Swindon Training – 24th July 2024
Our Swindon students gathered for their regular weekly training session tonight. We continued our work looking at Docciolini’s 2 swords, and more specifically, dealing with a thrust.
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Godalming Training – 24th July 2024
Our Godalming students gathered for their regular weekly training session tonight, with three streams of learning available. Fran looked at sidesword and dagger, April continued her work with the beginners and John hosted an impromptu lesson on tactics
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Reading Training – 22nd July 2024
Our Reading students gathered for their weekly training session tonight, and the second week in the latest training blocks. James taught rapier & dagger while Jo took students through theDalla’gocchie’s “Stepping in guard” drill.
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Swindon Training – 17th July 2024
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.
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Reading Training – 15th July 2024
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.
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Swindon Training – 10th July 2024
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.
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Swindon Training – 3rd July 2024
It was our regular Swindon training session tonight, and we continued our work looking at Docciolini’s two swords. We started with a warm up, trying to do the pretzel and figure of eight with two swords, before continuing our work with Dociolini. Because of the complexity, this week we looked to perfect the base drill as a two tempo move. Some great level of concentration, and some good level up.
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SOTS Oxford Freeplay Day – 29th June 2024
Our Oxford Chapter played host to our latest Freeplay Day where students from all chapters, along with friends from other clubs, join together for four solid hours of sparring. There was a good turnout and a lot of fun was had.
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Swindon Training – 26th June 2024
Our Swindon student’s started a new block tonight when we began to look at two swords (otherwise known as a case of swords). It was a hot night so we took it slow, starting off with having some fun during warm up before moving onto the more serious work of Docciolini’s. We stepped through the moves, breaking each of the parts into their own tempo.
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Swindon Training – 19th June 2024
Tonight was the last night of our block on Dalla’gocchie’s Single Sidesword. We finished off by looking at more defenses and responses. Our students have come a long way in the last 6 months, having never studied single sidesword before to now having a good grasp of the concepts. Excellent work by all students
