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Tag Archives: practice-notes
Practice Notes for Sept 21-27
L’Ange Rapier Beginner Review the basic footwork, alone and while in guard. Introduction to the guards. Images of the Guards Salute (summarized) Intermediate Review the basic footwork, alone and while in guard. Practiced lunges, focusing on off-line steps and putting … Continue reading
Meyer: Rethinking Footwork
In longsword chapter 10, there’s an exercise informally known as Meyer’s Cross. (Or “Meyer’s Square” for those people who don’t know what a square looks like.) The default footwork for this is alternating passing steps to the left and right. … Continue reading
L’Ange: Changing our Rapier Footwork
Up until now we used this footwork pattern for obtaining a constraint. (Only the right foot is shown.) 1: Patient stands in guard of Tertia. The Agent stands in Quarta on the inside. Start far enough apart that the swords … Continue reading
Practice Notes for Sunday, Dec 15, 2019
We covered a lot of material in Sunday’s rapier class. For your benefit, I’ve taken the time to writing up some notes and posting them in our new website. https://hemadrillbook.azurewebsites.net/b/L’Ange/p/Main/t/commentary The new sections are: Chapter 4: How You Shall Recognize … Continue reading
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Scholars of Alcala Class Notes – May 1, 2016
Facebook – YouTube – Member’s Site Longsword Warm-ups focused on the sword dance (a.k.a. Circling the Numbers) and Meyer’s Cross. Guard of the day: Pflug Meyer’s Longsword – Analysis of Right Pflug Today’s emphasis was on the location and orientation … Continue reading
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Practice Notes for Jan 10, 2016
Beginner’s Longsword We started with the nachreisen or following after techniques for Pflug. These are attacks that you make when someone either cuts too wide or pulls back their weapon for a new cut. Beginner’s Sword and Buckler We had … Continue reading
Practice Notes for July 7, 2015
Open Session – Broadsword Some of us were looking at “Anti-Pugilism or the Science of Defence Exemplified in Short and Easy Lessons for the practice of the Broad Sword and Single Stick”. This book is available in the codex “Highland … Continue reading
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Practice Notes – Dec 18, 2014
Sabre Fenced sabre without masks or other protective gear. Not something we do often, but it really helps to reconnect with the fact that we are dealing with weapons, not just toys. And the extra mobility and visibility you gain … Continue reading
Tournament Notes – Jan. 2014
The trick with shinai and shield is to treat it just like an arming sword and buckler. Use the same combinations, but with more emphasis on the falso to cut over the shield. Standard defenses such as showing a montante … Continue reading
Practice Notes: Rapier and Rotella
This was an Adrian Empire practice, so hands, wrists, knees, and lower-legs are off limits. Thrusts are to the lightest touch and all cuts are allowed as long as they are with the edge. We were using complex hilts, but … Continue reading