Rapier

Rapier (Capo Ferro) basic training:

Footwork drills

Pair drills

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