I taught this lesson to two of my students the other night based off of Paschen’s second lesson. I began each lesson with a warmup with simple attacks from immobility, with an advance, and with a lunge and then moved into the content of the lesson below. I found that the first part of the lesson […]
Rather than a completely sequential lesson, where each action is more or less independent of the previous one (though still following a progression). This lesson consists of three distinct sections (close distance, lunging distance, and out of distance). Each section begins with a single action and progressively adds more options. As each new possibility is […]
One of the things I’ve really enjoyed lately as a teacher has been giving a student their first rapier lesson. I often get to do this when I travel, attend a practice, or have new people visiting my class. The first lesson sets the stage for all future instruction and it is important for things […]
Introduction Within the community of historical fencers attempting to reconstruct 17th century Italian rapier, it is generally understood that the use of counterattacks should be emphasized. While counterattacks indeed feature prominently in the major texts of the period, understanding the use of parries is by no means less important. In fact, there are many situations […]
