Practice yesterday went wonderfully. We held it at Fraser River Heritage Park again and we had some nice sunny weather. After last week I had been thinking about and practicing footwork all week. Godfrey had mentioned that I was lunging and planting, which was allowing him to step just out Read more…
This is part of an ongoing project to summarize and provide SCA focused commentary on The Schoole of the Noble and Worthy Science of Defence by Joseph Swetnam, published in 1617.
For links to the other sections of the Swetnam Project please go here.
I am using this facsimile: http://tysonwright.com/sword/SwetnamSchooleOfDefence.pdf for the project.
We just finished covering stance/guard and a few basic parries. Now we move on to the next part of this section. I’m not sure why this section of chapter 12 is so long.
Swetnam tells us that there are three ways to hold a rapier.
This is part of an ongoing project to summarize and provide SCA focused commentary on The Schoole of the Noble and Worthy Science of Defence by Joseph Swetnam, published in 1617.
For links to the other sections of the Swetnam Project please go here.
I am using this facsimile: http://tysonwright.com/sword/SwetnamSchooleOfDefence.pdf for the project.
This first subsection of chapter twelve introduces us to the basic guard for the Rapier and Dagger
Keep your rapier hand inline with the pocket of your hose, without bending the elbow, while your dagger hand should be inline with your left cheek, with your arm outstretched (not bowing the elbow), and with your rapier and dagger points within two or three inches of each other. Make sure that you can see your opponent clearly, and that your left arm is high enough not to obscure your view – you should be able to see your opponent with both eyes. Keep your opponent centered between your rapier and dagger.
Have your head angled slightly toward the right shoulder, and have your shoulders square to your opponent, slightly tilted forward. Keep your thumb on the nail of your fore finger, rather than upon the blade of your weapon (which was the current fashion) so that you have a more secure grip upon your sword. The heel of your right foot should be in line with where your toes meet your foot.
Use the picture as an example, but if there is a discrepancy follow the words, not the picture.
Practice last night went well. Violante and I were working on a few things. She’s trying to get practice with attacking on angles, and not moving straight in, while I”m working on defenses and spotting openings. The two worked very well together. I’m finding myself remembering how to see openings, Read more…
Had a great time at Fencing last night. Wait, what? This is a food blog now? No, this is a fencing blog. Hmmm…. to be fair my Laurel was at practice today, does that connect my interests enough? Ok then. Back to the blog. There were five fencers last night, Read more…