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How to get it right first time: practising for state of mind

August 14, 2013 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

We had an interesting time in the “intermediates” class this week. (Those scare quotes are to point out that after all these years, we should probably be calling it the Advanced class. So I will.) We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: intermediate swordsplay, learning, meditation, mindful practice, sword drills

One Thing

May 9, 2013 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

In this week’s intermediate level class, our monthly freeplay diagnostic session, the theme was One Thing. We began with the cutting drill, and I gave them one round of it to identify one general … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: intermediate swordsplay, learning, mindful practice, sword class

Mindful Practice

April 26, 2013 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

This week’s intermediate class yielded some interesting insights. I began by asking my students what they thought my job was. As far as I see it, at their level, my job is mainly to keep their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: intermediate swordsplay, mindful practice, sword drill, training mindset

A trip up North

April 16, 2013 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

I have just come back from teaching seminar in Oulu, a charming little town in the North of Finland. Friday afternoon was spent doing game development with our game designer for the new card game, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: exercise, intermediate swordsplay, learning, sword class

Striking by the numbers

March 12, 2013 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

One of the difficulties of training in any art is the lack of measurable feedback. Every body is different, and there is little we can do to provide objective goals. Enter the tape measure. Readers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: intermediate swordsplay, reach, warm-up

Freeplay class

September 11, 2012 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Intermediates class on Sept 3rd 2012 was run as a freeplay class. The goal of this class was to improve students' freeplay skills, and to remind them of freeplay's place in the practice of historical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Reports Tagged With: freeplay, intermediate swordsplay, learning, teaching

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