A crew of twelve braved the wet November weather this morning to duel through the streets of Vancouver in the Grey Cup Parade. In the gallery you can see a couple pre-parade shots. One in gleeful anticipation, the other a view of everyone crowding together for warmth under a shop awning.

The parade was a great success and everyone had a moist, but excellent time. Here's a short video clip from the front of the parade with Greg and Yan working through a sword flow exercise followed by Kimmie, Aurelia, and Matheus doing the sidesword progression, then our noble parade vehicle and hidden in the back sparring pairs including Jen, Chris, Kevin, Phil, Kat, and Adrian.

Thanks everyone for being there! You made the whole experience a lot of fun.

Devon Boorman is the Co-Founder and Director of Academie Duello Centre for Swordplay, which has been active in Vancouver, Canada since 2004. Devon’s expertise centres on the Italian swordplay tradition including the arts of the Renaissance Italian rapier, sidesword, and longsword, as well as knife and unarmed techniques.
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