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Following my own advice

December 7, 2016 By Guy Windsor 1 Comment

I just uninstalled the Facebook app off my phone. Shock! Horror! How could  I do such a thing? Well, yesterday I gave a class to some students on a professional writing course at the University … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Reflections Tagged With: email, learning, lifestyle, productivity, the swordsman's companion, writing, writing tips

Time for a Change of Pace

January 4, 2016 By Guy Windsor 7 Comments

It’s time for a change of pace. I have been a full-time professional teacher of historical swordsmanship since March 17th 2001. By which I mean it was my one and only job, source of income, and so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: hema, teaching, the swordsman's companion, writing

How to Write a Book

December 10, 2015 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Hello. Do you find yourself explaining the same thing over and over to various friends and colleagues? Wouldn’t it be easier to just explain it once, and then send the explanation to anyone who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books and Writing Tagged With: How To, how to write, medieval longsword, the duellist's companion, the swordsman's companion, windsor books, writing, writing tips

Are you a perfectionist? This might help.

November 3, 2015 By Guy Windsor 1 Comment

I understand perfectionism. In some areas of my life, I can see every flaw in what I am doing, and so it feels like everything I do is not nearly good enough. Good enough for me, that is. But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books and Writing Tagged With: lifestyle, process, the duellist's companion, the swordsman's companion, training mindset, windsor books

Geeking out on the Volta Stabile

April 13, 2015 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Good morning, and Happy Monday. When I got back to my salle last week, after a 3 month absence, I found two rather hastily constructed Marozzo stars on the floor, left over from Ilkka Hartikainen's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: distance, general principles, geometry, How To, longsword guards, sword class, the swordsman's companion

Thanks, chaps. SES turns 14 today!

March 17, 2015 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Fifteen years ago today, my employer Patrick Baxter laid me off from my job as a cabinet maker. Exactly one year later, I opened the School of European Swordsmanship in Helsinki. We began with a free … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: hema, the swordsman's companion, travel

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