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.

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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