Rapier
Rapier (Capo Ferro) basic training:
Basic Capo Ferro:
Stringere
4 responses to the stringering: attack by cavazione, beat attack by cavazione, feint by cavazione, direct attack.
Parry riposte in 2 and 4
Compound counter riposte drill to step 5
Parry-riposte in a single motion in 2 and 4
Distance drills:
Distance drill
Patient Agent
Terza Terza
Find opposition, lunge in quarta
Parry riposte
Step back, with opposition
Recover forwards (remise)
Cavazione, lunge in seconda
repeat
Plays of plates 7,13,16,17,19 Scannatura Scanso della vita Scanso dell’ pie dritto
Compound counter-riposte drill.
Rapier (Capo Ferro) intermediate training:
CCR drill to step 10 Fabris: counter-guards Toccata Adding degrees of freedom to the previous drills Sword alone freeplay Rapier and dagger drills: 4 dagger parries Stringer-parry-strike Feint, parry, strike Sword and dagger X parry drill. All drills done as distance drills (see above for basic pattern) Sword and dagger freeplay
