Longsword vs Two-Sword
How do you take on someone wielding two weapons with only one?
This seri…
Course Tag: Apprentice
Two-Sword: Strategy and Control
Using the lens of Two-Sword vs Longsword, this series develops fundamental strategic and tactical skills including:
Rapier Offhand and Secondary (Rapier Apprentice)
The offhand isn’t just an ornament which makes us look awesome when lunging. It is an excellent tool we can utilize to prot…
Approaching Giocco Stretto (Longsword Apprentice)
Receiving the Opponent (Rapier Apprentice)
Striking the fool that dare approach.
Forms Month (Longsword Apprentice)
Cutting with a Rapier (Rapier Apprentice)
Approaching Gioco Largo (Longsword Apprentice)
Receiving Gioco Largo (Longsword Apprentice)
Approaching your Opponent (Rapier Apprentice)
This month we look at how we can close the measure between us and our adversary by taking the fight to them. We are going to …
Rapier and Offhand Plays (Rapier Apprentice)
We are continuing along the same lines as last month, looking at rapier plays from old manuals and interpreting it within the…
Grappling (Longsword Apprentice)
Longsword Apprentice Bonus Sessions
Training Success Workshop
We'll bring you through the full system of Duell…
17th century Rapier Plays à la Academie Duello (Rapier Apprentice)
This month we are going to look at plays from different rapier masters and how we can use them within our system. While still…
Receiving Giocco Stretto (Longsword Apprentice)
The inverse of last month. Now we are on the back foot with the opponent bearing down with their sword on line.
Sword & Buckler, Basics (Sidesword Apprentice)
This month we will review the sidesword's fundamental techniques, focusing on the basic mechanics of the sword & buckler …
Cutting (Rapier Apprentice)
Approaching Giocco Stretto (Longsword Apprentice)
How to move towards an opponent that is presenting an immediate threat
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Apprentice Skill Assessments: Longsword
Approaching the Opponent (Rapier Apprentice)
This month we look at how we can close the measure between us and our adversary by taking the fight to them. We are going to …
Forms and Progressions (Longsword Apprentice)
Learning 12 guards of the longsword described by Fiore in his sword in two hands section (Getty manuscript)
Approaching Gioco Largo (Sidesword Apprentice)
Gioco Largo ("wide play") refers to the situations where the opponent's point is off of the centerline or their weap…
Use of the Offhand (Rapier Apprentice)
The offhand isn't just an ornament which makes us look awesome when lunging. It is an excellent tool we can utilize to protec…
Approaching Giocco Largo (Longsword Apprentice)
Receiving Gioco Largo (Sidesword Apprentice)
Gioco Largo ("Wide Play") refers to the situations where the opponent's point is out of the centerline or their weap…
Receiving the Opponent (Rapier Apprentice)
This month's curriculum allows us to explore being the fencer who sits and waits, setting a trap and letting the opponent com…
