Chicago Tribune writes about swordplay, Bartitsu, and historically inspired fitness.
The Chicago Tribune has posted an article about our friends Forteza Fitness th…
I am slowly going crazy
I wanted to write today on the interplay of speed between two people drilling together.
Occasionally when a pai…
Near-indecipherable International Sword Press
It’s spring and a young duellist’s thoughts turn to … Europe! Apparently, they have lots of castle’s there, lots of blades lying arou…
Some Longsword Love – Drills for Longsword Flow
The rapier gets a lot of love around Duello being that it's the
foundational weapon of our Mastery Program, but …
foundational weapon of our Mastery Program, but …
Enjoying your training – Part 2
Last week I looked at the benefit of being happy when you're training
or as one commenter expressed it:…
Thursday Drilling Recap: Rapier Collection Drills
Every Thursday I get together with a few of my senior students and we work on drills, sparring exercises, and body mec…
Reinventing Swordplay: Archaeologists vs Historians
One of the great things about a major convention of top-level specialists such as VISS or WMAW is that ideas and i…
Your two jobs
Regardless of what kind of combat you're in, you always have two jobs
- defend yourself
Announcing Duello.TV
On March 1st we will be launching a new Academie Duello website: Duello.TV. Thi…