Lesson 25

This is a lesson that I did with a friend today in practice.  The goal of the lesson was to give him a brief (well sort of)  overview of some of the rapier and dagger work that Dori and I have been working on lately.  In general I’m fairly happy with the terminology that we are using for the daggers, but I have yet to settle on a concise way to describe the starting position for some of the guards.

Towards the end of the lesson things started to get a little crazier as we both started experimenting with different counters to the movements.  Again, I did this left handed.  The basic principals would work with same handed opponents but some of the details might come out a little different.

1. From the instructor’s invitation in 3rd, straight thrust.  Closure with the dagger in low 4th (under the arm).
2. From the instructor’s invitation in 4th, straight thrust.  Closure with the dagger in 3rd.
3. From the instructor’s invitation in 2nd, straight thrust, hand in 3rd.  Closure with the dagger in 4th (over the arm).
4. From the instructor’s invitation in low 4th, straight thrust.  Closure with the dagger in 3rd.
5. From the student’s invitation to the inside low line, dagger parry of low 4th, riposte (in the same tempo as the parry) with the hand in 2nd.
6. From the student’s invitation to the inside line (dagger high and extended), dagger parry of 2nd, riposte with the hand in 2nd.
7. From the student’s invitation to the inside high line, dagger parry of 3rd, riposte low with the hand in 3rd.
8. From the student’s invitation to the high line (sword in second, point low) parry 4th, riposte low with the hand in 3rd.
9. Same as 5, riposte with a passing step.
10. Same as 6, riposte with a passing step.
11. Same as 7, riposte with a passing step.
12. Same as 8, riposte with a passing step.
13. Blade seizure with the dagger in low 4th, finish with a pass to the high line.
14. Blade seizure with the dagger in 2nd, finish with a pass to the high line.
15. Blade seizure with the dagger in 3rd, finish with a pass to the low line.
16. Start a blade seizure in low 4th, as the instructor attempts to disengage and counterattack, change to a blade seizure in 3rd and pass to the flank.
17. Blade seizure with the dagger in 4th, finish with a pass to the low line.

There were some other interesting variations with the blade seizures but I don’t remember all of them.

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