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Safety Guidelines for the Practice of Swordsmanship

October 18, 2016 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Safety Guidelines for the Practice of Swordsmanship These safety guidelines come from my Recreate Historical Swordsmanship from Historical Sources Course and have been adapted from The Duellist's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: beginner swordsplay, exercise, health, injuries, longsword, rapier, safety, sword class, training mindset

How to start a HEMA club: 3 principles and 7 steps.

September 27, 2016 By Guy Windsor 1 Comment

One of the most common questions I get asked is this: “there are no HEMA clubs near me. What should I do?”, and my answer is always the same: “start one”. So the next question is “how do I do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: beginner swordsplay, How To, learning, starting a HEMA club, teaching

Training for Boldness

June 13, 2016 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

Boldness is a key virtue in swordsmanship. Perhaps the key virtue. Under the Lion on the famous segno page, Fiore wrote “Piu de mi leone non porta core ardito. Por di bataglia fazo a zaschun invito”. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: beginner swordsplay, general principles, learning, sword class, sword drills, video

New Book! How to Teach a Basic Class

March 3, 2016 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Spring is in the air, the grass is pushing up under the snow, and books are making their way from my dusty hard drive and out into the world. Ok, in Finland, spring is nowhere to be seen. My kids … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books and Writing Tagged With: audatia, beginner swordsplay, crowdfunding, Finland, teaching, windsor books, writing

Is Syrio Forel from Game of Thrones the worst (fictional) fencing master ever?

September 18, 2014 By Guy Windsor 1 Comment

Training montages are common in swashbucklery movies and TV shows; you know the sort of thing, where the young student is trained by the old master. As you may imagine, these are usually my favourite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Reports Tagged With: beginner swordsplay, game of thrones, guy windsor longsword, sword class, sword drills

How to train with beginners: 3 principles to make it work for you.

February 20, 2014 By Guy Windsor 1 Comment

Beginner you are not, hmmm? Beginners are the future of any martial art. And lucky too: the best learning environment is when you are the least knowledgeable person in the room. Anyone you train … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: beginner swordsplay, How To, learning, sword drills, training with beginners, warm-up

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