With the recent change to the C&T rules, fencers are now required to have padding on the backs of their hands, fingers, and down to 1″ below the wrist when fighting with single-handed weapons. This requirement can be met in a number of ways – such as buying a pair of padded gloves. However, many […]
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Adding Padding to your Gloves for C&T Leave a comment
Drills of the week #3: November 15, 2018 Leave a comment
With only Verena and me at last week’s practice, we worked on cleaning up the Giganti plate 4 & 5 drills we worked the previous week. This week was our first indoor practice – except we were locked out of the building. Warm-ups: 25 lunges “Gawin says” footwork drill: Everybody except the “caller” lines up. […]
Drills of the Week #2: November 1, 2018 Leave a comment
At this week’s practice, we had a larger turn-out than usual. Galen, Verena, and Finn are the usual crowd, but Ayisha was visiting from out of town and we have a new person named Clark who recently started school at the University. This meant that the drills for the evening needed to be divided into […]
Core Italian Rapier Drills: Drills of the Week #1 1 comment
The popularity of historic martial arts has exploded over the last few years, but learning how to fence from historical fencing treatises can be difficult. One of the most common errors I’ve seen people make is to fail to become proficient with the core actions and drills of a historic fencing system before plowing ahead […]
Limited Front Engagements: Attacking a Killing Cup 8 comments
One of the more difficult tactical situations that arises during SCA rapier melees is the limited front. These typically take the form of doorways that must be breached in order to capture objectives and they are often the source of frustration, especially in larger melees such as the Siege of LaRochelle at Pennsic. The conventional […]
Concussions in Fencing 5: Armoring Up 22 comments
(Ed. This is part 5 of a multi-part series. Comments that indicate a failure to read previous entries shall be mocked and, possibly, moderated with extreme prejudice. The author took the time to do the research, you can take the time to read it) (Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4) What Causes Concussions: As we […]
Concussions in Fencing Part 4: Techniques for Avoiding Concussions 14 comments
(Ed. This is part 4 of a multi-part series. Comments that indicate a failure to read previous entries shall be mocked and, possibly, moderated with extreme prejudice. The author took the time to do the research, you can take the time to read it) (Part 1 Part 2 Part 3) In the previous articles, I […]
Concussions in Fencing Part 3: Other Factors 4 comments
(Ed. This is part 3 of a 5 part series. Comments that indicate a failure to read previous entries shall be mocked and, possibly, moderated with extreme prejudice. The author took the time to do the research, you can take the time to read it) (See Part 1, Part 2, Part 4) In the previous two […]
Concussions in Fencing part 2: The Typical Blow 8 comments
(Ed. This is part of a 5 part series. Comments that indicate a failure to read previous entries shall be mocked and, possible, moderated with extreme prejudice. The author took the time to do the research, you can take the time to read it) (See Part 1, Part 3, Part 4) Knowing how much force […]
Concussions in Fencing: Part 1 8 comments
(See Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) What is a Concussion? Until somewhat recently, concussions were seen as a relatively mild injury. However, in the last few years, a growing body of evidence has demonstrated the long-term consequences of these injuries to medical professionals and the public at large. Simply put, a concussion is a […]