Godalming head instructor, Fran Lacuata was at Imperial College London today to give a HEMA taster lesson to a bunch of students.
They were introduced to sabre, sidesword and spadone and were , in Fran’s words. “all absolute champs!”
Tonight we had three groups: study group, longsword and tournament practice.
In the study group, we are free to practice whatever we fancy drawing from a selection of sources. Tonight it was Cavalcabo, Bartitsu and Domenico Angelos smallsword.
The longsword group worked on cuts following the Meyer square, putting a music stand to good use!
And John introduced members to the rules, practices and roles of a tournament.
Coronavirus has brought the world to a near standstill, but that hasn’t held the HEMA community back.
Enjoy this short video edited by SotS member Alex Rye featuring SotS students and friends from all over the world.
https://sword.school/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_5454.mov
