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


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


[[Rapier Syllabus]]


Solo drill: Grip, guard position, disengages, lunge:
== Solo exercises ==


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


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*[[Footwork drills]]
 
*[[Striking drills]]
 
*[[The Rapier Footwork Form]]




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


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


*[[Specific Plays from Capoferro]]
*[[Compound counter-riposte drill.]]
*[[Disengage, Counterdisengage, Redisengage]]
== The Plays from the Plates ==


A sample seminar, covering some basic techniques and practice:
[[Specific Plays from Capoferro]]


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== 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:Rapier]]
[[Category:Rapier]]
[[Category:Capoferro]]
[[Category:Rapier]]
[[Category:Training]]
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Latest revision as of 16:49, 6 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.