Sword & Buckler

Sword & Buckler

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

Swindon Training – 16th April 2023

2023-08-17T16:03:17+00:00August 16th, 2023|Swindon, Sword & Buckler|

Last night our Ssudents from Swindon were busy practising their best Matrix moves, as we played on the edge of measure with feints of the body.  Some excellent voiding by all, and it was great seeing some students able to use the drills to unlock massive level ups that they were able to take into sparring.

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.

9 08, 2023

Swindon Training – 9th August 2023

2023-08-12T13:01:26+00:00August 9th, 2023|Swindon, Sword & Buckler|

Tonight at our Swindon Chapter, students got to look at feints with the sword.  Despite some very complex blade work required in the various drills we went through, students picked it up and were then able to utilise it in their boffer sparring at the end of the night.

2 08, 2023

Swindon Training – 2nd August 2023

2023-08-12T12:54:03+00:00August 2nd, 2023|Swindon, Sword & Buckler|

Tonight at our Swindon Chapter, students continued looking at the various attacks and counters from Guardia di testa as per Manciolino.  Despite some complex counters, students showed a good degree of insight and analysis.  Brilliant work by all.

26 07, 2023

Swindon Training – 26th July 2023

2023-07-27T23:22:17+00:00July 26th, 2023|Swindon, Sword & Buckler|

Tonight at our Swindon Chapter, we introduced our students to Meyer’s Square, for the intention of improving their sword work and providing conditioning for good cuts.

We also started looking at the attacks and corresponding counters from Guardia Di Testa. Great level of discussion and analysis by all students.

19 07, 2023

Swindon Training – 19th July 2023

2023-07-20T17:00:39+00:00July 19th, 2023|Swindon, Sword & Buckler|

It was the end of our beginners course tonight, and we celebrate by bringing the infamous Haribo League to Swindon.  Students each selected an envelope at random containing a joker and a number of cut, parry and counter cards.  Students could play these across a number of rounds testing their knowledge and skill.  The cards altered the points scoring, ranging from bonuses, as a method to detriment other players’ scores, and as a defence against cards played against them.  A lot of fun was had and certainly a lot of people owe others “payback”.  Congrats to Chris, who walked away the ultimate winner!

Students also got to see a real thousand year old Viking sword that was brought in!

12 07, 2023

Swindon Training – 12th July 2023

2023-07-20T17:04:51+00:00July 12th, 2023|Swindon, Sword & Buckler|

Our Swindon students had to pull all the skills they’ve learned over the past 8 weeks together tonight, as we looked at counters.  After starting with a revision on thrusts to the mask, students had to mask up and counter against a thrust made against them.  Despite the complexity of the drill, students performed brilliantly.

 

 

5 07, 2023

Swindon Training – 5th July 2023

2023-07-09T10:40:31+00:00July 5th, 2023|Swindon, Sword & Buckler|

Our Swindon students got to learn about thrusts on Wednesday with a number of drills on footwork and body mechanics.  It was satisfying to see and hear the reaction when the thrust was properly executed.  We finished off the evening with some supervised boffer exchanges.

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