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Solo drill: Grip, guard position, disengages, lunge:
== Solo exercises ==
 
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*[[Footwork drills]]
*[[Footwork drills]]
== pair exercises ==


*[[Pair drills]]
*[[Pair drills]]




A sample seminar, covering some basic techniques and practice:
 
== Seminar footage ==
 
*A sample seminar, covering some basic techniques and practice:


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Part One Rapier seminar held on March 31st 2012. This is the morning session of a full day seminar. It includes structural/grounding practice, footwork, basic actions and the plays of plates 7 and 16.
*Part One Rapier seminar held on March 31st 2012. This is the morning session of a full day seminar. It includes structural/grounding practice, footwork, basic actions and the plays of plates 7 and 16.


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Part 2: includes stringering games, plays of plates 7, 10, 13, 16, 17.
*Part 2: includes stringering games, plays of plates 7, 10, 13, 16, 17.


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== The Plays from the Plates ==
We will video the entire book plate by plate and play by play. The purpose of the drills is to enable us to perform the plays. the purpose of the plays is to enable us to kill our opponent in a duel.


== Rapier (Capo Ferro) intermediate training: ==
== Rapier (Capo Ferro) intermediate training: ==

Revision as of 08:26, 17 August 2012

Rapier (Capo Ferro) basic training:

Map of Rapier syllabus


Solo exercises




pair exercises


Seminar footage

  • A sample seminar, covering some basic techniques and practice:
  • Part One Rapier seminar held on March 31st 2012. This is the morning session of a full day seminar. It includes structural/grounding practice, footwork, basic actions and the plays of plates 7 and 16.
  • Part 2: includes stringering games, plays of plates 7, 10, 13, 16, 17.


The Plays from the Plates

We will video the entire book plate by plate and play by play. The purpose of the drills is to enable us to perform the plays. the purpose of the plays is to enable us to kill our opponent in a duel.

Rapier (Capo Ferro) intermediate training:

CCR drill to step 10

Fabris: counter-guards

Toccata

Adding degrees of freedom to the previous drills

Sword alone freeplay

Rapier and dagger drills:

4 dagger parries

Stringer-parry-strike

Feint, parry, strike

Sword and dagger X parry drill.

All drills done as distance drills (see above for basic pattern)

Sword and dagger freeplay