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The | The Four Basic Drills are: | ||
* [[First drill]] | |||
*[[Second drill]] | |||
*[[Breaking the Thrust drill]] | |||
*[[Exchange of thrust]] | |||
In their basic form they are shown right-handed scholar versus right handed scholar. | |||
However many students are left-handed. For two left-handed scholars, simply mirror the drill. Things get more complicated when a left-hander and a right-hander are paired together. We call this "cross-handed". In this case, we have canonical forms of the basic drills. | |||
As a general rule, the defender's guard position and first action defines which drill is being done (this is of course entirely arbitrary). | |||
See: | See: | ||
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[[Category:Longsword]] | [[Category:Longsword]] | ||
[[Category:Fiore]] | [[Category:Fiore]] | ||
[[Category:FioreBasic]] | [[Category:FioreBasic]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:58, 11 January 2026
The Four Basic Drills are:
In their basic form they are shown right-handed scholar versus right handed scholar.
However many students are left-handed. For two left-handed scholars, simply mirror the drill. Things get more complicated when a left-hander and a right-hander are paired together. We call this "cross-handed". In this case, we have canonical forms of the basic drills. As a general rule, the defender's guard position and first action defines which drill is being done (this is of course entirely arbitrary). See:
