Here at Academie Duello you will often hear us talk about the True Fight and the Adaptive Fight. Both are important to learn so one can transition and flow between the two of them using both to paint a full combative picture.
In the True Fight the attacker and defender are in a dance of control, seeking positions of strength, withdrawing when they have lost, moving in when they have regained. This is the strategy of the duel.
The Adaptive Fight is the strategy of the battlefield. Time is short and each action must reach an advantageous end. You will learn to proceed forward regardless of the outcome of any given action, seeing each response the opponent may give you, even when it appears to defeat your own, as an opportunity to enter, seize control, and decisively end the engagement. This is not a fight for the timid.
On Saturday, August 23rd from 3pm- 7pm we are pleased to offer a workshop focusing on the Adaptive Fight featuring the longsword. In this 4-hour workshop students will learn:
- How to make split second tactical decisions based on feel of the blade.
- How to work from losses and ties in the crossing.
- How to adapt smoothly to changing combative situations and maintain a combatively dominant position.
- How to enter into wrestling plays and take a fight to the ground without ending up on the ground yourself.
This workshop is ideal for experienced and inexperienced combatants and will help any longsword wielder increase their confidence behind the sword and their practical combative ability.
You can REGISTER online, or call us at 604-568-9907, or come visit us at our downtown location at 412 West Hastings
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. Read more from Devon Boorman.