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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 Cargo-Cult Theory of Security

February 19, 2016 By Guy Windsor 3 Comments

During the Second World War, some tiny Pacific islands were suddenly strategically important, and inundated with Japanese or American service personnel and material. In the years following the war, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: How To, lifestyle, risk assessment, safety

Gun and shovel not required.

January 25, 2016 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

Ten days after I first arrived in Finland, back in 1994, I met a girl. Not very long after that I met her mother Kexy, a civil servant who was a serious horsewoman, and had hunted with her father when … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: parenting, personal, safety

Oh Finland, how art thou?

February 10, 2015 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Thanks to my latest posts, about Lucca and Florence, my Finnish friends are now thinking “right, we’ve seen the last of the English git. He ain’t never coming back”. But hold, not so fast. I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: Finland, safety, travel

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

Consuming Risk

August 29, 2012 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

Swordsmanship practice is inherently dangerous. The study of risk has been developed to the nth degree over the last five hundred years or so. For an excellent overview, see Against the Gods, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: advanced longsword, injuries, risk assessment, safety

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