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…
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Exploring the Guards with Sidesword
In this video series we will explore the essential guards of the sidesword, move into and out of with grace.
Two-Sword: Crossed Covers & Counters
Build your capacity with wielding two swords in defense and counter-attack. In this course you'll learn:
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)
Marozzo’s Second Assault (Sidesword Scholar)
In this series you will explore Marozzo's Second Assault of Sword and Buckler. This assault incorporates ideas of offline mov…
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,…
Philippo di Vadi’s Assault (Longsword Scholar)
This month we will learn a Longsword Assaulto (form) that explores the guards, principles and techniques presented b…
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…
Making Your Opponent Dance with Offensive Provocations (Sidesword Scholar)
In this series we'll be using offensive provocations in gioco largo (and some in gioco stretto) to force the opponent into pr…
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…
Approaching Giocco Largo (Longsword Apprentice)
Making Your Opponent Dance with Offensive Provocations (Longsword Scholar)
In this series we'll be using offensive provocations in gioco largo (and some in gioco stretto) to force the opponent into pr…
Flow is key with Longsword
Achieving a sense of flow with your sword creates consistency, great for solo practice, makes it easier for your body to reme…
The Accompanied Sword (Sidesword Fundamentals)
In this course you will learn a base solo form with the sidesword that will then allow the addition of secondary accompanimen…
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…
Inviting the Opponent to Dance (Sidesword Scholar)
In this series we'll explore how to lure a timid opponent into the fight and how to cue an aggressive opponent to attack righ…
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…
Inviting the Opponent to Dance (Longsword Scholar)
In this series we'll explore how to lure a timid opponent into the fight and how to cue an aggressive opponent to attack righ…
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…
Receiving Gioco Largo (Longsword Apprentice)
Fundamentals of Attack & Defense with Longsword
The longsword, a beautiful piece of historical weaponry. But the question is, how well can you move with it? In this series, …
Moving like the Masters with Sidesword
In this series we’ll explore the the movements, strategies and advice of the later Bolognese Masters, Dall'Agocchie & V…