We’re picking up the longsword to explore giocco stretto or the “narrow play”, a combative context where the opponent’s weapon is an immediate threat—usually when…

We will be working through all of the primary poste of the longsword looking at both how to employ their most direct actions and how…

Crossings: The sword in two hands is a powerful tool for cutting and defending against cuts. In these classes we look at the fundamentals of making…

Rising & Lateral: We are continuing to explore defenses from various quadrants against lines of attack this week. The attacks we’re focusing on now are the…

Posta finestra (window guard) makes use of the sword’s point to quickly move forward and close off the centreline. In the realm of longsword guards…