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How to recreate historical swordsmanship from historical sources

March 8, 2017 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

I have just created a syllabus for creating a syllabus. You read that right. The end product of my Recreate Historical Swordsmanship from Historical Sources course is a complete syllabus for the style … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: courses, learning, manuscripts, online courses, Research, sword texts, video

Why “Make Good Art” is the best advice of all time.

November 10, 2016 By Guy Windsor 1 Comment

Every now and then I come across something that expresses an idea I sort of know and believe, and snaps it into sharp focus. Neil Gaiman’s “Make Good Art” speech did this for me.* You’ve probably seen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Make Good Art, Neil Gaiman, video, writing

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

How to keep kids safe around weapons and tools… your questions answered.

June 20, 2016 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Last week I ran a survey to find out what I should be working on next. This generated a very clear 'get on with the "systems from sources" online course' response. I am following orders, and hope to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: audatia, boarding school, How To, liechtenauer, online course, online sword course, parenting, sharp swords, video, windsor books

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

Execute, ruthlessly. Free ideas to make you millions.

May 16, 2016 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Creating a card game to teach the basic theory and terminology of a medieval combat system was really hard. Audatia is done though: four glorious character decks and two expansion packs; piled up on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: audatia, How To, lifestyle, productivity, video, writing, writing tips

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