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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

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

Unexpected Help, and dragging HEMA into the 21st Century by its hair.

July 8, 2016 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

I'm a Luddite, it’s true. I resist the march of technological progress because I think that most new technologies aren't labour saving life enhancing devices at all. I was saying this back in the ‘80s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: breathing exercises, dagger, hema, how to start meditating, how to start meditation, Ipswich, learning, longsword, meditation, online course, online courses, online sword courses, rapier, sword school, writing

How to spot the bullshit in any martial arts drill, and what to do about it.

October 8, 2013 By Guy Windsor 4 Comments

The real thing is the only bullshit-free scenario in martial arts. If you’re an MMA fighter, that’s the ring on fight night. If you’re a soldier, that’s being in the presence of the enemy. And if you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship, Other Martial Arts Tagged With: dagger, fiore, fiore longsword, learning, longsword, martial arts, medieval longsword, safety, sword drills, training

Down under again!

January 30, 2013 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

The second day of the Sydney seminar began with revision and expansion on the first day’s work, taking some of the dagger plays into a freeplay-type context, then going over much of the sword material … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Australia trip, dagger, longsword, teaching

Entering the Fray

May 19, 2012 By Guy Windsor 4 Comments

One of the benefits to running an intermediate level class first thing every Monday evening, is that I get to put the seniors under a bit of pressure, make them work outside their comfort zones, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: intermediate swordsplay, learning, longsword, sword drill

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