This lesson was a two-part series focused on the bind (anbinden) and the handworks to strike your opponent safely. Part 1: Binding Strongly A bind is whenever the blades come together and make contact. This tends to happen when one fencer Provokes using a...
Just added to the calendar - Longsword Foundations 1 class for Nov 2nd to Dec 21st 2025! if you ever wanted to learn how to use a Longsword - this is a great opportunity to learn. Running 1-3pm on Sundays, Nov 2nd through Dec 21st, you'll learn the key techniques and...
Today (6/29/25) was rather sparsely attended, likely due to folks attending Pride. It was thus decided to have another Stump the Instructor session, rather than continue what we were working on previously. We started with some light review of the Gather Step and its...
Our Wednesday night 1.33 Sword and Buckler Foundation class concluded after 12 weeks. It was a blast to introduce the 1.33 material to our organization. We all learned a lot about how the buckler can be used in coordination with a sword. It was really interesting to...
Understanding what techniques are embedded in a drill or play can help you better learn how setup, execute, and transition from one technique to another while controlling the fight and maintaining your advantage.
“Stump the Instructor” – an open-format session where students bring up concepts, techniques, or practices they’re finding challenging, vexing, etc with the instructors.
Sweeps/Slashing and Gripping Over (Übergieffen) were the topics for today….
Joachim Meyer wants us to be able to “execute any cut, from any posture, to any of the 4 openings, at any time”… This is how we learn to do just that.
One of the cool things we'll be doing with the new website is posting a sort of "Instructor's Blog", which will include things like recaps of events, excerpts or summaries from lessons, and maybe a few posts on subjects that the instructors feel are worth sharing.