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20 08, 2023

Coming of Age Event: Day 2

2023-08-23T08:07:04+00:00August 20th, 2023|Dagger, Godalming, Longsword, Oxford, Rapier, Reading, Sidesword, Swindon, Sword & Buckler|

It was the second day of our Coming of Age event, celebrating the 21st anniversary of the School of the Sword.  After a hearty breakfast, students jumped into a selection fo workshops taught by instructors from across School of the Sword’s four chapters.

Josh taught some Fabris Rapier & Dagger, Phil introduced students to dall’Agocchie sidesword, Fran ran a Sword& Dagger masterclass, Emilia tackled Longsword disarms, Adrian ran a workshop on introduction to single rapier, and Matt taught rapier and cloak.  We then gave out a bunch of awards before leaving the afternoon for people to pack up their tents and engage in a little sparring.

Thank you to everyone who came.  It seemed the event was a massive success and the perfect way to celebrate our 21st anniversary.  Here’s to the next 21!

19 08, 2023

Coming of Age Event: Day 1

2023-08-23T07:44:55+00:00August 19th, 2023|Dagger, Events, Godalming, Longsword, Oxford, Rapier, Reading, Sidesword, Swindon, Sword & Buckler|

It was a jam-packed day of workshops on the first full day of our Coming of Age celebration event.  Students from all four of our chapters gathered on the banks of the Thames to partake in a wide range of workshops put on by our instructors.

Lizzie gave an introduction to Spadone, Dan looked at Alfieri humors, Apollon gave a Rapier masterclass, Kirstian taught an introduction to Longsword, Adrian gave a masterclass on use of the buckler, Simon looked at Godhino’s Montante, Luis introduced us to grappling, and Mark gave a workshop on Agrippa.  All were well attended with lots of happy students enjoying the perfect weather.

We ended the first day of workshops with Simon and Josh from our Reading Chapter completing the final piece of their Spadaccino grading.  Spadaccino is the most senior rank in the school and as part of it, they have to engage in a number of fights including a weapon they’ve never used before which in their case were peasant flails.  Congrats to both of them for a well deserved honour. which has required huge number of hours of dedicated training as well as written pieces.

16 08, 2023

Godalming Training – 16th August 2023

2023-08-17T15:52:28+00:00August 16th, 2023|Dagger, Godalming, Longsword, Sidesword, Sword & Buckler|

In Godalming tonight we continued our Sword and dagger block with an evening of defence at the stage drills. The longsword class looked at Meyers square and the beginner’s group looked into body mechanics with the aid of spadone.

14 08, 2023

Reading Training – 14th August 2023

2023-08-17T15:47:16+00:00August 14th, 2023|Reading, Sidesword|

Gradings galore at Reading tonight as Josh, Chris and Simon prepared to level up. At SOTS we have gradings at 30, 200 and 400 hours of study, the last two involving multiple fights and written pieces. Our senior students put in a huge effort, with Simon and Josh continuing their assessments this weekend at our anniversary event. Great work all!

9 08, 2023

Godalming Training – 9th August 2023

2023-08-12T12:06:40+00:00August 9th, 2023|Dagger, Godalming, Sidesword|

Another busy night in Godalming tonight as students learned a play from Marozzo as part of our sword and dagger block.  Lots of good focus across an enjoyable evening

 

26 07, 2023

Godalming Training – 26th July 2023

2023-07-27T23:15:58+00:00July 26th, 2023|Dagger, Godalming, Longsword, Sidesword|

A thoroughly sweaty and hard working session in Godalming tonight as we continued the Sword and dagger course and began the longsword block.

Our beginner stream continued as well: look out for our next enrollment coming soon for September intake.

22 07, 2023

School of the Sword Instructor Gives Students HEMA Taster Session

2023-07-23T18:15:09+00:00July 22nd, 2023|Events, Godalming, Sidesword|

Godalming head instructor, Fran Lacuata was at Imperial College London today to  give a HEMA taster lesson to a bunch of students.

They were introduced to sabre, sidesword and spadone and were , in Fran’s words. “all absolute champs!”

17 07, 2023

Reading Training – 17th July 2023

2023-07-20T16:47:33+00:00July 17th, 2023|Rapier, Reading, Sidesword|

It was another busy night at Reading tonight, with students able to choose between two streams of learning.

Josh and Simon continued their work on single rapier, whilst Dan looked at Dall’agocchie’s single sidesword and how to win a fight in 30 days!  (shortened to just 90 minutes!)

12 07, 2023

Godalming Training – 12th July 2023

2023-07-20T17:12:00+00:00July 12th, 2023|Dagger, Godalming, Sidesword|

Students at Godalming got to enjoy the start of a new stream tonight, looking at sword and dagger.  They looked at the principles of dall’Agocchie – matching the guards between the weapons; parrying with the True Edge of the dagger on the outside, and with the flats or true edge to the inside.

2 07, 2023

Oxford Sparring – 2nd July 2023

2023-07-09T10:32:02+00:00July 2nd, 2023|Dagger, Oxford, Sidesword|

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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