Students from our Oxford chapter met up this weekend for some extra sparring. 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.
It was our regular weekly training session in Oxford tonight and students had a visiting instructor from Reading as Simon continued his block teaching students on dagger and unarmed.
We had a makeshift corridor at this week’s Swindon Chapter training session tonight. We looked at Godhino’s 2 swords and practised fighting in a narrow corridor!
It was our Godalming Chapter’s regular training night tonight and we welcomed a new intake of students who, over the course of the next few months, will be learning the fundamentals of swordplay. For other existing students there was a choice of two exciting streams on offer. Mark started a block looking at the poleaxe, while Mikolaj took students through the use of the sabre.
With tournament season in full swing, our Reading students continued their mini tournament prep and judging training. This included ways of changing your fight, judging and then closing with a friendly tournament.
Our Godalming students met up this weekend for the latest in the chapter’s regular sparring sessions. Sparring gives them a chance to exchange with students they might not have sparred with before, practise weapons that might not currently be in the training curriculum, as well as get some much needed time to incorporate new techniques and tactics into their swordplay.
Our Oxford student met up again today for their regular outdoor freeplay session. These sparring get-togethers provide the perfect opportunity to practise techniques learned in class as well as get experience of fighting against opponents they might otherwise not get regular practise against.
It was our regular weekly training session in Oxford tonight and students had a visiting instructor from Reading as Simon started his block teaching students on dagger and unarmed.
Tonight was our Swindon chapter’s regular training night and this week we were looking at Palladini’s 2 swords and comparing it to the techniques of Docciolini and Altoni. Great work as always!
It was our Godalming Chapter’s regular training night tonight and ahead of the new intake next week, students got to enjoy an evening of freeplay. These sessions give students the opportunity to get some sparring practise in against a range of students with a range of weapons, incorporating the various techniques learnt at training.
