Lesson 24

At practice today, I taught a lesson based roughly off of plate 8 of Capoferro.  I did this left handed, so there are a couple of differences from the actual text.  Here’s what we did.

1. From the instructor’s invitation in 4th, straight thrust.
2. From the instructor’s engagement in 4th, disengagement.
3. From the student’s engagement in 4th, glide.
4. From the instructor’s engagement in 4th, cut to the thigh.*
5. From the student’s engagement in 4th, simple parry of 3rd, riposte by glide (no lunge).
6. From the student’s engagement in 4th, time thrust in 3rd.
7. From the student’s engagement in 4th, reassemblement (ie plate 8) with a thrust to the face.
8. From the student’s engagement in 4th, reassemblement with a cut to the wrist.
9. Instructor’s choice, from the student’s engagement in 4th, reassemblement with a thrust to the face or time thrust in 3rd.
10. Blade seizure in 4th and glide.
11. Blade seizure in 4th, as the instructor attempts a disengagement in time, reassemblement in countertime with a thrust to the face.
12. Instructor’s choice to have the student either get the blade seizure or execute the reassemblement in countertime.
13. From the instructor’s invitation in 4th, three straight thrusts.

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*In the lesson I actually did this just before doing the blade seizure.  If I’d thought about it, this would have been a better place to do it.

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