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20 05, 2023

School of the Sword Freeplay Day – 20th May 2023

2023-05-22T07:49:44+00:00May 20th, 2023|Oxford|

Oxford played host to a special freeplay day today where students as well as members from other clubs were invited up to spar with one another. Many thanks to all our members and friends from other clubs – some who’d come a long way- who made this sold out event so much fun!

3 05, 2023

Godalming Training – 3rd May 2023

2023-05-08T10:30:50+00:00May 3rd, 2023|Dagger, Godalming, Rapier, Sword & Buckler|

At the end of each training block we have a night of freeplay. Tonight, it was Godalming’s turn. We also held gradings where three beginners graduated to full membership.  Congratulations to Jonathan, Jeremy and Michael who rise from the rank of candidati to Studenti

25 03, 2023

Oxford Sparring – 25th March 2023

2023-04-20T08:07:17+00:00March 25th, 2023|Dagger, Longsword, Oxford, Rapier|

This weekend saw students from our Oxford chapter head out for some outdoor freeplay.  Sparring gives them a student 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.

26 02, 2023

Oxford Sparring – 26th February 2023

2023-03-16T18:27:07+00:00February 26th, 2023|Dagger, Longsword, Oxford, Rapier|

Our Oxford students were joined today by members of Milton Keynes’ Clashing Steel for their regular sparring session. Fighting against new opponents not only gives you an opportunity to practise your skills, but to see how they stack up against an unknown opponent.

18 02, 2023

Godalming Freeplay Day

2023-03-15T18:13:07+00:00February 18th, 2023|Dagger, Events, Godalming, Longsword, Rapier, Sword & Buckler|

Our Godalming chapter played host to a Freeplay Day where fighters from clubs far and wide descended on Godalming to engage in a day of fun sparring. These events provide the perfect opportunity to experience different sparring partners, some of them learning different systems.

29 10, 2022

Godalming Saturday Sparring – 29th October 2022

2022-12-27T09:42:52+00:00October 29th, 2022|Dagger, Godalming, Rapier, Sword & Buckler|

Some of the members from our Godalming chapter spent part of their day enjoying one of our regular open air sparring sessions. These sessions give students the chance to practise the things they’ve learnt in class as well as get in some much needed sparring.

11 09, 2022

Oxford Sunday Sparring – 11th September 2022

2022-09-12T23:56:48+00:00September 11th, 2022|Dagger, Longsword, Oxford|

Members of our Oxford chapter met up today for some outdoor sparring. Students got some extra practise in with a number of weapons including longsword and daggers.

10 07, 2022

Introduction to Historical European Martial Arts Course

2022-07-11T05:47:33+00:00July 10th, 2022|Dagger, Events, Sword & Buckler|

School of the Sword lead instructor, Fran Lacuata, was in Dorset this weekend teaching an introduction to Historical European Martial Arts course at the Ancient Technology Centre in Cranborne.

The course focused on teaching renaissance swordplay where participants could learn the basics of greatsword, sidesword, dagger, buckler and more!

4 07, 2022

Reading Training – 4th July 2022

2022-07-06T17:14:11+00:00July 4th, 2022|Dagger, Rapier, Reading|

Tonight at our Reading Chapter we saw the start of a new introductory course for beginners, together with dagger fighting and some serious studying of Capoferro for our more experienced students

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