Our Godalming students came together on Wednesday night for our regular training session with three streams of training on offer.
Adrian worked with the beginners approaching their safety tests, Lizzie worked with the Bolognese group and Pim continued his work on the single rapier.
Paul is the latest of our students to pass his safety test and join the ranks of our Studenti.
In order to pass the safety test students must demonstrate control, efficacy and knowledge of the cuts and guards of bolognese swordplay.
Paul will now be able to progress to taking part in many of our other training streams as well as full sparring.
The sports hall was packed on Monday night as we ran our regular three streams of training.
Stewart and Dan worked with the beginners on week 4 of their introduction to swordplay. Meanwhile Matt took the Bolognese group whilst Pim taught single rapier.
We had a great turnout in Reading for our Sunday Sparring session today. There was a great mix of weapons being played with: everything from rapier & dagger through to spear and rotella. There was also a nice level of feedback from students as well, analysing their fights and point out areas of possible improvement.
We celebrated a very hectic, sweaty session with a trip to the pub and a nice carvery.
Another busy night in Godalming on Wednesday where the school offered three streams of training.
Fran worked with the beginners working towards their safety test. Adrian took the Bolognese group through defence with the buckler and Pim worked on feints with the single rapier.
It was a busy night in Reading on Monday with three different streams of training running simultaneously.
Matt worked with the Bolognese group, whilst Pim took the rapier stream. Meanwhile Stewart and Simon took the beginners through some more of the foundations of sword play as part of their six-week course.
The School of the Sword has taken both the gold & silver medals in the rapier & dagger competition at the Helsinki Open.
Alexander Makarov fought and beat Piermarco Terminiello in a close final that saw the match go to sudden death.
Congratulations to both of our fighters for doing the School proud.
Fantastic news out of Helsinki today as we’ve just heard that School of the Sword’s Pim Terminiello and Alexander Makarov will fight for gold in the rapier & dagger competition at the Helsinki Open this weekend. This means that School of the Sword is already guaranteed gold and silver.
We obviously couldn’t be more proud and wish we could be there for what is likely to be a truly epic fight.
Best of luck to Kristofer Stanson and Andreas Isaksson who fight for bronze.
Thanks to Afterblow for letting us know and use of their picture!
Our Godalming students gathered at Broadwater Sports Hall on Wednesday for our regular weekly training session.
Fran and Lizzie worked with the beginners, Adrian took the Bolognese stream and Pim taught a stream on the single rapier.
What happens when you can’t make training because you are on holiday skiing but still want to practise?
Answer: you improvise. A bunch of our students sent back these photos of them practising their skills in the Alps. Anyone have a historical treatise on the ski pole?
