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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

Online course, almost there! Plus a little vlogging…

June 30, 2016 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Tomorrow, I’ll pull the trigger on my latest venture: an online course. It is called “Recreate Historical Swordsmanship from Historical Sources” and by the time it is done, it will be a clear and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Projects Tagged With: learning, lifestyle, online course, online sword course, sword class, video

Training for Boldness

June 13, 2016 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

Boldness is a key virtue in swordsmanship. Perhaps the key virtue. Under the Lion on the famous segno page, Fiore wrote “Piu de mi leone non porta core ardito. Por di bataglia fazo a zaschun invito”. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: beginner swordsplay, general principles, learning, sword class, sword drills, video

Women’s Class

April 8, 2016 By Guy Windsor 7 Comments

I have always made sure that there are at least some women in the photos in all of my training manuals. This photo from The Swordsman's Companion is one of my favourite pictures ever: Last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Reports Tagged With: sword class, teaching, training, travel, USA trip, video, women

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

How to solve your fencing problems: with flowcharts!

September 21, 2015 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

I think that training ought to be focussed and goal oriented. The goal in any fencing context is to strike without being struck, so any problem can be thought of as “I’m getting hit” or “I’m not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: form, How To, longsword guards, medieval longsword, sword class, sword drills, training mindset

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