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Freedom to Strike: a lengthy discussion of largo and stretto

June 13, 2018 By Guy Windsor 4 Comments

Ultra-geeky sword post alert: this is a lengthy and detailed discussion of some really specific terms from Fiore. Expect pedantry and nit-pickery, in the service of a definition of terms which has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: filippo vadi, Fiore dei Liberi, fiore longsword, Research

Integrating longsword and dagger plays

September 22, 2017 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Last week I talked about the importance of swordsmen learning dagger techniques, and I promised I'd explain how to integrate training the dagger material with the longsword material. This needs to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: dagger, Fiore dei Liberi, fiore longsword, learning, longsword, teaching

Seeing the future: training foresight.

April 27, 2016 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

There are few things that all martial artists agree on, but I think this may be one of them: “it’s easier to fight someone if you know exactly what they are going to do”. To predict their actions. To … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: avvisamento, fiore longsword, manuscripts, sword drills, sword texts, training mindset, video

The Book that began it all: Francesco Novati’s Il Fior di Battaglia

April 22, 2016 By Guy Windsor 13 Comments

Yesterday I went to visit my friend Peter Mustonen. He’s an arms dealer; but our kind of arms dealer: gorgeous antique swords, knives, guns, armour, shields; you name it, he has a delicious example. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books and Writing Tagged With: antiques, fiore, fiore longsword, hema, manuscripts, sharp swords, sword texts

How to Write Forms or Kata for Martial Arts Training

July 29, 2015 By Guy Windsor 3 Comments

We are in the middle of our annual monster seminar, the Fiore Extravaganza. We began with a day of pollax training from the medieval French manuscript Jeu de la Hache, taught by Lois Forster. Lois … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: fiore, fiore longsword, form, How To, pollax, sword class

Wrong again! First play first master zogho largo, revisited.

April 20, 2015 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

While I was at the Armizare 2015 event, I had a discussion about Fiore’s first play of the first master of zogho largo with Francesco Baselice. Let me summarise our interpretations, with reference to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: fiore longsword, form, sword class, sword drills, video

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