I33 Sword and Buckler

This syllabus is based on our interpretation of one specific manuscript, Royal Armouries MS I.33. You can see scans of the original MS here: [1]. We are working primarily from Jeffrey Forgeng's translation, published in 2003 and updated in 2018. The interpretation has been significantly influenced by the work of Sean Hayes and Roland Warzecha.

Note: update needed to provide videos of all the basic drills, borrowed from the online course.

Related Resources

Book: we recommend ‘’The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship’’ by Jeffrey Forgeng (2018)

Online Course: Medieval Sword and Buckler Course

Basic training

• A convenient map of the I33 basic syllabus

Solo drills

• The Seven wards

• 7 guards cutting drill

• Finding the guard position

• Basic footwork and striking drill

• Rolling drill

Pair drills

• First ward First drill

• Second ward: second drill

• First ward: Krucke

• Second ward: halpshilt

• Third ward: schutzen

• Third ward: halpshilt

• Fifth ward: halpschilt

• First ward Walpurgis

Sword and Buckler (1.33) intermediate training:

• First ward Longpoint

• First ward Walpurgis

• Fourth ward: beset halpshilt

• Fourth ward: beset by first ward

• Sixth ward: beset by halpshilt

• Priest’s special longpoint

• Priest’s special ward

• Fiddlebow

• Apply counters to the bind to all set drills (adding one more step)

• Freeplay

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