Swindon Training – 11th September 2024
We had a makeshift corridor at this week’s Swindon Chapter training session tonight. We looked at Godhino’s 2 swords and practised fighting in a narrow corridor!
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Godalming Training – 11th September 2024
It was our Godalming Chapter’s regular training night tonight and we welcomed a new intake of students who, over the course of the next few months, will be learning the fundamentals of swordplay. For other existing students there was a choice of two exciting streams on offer. Mark started a block looking at the poleaxe, while Mikolaj took students through the use of the sabre.
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Reading Training – 9th September 2024
With tournament season in full swing, our Reading students continued their mini tournament prep and judging training. This included ways of changing your fight, judging and then closing with a friendly tournament.
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Godalming Sparring – 8th September 2024
Our Godalming students met up this weekend for the latest in the chapter’s regular sparring sessions. 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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Oxford Sparring – 7th September 2024
Our Oxford student met up again today for their regular outdoor freeplay session. These sparring get-togethers provide the perfect opportunity to practise techniques learned in class as well as get experience of fighting against opponents they might otherwise not get regular practise against.
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Oxford Training – 5th September 2024
It was our regular weekly training session in Oxford tonight and students had a visiting instructor from Reading as Simon started his block teaching students on dagger and unarmed.
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Swindon Training – 4th September 2024
Tonight was our Swindon chapter’s regular training night and this week we were looking at Palladini’s 2 swords and comparing it to the techniques of Docciolini and Altoni. Great work as always!
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Godalming Training – 4th September
It was our Godalming Chapter’s regular training night tonight and ahead of the new intake next week, students got to enjoy an evening of freeplay. These sessions give students the opportunity to get some sparring practise in against a range of students with a range of weapons, incorporating the various techniques learnt at training.
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Reading Training – 2nd September 2024
With tournament season in full swing, our Reading students ran a mini tournament prep and judging block across both streams. This included ways of changing your fight, judging and then closing with a friendly tournament.
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Oxford Training – 29th August 2024
It was our regular weekly training session in Oxford tonight and students were treated to the last of Kristian’s lessons on Tournament Skills, which is particularly relevant due to it being tournament season