Gioco Largo vs Stretto
Wide and narrow play (gioco largo and gioco stretto) are essential to understanding how to size up an opponent and create cou…
Course Tag: rapier-session
Facing the Unorthodox Fighter
Two-Sword: Strategy and Control
Using the lens of Two-Sword vs Longsword, this series develops fundamental strategic and tactical skills including:
Seven Provocations in Gioco Stretto
In this series students will explore how the seven provocations of stringere, changing guards, entering measure, earnest atta…
Weapon Flow
Moving fluidly with a weapon is not just a showy skill, it’s a combat skill. Being able to flow with your weapon allows you…
Spear Control & Deception
The spear's length gives it a tremendous amount of ability to control the offensive space and to deceive an opponent about it…
Spear: Short and Long
The spear is an effective weapon both in and out of armour. Used short it can be used to engaged close with lots of leverage …
Polearms: Flow to Combat
In this course we explore how to deftly wield the poleaxe and spear starting with postures, attacks and flow and moving into …
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…
Receiving the Opponent (Rapier Apprentice)
Striking the fool that dare approach.
Three Weapons Drilling
Specially formulated for this year's 30-for-30, the Three Weapons Drilling course is just that. In one hour we'll be handling…
Cutting with a Rapier (Rapier 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…
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…
Guards and Gut Abs with Rapier
It all begins at the guard. The way you stand dictates the way you move, how you move to measure, how you move in time. This …
Cutting (Rapier Apprentice)
Fighting on the Circle (Rapier Scholar)
Italian fencing is often associated with linear movement. In this series we'll break that mold and look at how to use and cou…
Footwork & Shoulder Strength with Rapier
The ability to move your feet with swiftness and precision goes a long way in a sword fight. It helps you to arrive at the ri…
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 …
Gaining, Stringere, and Offline Movement (Rapier Scholar)
In this series you're going to dive into the use of offline movement both into and away from the weapon to enhance stringere,…
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…
Deceptive Rapier & Dagger (Rapier Scholar)
The rapier and dagger are a powerful defensive combination when used in union. In this series students will learn how to exte…
Blade Turns and Core Strength with Rapier
In this course we’re covering blade "turns", that is, how the blade spins along its edge, as well as how it moves when anch…
Lunging, Leg & Back Strength with Rapier
In this course we're covering the lunge in its many forms, from short and punchy to extended and long. We'll even include lun…
The Deceptive Fight (Rapier Scholar)
The Deceptive Fight is a mode of fencing where you use false attacks and false openings to lure your opponent into predictabl…
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…