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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

Seeing the future: training foresight.

April 27, 2016 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

There are few things that all martial artists agree on, but I think this may be one of them: “it’s easier to fight someone if you know exactly what they are going to do”. To predict their actions. To … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: avvisamento, fiore longsword, manuscripts, sword drills, sword texts, training mindset, video

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

Wrong again! First play first master zogho largo, revisited.

April 20, 2015 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

While I was at the Armizare 2015 event, I had a discussion about Fiore’s first play of the first master of zogho largo with Francesco Baselice. Let me summarise our interpretations, with reference to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: fiore longsword, form, sword class, sword drills, video

Is Syrio Forel from Game of Thrones the worst (fictional) fencing master ever?

September 18, 2014 By Guy Windsor 1 Comment

Training montages are common in swashbucklery movies and TV shows; you know the sort of thing, where the young student is trained by the old master. As you may imagine, these are usually my favourite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Reports Tagged With: beginner swordsplay, game of thrones, guy windsor longsword, sword class, sword drills

The Exchange of Thrusts: excerpt from the new book!

April 9, 2014 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Greetings! You may be thinking about pre-ordering my new longsword book through the Indiegogo campaign. In case you're wondering what the book contains, you can see the table of contents on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: crowdfunding, fiore longsword, How To, sword class, sword drills

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