Rapier

Rapier (Capoferro) basic training:

Map of Rapier syllabus

Rapier Syllabus

Solo exercises

• Solo drill: Grip, guard position, disengages, lunge:

• Footwork drills

• Striking drills

• 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:

CCR drill to step 10

Adding degrees of freedom to the previous drills

Sword alone freeplay

• Rapier and dagger drills

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.