From practice tonight. I didn’t really have a plan for this lesson, so it just kind of happened. After the first couple of actions I decided I wanted to work on attacks with advances and counter-disengagements. In time, as the instructor invites in 3rd, straight thrust In time, as the instructor invites in 3rd and [...]
In time, as the instructor invites in 3rd, straight thrust In time, as the instructor attempts to engage in 3rd, straight thrust In time, glide in 3rd From the student’s engagement in 3rd, time thrust in 4th. Same thing, instructor makes a parry of 3rd in counter–time and ripostes by flanconande in 3rd. Student parries [...]
This is from practice last week. From the instructor’s invitation in 3rd, straight thrust to the body In time, as the instructor changes to the invitation in 3rd, straight thrust to the body In time, as the instructor changes to the invitation in 3rd, straight thrust to the crook of the arm In time, as [...]
Lesson from practice last Sunday: From the instructor’s invitation in 3rd, straight thrust In time, as the instructor invites in 3rd, straight thrust In time, as the instructor attempts to engage in 3rd, disengagement In time, as the instructor places blade in line, engage in 3rd and glide From the student’s engagement in 3rd, simple [...]
This is a group lesson that we did at practice yesterday. The goal of the lesson was to look at a couple of options for dealing with attacks to the low line – specically, the scannatura as described in plate 13 of Capoferro. From the instructor’s invitation in 3rd, straight thrust From the instructor’s engagement [...]
Yesterday, at practice, I called a lesson for another instructor to teach to a student. Here’s what we did: From the invitation in 3rd, straight thrust In time, as the instructor invites in 3rd, straight thrust In time, as the instructor attempts to engage in 3rd, disengagement. In time, as the instructor places blade in [...]
Today I had a visitor at my practice who has been doing Italian foil for about a year and was interesting in trying rapier. After explaining some of the differences between Italian rapier and foil – holding the weapon, guard, lunge, hand positions, opposition, etc… we did a quick lesson introducing a couple of the [...]
From the instructor’s invitation in 3rd, straight thrust In time, as the instructor invites in 3rd, straight thrust In time, as the instructor attempts to engage in 3rd, disengagement From the student’s engagement in 3rd, time thrust in 4th In time, from the student’s engagement in 3rd, glide In time, as the student attempts to [...]
I had the opportunity yesterday at an event to work with a young man who, along with his father, is interested in learning to fence. After a brief description of how fencing in the SCA works, I offered to teach a basic rapier lesson so they they could get an idea of what it would [...]
Lesson from practice today. This was the first time that I introduced actions with footwork (feint with an advance and blade seizure) to the student. I am also starting to introduce to him the idea that I might change the actions a couple of times and that he will have to adjust his own actions [...]
