Swindon Training – 15th January 2025
A new year and our Swindon students returned with a return to rapier and a review of some of the concepts we covered at the end of last year.
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Reading Training – 13th January 2025
Tonight was our Reading students’ regular weekly training session with multiple streams of learning on offer. James continued taking his students through Rapier basics while Josh continued his stream looking at single sidesword. Meanwhile Matt worked with the candidati
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Reading Sparring – 12th January 2025
Reading played host to our latest Sparring morning. Students from far and wide gathered in reading to spar against one another. 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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Oxford Sparring – 12th January 2025
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.
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Godalming Training – 8th January 2025
Our students were back tonight in Godalming after the xmas break, kicking off with some sword and buckler and a brand-new batch of beginners. We can’t wait to see them progress!
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Reading Training – 6th January 2025
Tonight was our Reading students’ first training session of the year with two streams of learning on offer. James took his students through Rapier basics while Josh began his stream looking at single sidesword. Meanwhile Matt worked with the candidati
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Godalming Training – 18th December 2024
It was the last training session of the year tonight in Godalming and the evening was spent sparring. Three students performed their gradings. Congratulations to Abi for reaching Laureando, and to John and Lynette for reaching Spadaccino, our highest grade.
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Reading Bring-A-Weapon Party – 16th December 2024
It was Reading’s weekly training night tonight and to celebrate the last session of the year, they held a bring-a-weapon party. All the usual weapons we train were on offer as well as a few unique ones! Rubber duck vs feather duster, anyone?
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Godalming Training – 11th December 2024
It was our Godalming Chapter’s regular training night tonight and the end of our latest training blocks. Phil concluded his block looking at the sidesword, while Luke took his students through a final bit of Sword & Buckler. Meanwhile, Abi guided the candidati towards their safety test.
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Reading Training – 9th December 2024
It was our Reading Chapter’s weekly training tonight, and it was a special night. A number of students went for their grading tonight, having to fight with or against weapons they may not have encountered before. When not supporting them, the rest of the students engaged in an evening of sparring.
