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In this course you'll learn how to approach an opponent who holds their sword back, attack their position, and find safe ways to continue the offense.

In this course you'll learn how to approach an opponent who presents their point, gain control, recover control, respond to pressure, and manage the fight strategically starting first with the mechanics of the thrust and then the cut.

This series of lessons builds from the fundamentals lessons to expand your offensive and defensive repertoire from the four quadrant guards and those that present the point. 

Designed to help you get the most out of the Longsword Apprentice program.

When a sword fight gets too close for blade play, we turn to grappling as a combative solution in order to continue the offensive.

In this course you'll build your defensive ability with a particular focus on counter-attacking preemptively and after parries, deflections, and collections.

In this course you'll learn how to deal with an opponent who is coming toward you with their point online. We will work extensively on exchanging (counter-attacking) the thrust and recovering from failed attempts to do so.