It was the start of new teaching blocks across all three training streams in Reading this week.
Jay took the bolognese group, Matt taught single rapier and Christophe worked with the beginners working towards their safety test.
Sunday sparring was in Reading this past weekend with a number of students turning up to practise multiple weapons, as well as play with combinations we don’t tackle in our training sessions.
As well as the staples of sidesword & buckler, and rapier & dagger students also took the opportunity to hone their skills with rapier & cloak as well as some tomahawk and knife.
Well done to the team from The School of the Sword that attended the Kings of the North event in Bradford yesterday.
Alexander Makarov won gold in cut and thrust and gold in thrust only.
Jay Maxwell won silver in cut and thrust.
Piermarco Terminiello won bronze in cut and thrust and thrust only.
Congratulations to all winners.
Students gathered in Godalming this week for our regular Godalming training session.
Fran worked with the beginners on their foundation course, Adrian worked with the bolognese group on attacks and counters from Guardia Alta, and Sasha worked with the rapier group on footwork.
As well as our renowned instruction that sees our instructors teach around the world, and our success in tournaments, the School of the Sword also has a reputation for research and translation. Senior instructor, Piermarco Terminiello, has added to that reputation with this latest publication.
Working with Steven Reich and Vulpes Publishing, they have published a translation of Marco Docciolini’s 1601 Fencing Treatise.
The book is now available from Amazon UK and Amazon US
“In this book I have striven to summarize, as succinctly as I could and as clearly as I have been able, the rules and methods that seemed necessary to me for the practice of the sword, both alone and with companion weapons. Having to describe the many minutiae and particular details of any art is almost impossible in the clarity that maybe it deserves. Nevertheless I hope to have made myself sufficiently understood in this treatise, so any man with some basic knowledge can be capable of what I have described.” Marco Docciolini (1601)
Another busy night in Reading on Monday night with our usual three streams of training available for students.
Adrian & Dan worked with the beginners, Matt took the Bolognese sword & buckler stream, and Pim worked with students on single rapier.
