Movement and Building the Coiled Spring
Class before last I was without a partner, and watching the rest of the students go through a drill. I couldn’t stop bouncing. I was full of energy…already past the first hour of heavy work, but still raring to go….
A look behind the doors
If we had doors to hide behind, anyways… Putting together the first promo clip for the Valkyrie WMA Assembly was a bit of a challenge. Our camera has been busy. I leave it on a table at the side of…
Measuring Marozzo
With only a simple lunge to deal with, measure control with a rapier can still be a complex issue. You need to build skill in absolute measure…knowing your reach and timing to touch a static object. You need to have…
Progressive Structure and the Art of Teaching
Scattered about me on the floor are printouts of Marozzo’s progression. A copy of Talhoffer propped in a little tent on a page I’d noted to follow up later. A translation of Fiore sneaks out from under “Secrets of German…
Giant Killing
When I was 19, I was studying Hung Gar Gung Fu. I trained really hard, five or six days a week, lots of weight training and full-contact work. At one point I was working graveyards at a 7-11 in what…
Dead Angles of the Sword and Needle
Lying in the dentist’s chair yesterday was a good stoic check-point for me. I grew up with a terrible fear of dentists, and needles in particular. Previous appointments were only possible with healthy doses of atavin to keep me calm…well,…
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