Students from both Godalming and Reading gathered in Hawley this weekend for our regular Sunday sparring event.
These free sessions for students allow them to get in some valuable sparring time, practising the techniques they’ve learnt in our training sessions. It also allows them to spar with people they don’t normally train with as well as try out some fun weapon combinations that are not part of our curriculum.
It was another fun night on Wednesday as students turned up at Godalming to participate in one of two streams of learning available.
Adrian finished his block on tournaments with the final competition and the announcement of the winners of the internal “Haribo” League. Matt, meanwhile, worked with the rapier group.
Another busy night in Reading with three streams of training on offer to our students.
Josh & Lizzie worked with the beginners on their foundations of swordplay, Simon continued his block on the use of the dagger, and Matt ran a single rapier tournament in preparation for Fightcamp.
The School of the Sword had a large presence at this weekend’s Astolat tournament with not only a bunch of medal wins but a number of students making it through to the latter stages of the various competitions, a number for the first time. There was great camaraderie throughout the whole weekend, with a number of students just turning up to support those competing or to help with judging.
Congratulations to the following:
It was the last training session before Astolat on Wednesday night in Godalming, so the evening featured a couple of tournament related streams.
Adrian looked at tactics with his Sword & Buckler doubles competition, whilst Fran ran timed bouts for the rapier group
It was another busy night on Monday with students participating in one of three training streams.
Lizzie and Josh took the beginners through the foundations of swordplay, Pim ran a practise tournament for the rapier & dagger students, and Simon continued with his block on the dagger, this time including the cloak!
Students gathered in Hawley on Sunday for the last sparring session before the Astolat tournament next week, which a lot of students will be participating in.
These free sessions for students allow them to get in some valuable sparring time, practising the techniques they’ve learnt in our training sessions. It also allows them to spar with people they don’t normally train with as well as try out some fun weapon combinations that are not part of our curriculum.
The School of the Sword was proud to host Luke Ireland of The Exiles for a one day seminar on the Iberian montante on Saturday.
The aim was to provide an introduction to Dom Diogo Gomes de Figueiredo’s Memorial Da Prattica do Montante. Over the course of the day, students worked on many of the simple rules included in Figueiredo’s treatise, as well as expanding upon their use beyond the confines of the rules.
It was a great day and everyone really enjoyed having Luke instruct us.
Students trained outside again on Wednesday night at our regular Godalming training session.
It was a night for some fun tournament practise with the bolognese group competing in the “Haribo Starmix Open” and the rapier & dagger group competing in the “Coca Cola Cup”.
We had a guest at our training in Reading tonight in the form of Enrico Stradioli from ASD Sala d’Arme Achille Marozzo Romagna Sforzesca.
Pim took the rapier & dagger group through some tournament prep, Simon continued his block on the dagger, and Lizzie and Josh worked with the new beginners on the fundamentals of swordfighting.
