We’re pleased to announce that our Swindon chapter is running a new Beginner’s Course starting in September. This is the first time we’ve had a new intake in over 2 years. Places are extremely limited so don’t delay in signing up. Details can be found here: https://sword.school/swindons-beginners-course-faq/
Tonight saw our regular Swindon training night. We started off with Valentina showing us a Sword & Buckler trick she learnt at last weekend’s Swords by the River. Adrian then did a lesson on feints according to Giganti in Rapier & Dagger. Lots of new knowledge shared.
Tonight our students spent the evening working on a sword drill. There was some lovely form on display as we went through Dalla’ gocchie’s stepping through guards looking to get it perfect. Students enjoyed the challenge and will continue to work on perfecting it at home.
Our Swindon students have been looking at Giganti rapier this summer, and tonight we continued our work looking at the disengage. Lots of technical work with lots of counters as we worked through the various drills. Good concentration from all students.
This week our Swindon students continued their work looking into Giaganti’s rapier with a look at disengages. Whilst the cocnept wasn;t new to students we were looking to see how Giagnti’s approach was different to how we normally approach it and try and refine our skills as a result. Good level of concentration from all students despite the heat.
It was our regular weekly training night in Godalming tonight, with students spoilt for choice. Mark continued his block on Rapier & Dagger while Luke ran a lesson focussing on Sword & Buckler. Meanwhile Abi and Phil worked with the new intake of candidati
It was our regular training night in Swindon tonight and students spent the evening looking at some advanced thrust mechanics. We had some time spare at the end so it was a good chance to get some Sword & Buckler sparring in.
Tonight was our Reading students’ regular weekly training session with multiple streams of learning on offer. James continued taking his students through Rapier basics while Josh continued his stream looking at single sidesword. Meanwhile Matt worked with the candidati
It was our regular weekly training night in Godalming tonight, with students spoilt for choice. Mark continued his block on Rapier & Dagger while Luke ran a lesson focussing on Sword & Buckler. Meanwhile Abi and Phil worked with the new intake of candidati
A new year and our Swindon students returned with a return to rapier and a review of some of the concepts we covered at the end of last year.
