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Archives for October 2012

In the beginning was the (s)word, part 4

October 25, 2012 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

So we are now half way through the beginners’ course, with no drop-outs. Fully half the course showed up for the basic class on Thursday last week as I mentioned in the previous post, another … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Reports Tagged With: beginner swordsplay, learning, series post, sword drills

¡Viva España!

October 22, 2012 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

I spent the weekend 13-14 October in El Escorial, Spain, attending the Asociación Española de Esgrima Antigua annual meeting, as an invited instructor. It was a welcome opportunity to catch up with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Spain trip, teaching, travel

In the beginning was the (s)word, part 3

October 19, 2012 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

This course is proceeding apace, helped along by the exemplary attendance record, and their tendency to show up on Thursdays. 21 out of 24 were there on Tuesday, which is pretty good. We began with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Reports Tagged With: beginner swordsplay, exercises, series post

In the beginning was the (s)word, part 2

October 16, 2012 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Between last week’s class and this one (on the 9th of October) we saw six out of the 24 attend class on Thursday 4th – this is an excellent proportion, especially for the first week. It takes some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Reports Tagged With: beginner swordsplay, learning, series post, warm-up

I Am Slow

October 11, 2012 By Guy Windsor 7 Comments

I am slow. So I study speed. The first advanced Fiore class every month is a freeplay-based session, in which we use freeplay and related exercises to expose specific weaknesses in individual … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: fitness, form, guy windsor longsword, health, How To, training mindset

In the beginning was the (s)word…

October 5, 2012 By Guy Windsor 6 Comments

One thing I have never done before is keep an exact record of what I (and others) teach over the eight weekly sessions of a beginners’ course at the Helsinki branch of my school. Of course it is never … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Reports Tagged With: beginner swordsplay, exercise, series post

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