Paradigma-dingy
Five years ago I was frantic to throw out everything I knew about fencing, and find a new approach. All that carefully built up study into Capoferro, Marozzo and Fiore had left me feeling like I was still missing something….
Gamers
My first exposure to historical martial arts was in a tournament setting. All my training was intended to make me a tournament winner. I’ve fought in a lot of tournament, with a lot of rules. I’ve run tournaments and modifed…
Busted but not Broken
I’m on a an actual vacation this week. Actual as in not working, as opposed to just taking a break from posting. I’ll try to keep up on posts, but no guarantees. The weather is amazing, and I plan to…
Workout for the win
Why waste your time working out when you can spend that time drilling on your martial arts techniques? Twenty minutes of calisthenics is twenty minutes of precious class time taken away from honing lunges or cuts. Our classes put a…
Popping By For A Visit
I love swinging by other martial arts clubs. It’s always fascinating to see how other people train. Even when it’s a style you know very well, there is still the unique gestalt of the teacher and her students to make…
The Other Point of View
Screenwriting is a complex art. It has demanding rules, and success is rare. Like swordplay, it takes focused study of the art to master the basics. It has variations from medium to medium…feature films have a different format than sitcoms,…
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