This study aims to identify the digital manoeuvre warfare tactics deployed by ISIS to survive the degrading operation initiated by its adversaries. In this paper, we emphasise that the information operations of terror organisations are not limited to a certain application or communication platform. Instead, the emergence of anonymous platforms (e.g., Justpase, Sendvid) and encryption communication applications (e.g., Telegram, WhatsApp) has enabled ISIS's information operations and helped the organisation to maintain its networking structure. This paper examines the role played by anonymous platforms in ISIS' operations from an information
Decision-making is a cognitive process stemming from the analysis of available courses of action related to a given problem. Rationally, potential courses of action are derived from deliberate analysis of available data related to a problem and its potential outcomes. Decisions are generally characterized as normative, descriptive or naturalistic. Normative decisions are based on evidence, logic and analysis; descriptive decisions are based on intuition and experience. Naturalistic decisions are formed as a hybrid of normative and descriptive processes. For decision-makers the revolution in information technology and the amount and scope of the data they provide has become overwhelming, leading to cognitive overload, confusion and an inability to function effectively. Decision Support Systems (DSS) facilitate data analysis and selection of a viable course of action rapidly and effectively. However, like the human decision- makers they serve, DSS capabilities may also suffer from cognitive overload, inaccuracy, and complexity, especially in time-sensitive environments. This study explores DSS employment for time-sensitive decision processes using Digitally Aided Close Air Support (DACAS) as a model. The study explores decision theory, models, DSS development and time-sensitive environments. Using DACAS as a model the paper reveals the obstacles and opportunities associated with the employment of DSS for time- sensitive processes. Finally, the study makes recommendations for improved employment of DSS in time-sensitive environments.
Drawing on the manuscript scans, transcriptions, and translations hosted by Wiktenauer, this book offers the first ever compilation of the four known copies of the treatise of Fiore de’i Liberi, including a previously unpublished translation of the Florius manuscript. Each page contains a single play—of grappling, baton, dagger, sword, axe, spear, or mounted dueling—carefully laid out with the relevant translations and high-resolution scans from the Morgan Ms. M.303, the Getty Ms. Ludwig XV 13, the BnF Ms. Latin 11269, and Novati's 1902 facsimile of the Pisani Dossi Ms. In this way, it offers the most complete version possible of Fiore's teachings.
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Delivered at the 39 th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, MI, 7 th May, 2004 " Young knight, learn to love God and revere women; thus your honor will grow. Practice knighthood and learn the Art that dignifies you, and brings you honor in wars. Be a good grappler in wrestling; lance, spear, sword and falchion handle manfully, and foil them in your opponent's hands. Cut in and hasten forth; rush to, let it hit, or go by. Those with wisdom loath the one forced to defend. This you should grasp: All arts have length and measure. " 1 These are the words not of Ramon Lull, the famed articulator of chivalry both practical and ideal, but are attributed to the 14 th century Master-at-Arms Johannes Liectenauer, a chivalric " invocation " at the start of his merkeverse that encrypted his art for generations of students who followed. " When charity, loyalty, truth, justice and verity fell in the world, then began cruelty, injury, disloyalty and falseness. And therefore there was error and trouble in the world in which God had created man, with the intention that man be known and loved, doubted, served and honored. In the beginning, when to the world came wickedness, justice returned by dread in the honor in which she was wont to be, and therefore all of the people were divided by the thousands. Of each thousand was chosen a man most loyal, most strong, and of noble courage; better educated and mannered than all the others. He was inquired and searched for, he who was best and was covenably most fair, most courageous, and most able to sustain trials, and the most able to serve mankind. " 2 " God in Glory chose the knights because by force of arms they vanquished the miscreants who labored daily to destroy the holy church and such knights as God holds as friends, honored in this world, when they keep and maintain the faith by which we intend to be saved. " Such is the origin of Ramon Lull's knight, as recorded by the venerable knight-cum-priest in the 2 nd half of the 13 th century.
Acta Periodica Duellatorum
Do you even Zornhaw? A set-theoretic Approach to HEMA reconstruction2018 •
Air Power Development Centre
Algorithmic Warfare: Applying Artificial Intelligence to Warfighting2018 •
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10th International Command and Control …
Comparing OODA & other models as Operational View C2 Architecture Topic: C4ISR/C2 Architecture2005 •
Revista Cientifica General Jose Maria Cordova
The mind and spirit are decisive weaponsThe Journal of Strategic Studies
The more you know, the less you understand: The problem with information warfare2006 •
World Archaeology
Martial Arts and Materiality: a Combat Archaeology Perspective on Aegean Swords of the Fifteenth and Fourteenth Centuries Bc2008 •
Beyond Twitter Revolutions
Beyond Twitter Revolutions: The Impact of Digital Media Logistics on Terror Networks of Communication in Iraq and Syria from 2014 to 2016 SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, ENGLISH AND MEDIA 20182018 •
2012 International Conference on System Engineering and Technology (ICSET)
Decision system for robosoccer agent based on OODA Loop2012 •
Proceedings, 12th International Command & Control Research & Technology Symposium (ICCRTS07),“Adapting C2 to the 21st Century”, Newport, RI, USA, US DoD CCRP, paper I-157.(NEC-G1)
On Regarding 21st Century C2 Systems and their Users as Fallible ePartners2007 •
Pilot Your Life Decisively for Well-Being and Flourishing
Pilot Your Life Decisively for Well-Being and Flourishing A Capstone Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Applied Positive Psychology2015 •
IQ Journal - Journal of the Institute of Martial Arts and Sciences
The Cybernetics of the Martial Arts: A proposed application of Cybernetics to the study of the function of Martial Arts2016 •
On Point: A CounterTerrorism Journal
Understanding Consequences in Urban Operations2005 •
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