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What should you spend your time on? My rules for prioritising what to do.

December 19, 2016 By Guy Windsor 1 Comment

In "Following my own advice" I described how I try to get something important done every day before checking emails. In that post I rather blithely referred to concentrating on ‘creating assets’, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: breathing exercises, exercise, fitness, health, lifestyle, meditation, nutrition, wealth

If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything! Free knee maintenance training for swordspeople.

December 1, 2016 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

“If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything!” Truer words were never spoken, certainly not by Count Rugen anyway.* Way back in the dawn of time when I began training martial arts, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: courses, exercise, fitness, footwork, free, health, How To, learning, online courses

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

The Breathing Book of Doom! (and get 50% off…)

September 3, 2016 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

  Everybody breathes, but some do it better than others. Breathing training is the foundation of my martial practice, and as with everything else I do, I'm happy to teach it to you. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books and Writing, Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: breathing, breathing exercises, courses, fitness, health, How To, learning, martial arts, windsor books, writing

Just breathe…

August 2, 2016 By Guy Windsor 18 Comments

I'm working on the latest instalment of The Swordsman's Quick Guide, which will cover my foundational breathing exercises. The book is already out to my test readers who have kindly volunteered to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books and Writing Tagged With: breathing exercises, health, how to start meditating, how to start meditation, meditation, windsor books, writing

Fuck it, but don’t poke the bear. How to train when sick.

March 14, 2016 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Everybody gets sick or injured every now and then, and I’ve had a pretty rough winter so far in that regard which has got me thinking about how I train when sick. In this post I’ll lay out my general … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: fitness, health, injuries, sword class, training mindset

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