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Primary Guards with Longsword

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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 to best approach and defeat them. We begin with posta di donna (woman’s guard).

We continue our work on longsword guards and countering them by examining two different low poste: porta di ferro (iron gate) with the sword low on the right and dente al cinghiara (boar’s tooth) with the sword low on the left.

Finishing this course we examine posta longa and breve (the long/short guard) and use its forward point to both threaten and deceive our opponent.

Course outline

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01Posta di Donna6 lessons
  1. Defenses Against Low-line CutsLesson
  2. Defenses Against Descending CutsLesson
  3. Defenses Against Mid-line CutsLesson
  4. Forming the Guard VariationsLesson
  5. Attacks from Posta di DonnaLesson
  6. Defending Against the ThrustLesson
02Countering Posta di Donna3 lessons
  1. Engaging and Constraining Posta di DonnaLesson
  2. Provoking the Opponent's AttackLesson
  3. Countering the Opponent's DefensesLesson
03Porta di Ferro4 lessons
  1. Defenses Against the ThrustLesson
  2. Attacks from Porta di FerroLesson
  3. Defenses Against Descending CutsLesson
  4. Defenses Against the Mid-line and Low-line CutsLesson
04Countering Porta di Ferro3 lessons
  1. Engaging and Constraining Porta di FerroLesson
  2. Provoking the Opponent's AttackLesson
  3. Countering the Opponent's DefensesLesson
05Dente al Cinghiara5 lessons
  1. Defenses Against the ThrustLesson
  2. Attacking Cuts & ThrustsLesson
  3. Defenses Against the Descending MandrittoLesson
  4. Defenses Against the Descending RoversoLesson
  5. Defenses Against Mid-line and Low-line AttacksLesson
06Countering Dente al Cinghiara3 lessons
  1. Stringering the Opponent's GuardLesson
  2. Provoking the Opponent's AttackLesson
  3. Countering the Opponent's DefensesLesson
07Posta Longa/Breve5 lessons
  1. Special Considerations of Posta BreveLesson
  2. Disengaging to Avoid the Opponent's CutLesson
  3. Collecting the Opponent's CutLesson
  4. Responding with the Stramazzone and Ribbon CutLesson
  5. Attacks from Posta Longa/BreveLesson
08Countering Longa/Breve3 lessons
  1. Engaging Posta LongaLesson
  2. Yielding to Defeat the CollectionLesson
  3. Defeating the DisengageLesson