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Practice Notes for Saturday, March 4 and Sunday, March 5

Meyer’s Example Device for the longsword can be found in Chapter 9 of his book. If you are unfamiliar with the term, device can also be translated as “technique” or “drill”. Here are some videos on the topic. https://hemadrillbook.azurewebsites.net/b/Meyer1570/p/Longsword/s/Example-Device-1/t/videos We also looked at the first device for Tag from chapter 11. https://hemadrillbook.azurewebsites.net/b/Meyer1570/p/Longsword/s/Tag-Device-1/t/videos

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Practice Notes for Oct 13

Fitness For our warm-ups, we are using exercises from Guy Windsor’sThe Duellist’s Companion: A training manual for 17th century Italian rapier. Sword and Buckler For Sword and Buckler, we looked at a selection of plays from Manciolino’s first book, chapters 3 and 4. In this book, all of the attacks from a given guard are… Continue reading Practice Notes for Oct 13

Practice Notes for Oct. 16

Rapier For L’Ange rapier we reviewed the fine details of the ‘German’ style grip. Then we repeated the exercise with the ‘Italian’ grip as you might see in Capo Ferro. Then we looked at plate 7 of Capo Ferro’s Use of Fencing. This play teaches one how to safely disengage when constrained and to punish… Continue reading Practice Notes for Oct. 16

Longsword Focus: Meisterhau

During the month of August, we will be focusing on the Meisterhau (Master Strikes) and how they lead to the Vier Versetzen (Four Displacements). Relevant Blog Posts Vier Versetzen | Grauenwolf’s Study of Western Martial Arts

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