Many years ago, while I was teaching at the Dawn Duellists Society, I fenced rapier with a visiting student. He was not a very experienced swordsman so I managed to stab him five times in the chest in … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2018
Sword bling!
I love seeing sword-themed art being created, and so far this year my eye has already been caught by two fantastic, and quite different, approaches. I'm not affiliated to either, and get no commission … [Read more...]
How to teach left-handers
I was recently contacted by a reader asking about teaching left handed students. It’s a common and relatively complex problem, so rather than confine my answer to an email I thought I’d post it … [Read more...]
The Theory and Practice of Historical Martial Arts is done!
There is a heady pleasure only authors know: the moment when the book you've been sweating blood over for the last many months or years, is finally done. Here's the moment captured on video for … [Read more...]
Awesome fiction: Traitor’s Blade, by Sebastien de Castell
I don’t usually read books with sword-fights in them. There is always something that annoys me. A clear case of an author using sport-fencing experience to write about longsword fights, for instance. … [Read more...]