Our Oxford student’s braved the heat today to get in some much appreciated sparring practise.
Sparring sessions give students the chance to practise techniques they have learnt in class and work on incorporating them into their personal arsenal of moves, tricks and tactics.
The beginners at our new Swindon Chapter enjoyed their 3rd week of introduction to swordplay tonight, with the focus on cutting. Students finally got to start hitting things, fine tuning the measure and cuts they’d learned in previous weeks. Good progress by all.
The School of the Sword participated in this weekend’s Albion Cup Tournament. Competitors from around the world traveled to Marlow to fight it out in a number of different weapon disciplines.
As always, The School of the Sword was well represented and came away with a number of medals.
Congratulations to Oxford Instructor, Emilia Skirmutt who took an impressive gold in Women’s Single Rapier, Silver in Women’s Saber, and Bronze in Women’s Longsword.
Congratulations also to Kristian Barlow for taking 4th place in the Tier B Open Longsword.
Congratulations to all winners. By all accounts it was a fun and well run event
