Assessment: Longsword Apprentice

ABR-100 Abrazare I

• Creating and Breaking Structure
• Footwork
• Collar and Elbow Position and Movement
• Three Go-behinds
• Using the Three Turns of the Body
• Push and Pull
• Using the Three Keys
• Using the Four Poste

LSW-100 Longsword Forms & Guards

• PL: Cuts and Thrusts – Assessment
• PL: Collecting the Cut – Assessment
• PL: Disengaging the Cut – Assessment
• PL: Strammazzone and Ribbon Cut – Assessment
• PdD: Cuts and Thrusts – Assessment
• PdD: Against High-line Attacks – Assessment
• PdD: Against the Thrust – Assessment
• PdF: Cuts and Thrusts – Assessment
• PdF: Against High-line Attacks – Assessment
• PdF: Against the Thrust – Assessment
• DaC: Cuts and Thrusts – Assessment
• DaC: Against the Mandritto Fendente – Assessment
• DaC: Against the Roverso Fendente – Assessment
• DaC: Against the Thrust – Assessment
• Twelve Poste Progression – Assessment

LSW-110 Approaching Gioco Stretto

• Thrusting from the Four Quadrants – Assessment
• Thrusting through the Angled Sword – Assessment
• Cavatione at the Debole (Point) – Assessment
• Volta Stabile at the Blade’s Middle (Mezza) – Assessment
• Tutta Volta at the Forte – Assessment
• Maintaining Control at the Debole (Point) – Assessment
• Maintaining Control at the Mezza Spada – Assessment
• Maintaining Control at the Forte – Assessment
• Gain and Strike via the Cut – Assessment
• Gaining the Angled Sword – Assessment

LSW-120 Receiving Gioco Stretto

• Exchanging from High Poste – Assessment
• Exchanging from Low Poste – Assessment
• Contra Cavatione at the Debole – Assessment
• Volta Stabile at the Middle – Assessment
• Maintaining Control at the Mezza Spada – Assessment
• Mezzo Tempo Opportunities at the Forte – Assessment
• Parry at the Mezza Spada – Assessment
• Breaking the Thrust – Assessment
• Countering the Volta Stabile – Assessment
• Countering the Parry – Assessment
• Countering the Breaking – Assessment

LSW-130 Grappling I

• Grappling on the Outside Line – Assessment
• Grappling on the Inside Line (Blade, Hand) – Assessment
• Grappling on the Inside Line (Elbow, Shoulder) – Assessment
• Pressures on the Inside Line – Assessment
• Pressures on the Outside Line – Assessment
• Countering the Mandritto – Assessment
• Countering the Roverso – Assessment
• Countering the Well-Timed Entry – Assessment

LSW-140 Receiving Gioco Largo

• Primo Tempo with Cover – Assessment
• Parry, Riposte in Gioco Stretto – Assessment
• Parry, Riposte in Gioco Largo – Assessment
• Full-Cut Parry and Riposte – Assessment
• Collection with Riposte in Stretto – Assessment
• Collection with Riposte in Largo – Assessment
• Deflection with Riposte – Assessment
• Against Descending Attacks – Assessment
• Against Rising Attacks – Assessment
• Quadrant Defense Exercise – Assessment

LSW-150 Approaching Gioco Largo

• Stringering Posta di Donna – Assessment
• Stringering Posta di Donna Sinestra – Assessment
• Stringering Porta di Ferro – Assessment
• Stringering Dente al Cinghiara – Assessment
• Attacking Posta di Donna – Assessment
• Attacking Posta di Donna Sinestra – Assessment
• Attacking High Quadrants, Covering the Counter Attack – Assessment
• Attacking High Quadrants, Cover Using the Volta Stabile – Assessment
• Attacking Porta di Ferro – Assessment
• Attacking Dente al Cinghiara – Assessment
• Binding Against High Guards – Assessment
• Binding Against Low Guards – Assessment

Combat Application

• Using the Guards in Freeplay
• Self-control during Freeplay at Speed 3
• Self-control during Freeplay at Speed 5
• Controlling the Centre
• Moving Forward to Maintain Control
• Moving Backward to Recover Control
• Striking in Tempo and Proportion

Knowledge & Theory

• Read and demonstrate an understanding of Fiore dei Liberi’s work in the Getty: 1) The introduction, and 2) Sword in two hands section to end of the 12 poste.