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.
- From the instructor’s invitation in 3rd, straight thrust. Closure with the dagger in low 4th (under the arm).
- From the instructor’s invitation in 4th, straight thrust. Closure with the dagger in 3rd.
- From the instructor’s invitation in 2nd, straight thrust, hand in 3rd. Closure with the dagger in 4th (over the arm).
- From the instructor’s invitation in low 4th, straight thrust. Closure with the dagger in 3rd.
- 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.
- From the student’s invitation to the inside line (dagger high and extended), dagger parry of 2nd, riposte with the hand in 2nd.
- From the student’s invitation to the inside high line, dagger parry of 3rd, riposte low with the hand in 3rd.
- From the student’s invitation to the high line (sword in second, point low) parry 4th, riposte low with the hand in 3rd.
- Same as 5, riposte with a passing step.
- Same as 6, riposte with a passing step.
- Same as 7, riposte with a passing step.
- Same as 8, riposte with a passing step.
- Blade seizure with the dagger in low 4th, finish with a pass to the high line.
- Blade seizure with the dagger in 2nd, finish with a pass to the high line.
- Blade seizure with the dagger in 3rd, finish with a pass to the low line.
- 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.
- 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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