Monthly Archives: June 2024

16 06, 2024

Godalming Cutting Party – 16th June 2024

2024-07-22T00:05:27+00:00June 16th, 2024|Godalming, social|

Students from our Godalming chapter as well as some from other chapters gathered for an afternoon of cutting things with swords.  Whilst we don’t use sharps in our training for obvious safety reasons, it’s a useful part of our training to get the experience of cutting at inanimate objects to see just how good our blade alignment really is.  And so sideswords, sickles, spears and more were set to task against objects such as milk bottles, fruit, clay and even a birthday cake.  A lot of fun was had by all.

12 06, 2024

Swindon Training – 12th June 2024

2024-07-21T21:22:07+00:00June 12th, 2024|Sidesword, Swindon|

Tonight saw our regular Wednesday night training session at our Swindon Chapter.  Students gathered to continue their work learning Dalla’gocchie’s single sidesword.  Tonight we looked at Falso Manco as a defence and a response.  A good level of analysis all round.

9 06, 2024

Oxford Sparring – 9th June 2024

2024-07-21T23:30:57+00:00June 9th, 2024|Longsword, Oxford|

Our Oxford students met up again today for their regular Sunday sparring session.  These sessions give students the chance to play with a range of weapons including those they might not currently be training, as well as practise techniques learned in class under sparring conditions.

5 06, 2024

Swindon Training – June 5th 2024

2024-07-21T20:40:04+00:00June 5th, 2024|Sidesword, Swindon|

Our Swindon students met up tonight for their regular Wednesday night training session.  Tonight we continued our work learning Dalla’gocchie’s Varying Among Guards drill.  We did find a little time at the end for some sparring though.

3 06, 2024

Reading Training – 3rd June 2024

2024-07-22T22:28:45+00:00June 3rd, 2024|Rapier, Reading, Sword & Buckler|

Our Reading students gathered tonight for their regular weekly training session.  Chris finished off his block on Sword & Buckler while Simon ended his block on asymetric fighting with a Tavern Brawl. looking at Palladini’s second and third admonitions, relating to drawing a sword whilst sat down.  It was much enjoyed by the students.

2 06, 2024

Oxford Sparring – 2nd June 2024

2024-07-21T23:25:32+00:00June 2nd, 2024|Longsword, Oxford, Sabre|

Sunday saw our Oxford students gather for a bit out outdoor freeplay. These sessions are always helpful. There’s only so much time during a lesson to learn a new technique and often the best way to practise it is to incorporate it into sparring.

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