Our Oxford students met up again today for their regular weekend sparring. 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 had a guest instructor tonight as Lynette, from our Godalming chapter visited and continued to teach our students tactics and tells.
It was our regular Wednesday night training session in Swindon today. We continued our look at Docciolini’s two swords. Today we looked at counters whilst also trying to up the defense to a single tempo. With so much steel in the way, it’s tough on both the body and mind. Great levels of analysis by all students.
Students gathered in Godalming tonight for our regular training session with two different streams on offer. Lynette continued her work looking into fight analysis, while Mark continued his lessons on sword and buckler.
It was our regular weekly training session in Reading tonight, and the start of new training block. James taught rapier & dagger while Jo took student through the first half of Dalla’gocchie’s “Stepping in guard” drill.
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.
Tonight saw our weekly training session in Oxford, and students had a guest instructor. Lynette, from our Godalming chapter, visited to instruct our students in tactics and tells.
It was our regular training session tonight, and due to the football numbers were low, so in place of our scheduled two sword work, we instead used this session to review student’s progress and give them an individual action plan and some coaching based on their individual strengths and weaknesses.
Tonight saw the latest in our weekly Godalming training sessions and the start of all new study blocks. Lynette started her lessons looking into Fight Analysis, while Mark took a second stream on sword and buckler.
Before the start of new training block next week, our Reading students gathered for our regular weekly training session to enjoy some freeplay. These sparring 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.
