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== Rapier (Capo Ferro) basic training: ==
== Rapier (Capoferro) basic training: ==


[[Map of Rapier syllabus]]
[[Map of Rapier syllabus]]


Solo drill: Grip, guard position, disengages, lunge
[[Rapier Syllabus]]


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== Solo exercises ==


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


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


[[Specific plays from plates]]
*[[Striking drills]]


[[Compound counter-riposte drill.]]
*[[The Rapier Footwork Form]]




== Pair drills ==
*[[Pair drills]]
*[[Specific Plays from Capoferro]]
*[[Compound counter-riposte drill.]]
*[[Disengage, Counterdisengage, Redisengage]]
== The Plays from the Plates ==
[[Specific Plays from Capoferro]]
== Rapier (Capoferro) intermediate training: ==


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


CCR drill to step 10
CCR drill to step 10


Fabris: counter-guards
Toccata


Adding degrees of freedom to the previous drills
Adding degrees of freedom to the previous drills
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Sword alone freeplay
Sword alone freeplay


Rapier and dagger drills:
*[[Rapier and dagger drills]]
 
 
Sword and dagger freeplay
 
 
== Seminar footage ==


4 dagger parries
*A sample seminar, covering some basic techniques and practice:


Stringer-parry-strike
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Feint, parry, strike
*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.


Sword and dagger X parry drill.
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All drills done as distance drills (see above for basic pattern)
*Part 2: includes stringering games, plays of plates 7, 10, 13, 16, 17.


Sword and dagger freeplay
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[[Category:Syllabi]]
[[Category:Syllabi]]
[[Category:Rapier]]
[[Category:Rapier]]
[[Category:Capoferro]]
[[Category:Rapier]]
[[Category:Training]]
[[Category:Update]]

Latest revision as of 16:42, 12 January 2026

Rapier (Capoferro) basic training:

Map of Rapier syllabus

Rapier Syllabus

Solo exercises


Pair drills


The Plays from the Plates

Specific Plays from Capoferro


Rapier (Capoferro) intermediate training:

CCR drill to step 10


Adding degrees of freedom to the previous drills

Sword alone freeplay


Sword and dagger freeplay


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.