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To share or not to share? 3 simple rules for knowing what to do

March 3, 2017 By Guy Windsor 3 Comments

  To Share or Not To Share? A good martial artist is responsive, not reactive. This is one of the key life benefits from martial arts training, so I’ll explain in some detail. Recently, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: internet etiquette, martial arts, operant conditioning, self defence, tactics

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

My top 5 martial arts, and why.

March 17, 2016 By Guy Windsor 5 Comments

Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of my School. I date it to the first demonstration and class I gave in a small room in the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki on March 17th 2001. While … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Other Martial Arts Tagged With: fitness, hema, hema tournament, martial arts

Dealing with it.

July 14, 2015 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

  Oh my, what a week it has been. I was scared of hitting “publish” on my last post, for obvious reasons. I am a big bad scary martial arty swordsman, or at least that’s how a lot of people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Personal Tagged With: boarding school, fear, martial arts, personal

Ethics, and the study of swordsmanship

June 26, 2015 By Guy Windsor 9 Comments

“Ethics (also moral philosophy) is the branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.”  - Wikipedia I am writing the fourth … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: ethics, hema, martial arts, writing

How to Memorise Forms (or anything else)

August 7, 2014 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Forms have been at the heart of martial arts practice since at least as far back as the Pyrriche war dances of ancient Greece, and documented in detail as early as 1536, in Achille Marozzo’s assalti … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: forms, How To, learning, martial arts

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