At the beginning of the month Academie Duello hosted Maestro Sean Hayes of the Northwest Fencing Academy for a weekend seminar that included 3 component workshops. The weekend was a resounding success and a joy to be a part of. I put a full review of the workshop up on SwordForum and you can read…
New for 2012 - Cavaliere Integrated Training Packages
We're really excited to be able to offer our new Integrated Training Packages for the Cavaliere Program. Starting in January you'll be able to pay a single monthly rate of $120+HST for all your mounted combat training. This includes the monthly Mounted Combat workshop and two Riding & Horsemanship sessions, saving you $60 off the…
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What did you expect to happen?
As promised, some reflections on practice garnered (or directly lifted) from Sean Hayes' workshop.A brief review: Sean was in Vancouver on 2, 3 & 4 December to teach three workshops on Armizare, Italy's knightly arts. He taught a workshop on solo practice, longsword body mechanics and unarmed, dagger and longsword. I'll be writing about the…
Bartitsu 10-dec
This week in Bartitsu: Introduction to Bartitsu workshop 1pm-5pm Ongoing class 3pm-5pm: Review of Savate: Knee strikes Jujitsu: Alternatives to standard throws, scissor take down Integration: Softening the opponent's base with leg strikes
Violent Illusions and Then We Party
"At its most basic level, the job is to choreograph fight scenes. But to do this effectively you need more than an arsenal of combat skills. You need an actor’s understanding of character, a director’s eye for story and a dancer’s feel for movement." - Daniel Levinson, Stratford Shakespeare Festival - Scene Notes Intro to…
Just in Time for a Bartitsu Workshop... Careful with the Face.
What is this marvellous fighting style from Victorian England that includes distractions, low kicks, and controlling the balance and reach of attackers? Why, it’s Bartitsu! Plus a little Wing Chun, since that’s Robert Downey Jr.’s previous training. Bartitsu Workshop This Saturday 10-December is an Introduction to Bartitsu workshop at Academie Duello in downtown Vancouver. For…
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A couple mentions of Academie Duello in the media today
A few mentions today of Academie Duello in the media:The Winnipeg Free Press mentioned us in an article on experiential gift giving: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/style/experiential-gifts-...Anny Chih, Free Lance Writer, and Devon Boorman appear in Yahoo's photo of the day: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/photo-of-the-day-slideshow-1309242001-slideshow/...
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Congratulations to Our New Horsemen & Last Chance for Mounted Combat 2011
Last Sunday six participants in the Riding & Horsemanship series enjoyed the beautiful weather at Red Colt while they proved their prowess at handling and caring for their mounts in assessing Horsemanship 1. Congrats to Alex, Rick, Percy, Moutie, Kat and Tyrel who are now ready to move onto Horsemanship 2. Kat and Moutie also…
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Sword Press Gift List II & Size matters
WMA activities within the press seem to be continuing a fore-mentioned holiday lull, so we’ll continue shopping for that special gift for that hard to guard-against shop-for sword-specialist. Respects, Wes Drool … drip, drip … slobber We have from time-to-time seen some picturesque catalogues supporting various auction houses offering antique militaria – but this offering…
Slow work
I know you're probably wondering about all the great ideas that came out of Sean Hayes' workshop this past weekend. In truth there are many, but, I thought I would instead write about slow work and the things to keep in mind when you're practicing slow work.Here, then, are my seven rules to doing slow…
Bartitsu 2-December
This week in Bartitsu: Cane review: bayonet strikes Savate lesson: knee strikes Integration: cane defense versus kicks and other close combat combos See you at 3pm.
A little story of swordplay classes from @AnnyChih
Local Vancouver Blogger Anny Chih came in a couple months ago and participated in Taste of the Renaissance. She had a great time and wrote up her story about her experience on her blog here. It's worth checking out.
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Swordfighting in the new Science World lip-dub video
Science World, Vancouver's excellent science centre, has recently renovated and expanded. To celebrate the occasion they put together a lip-dub video and Duello members Rodge and Dan were there to insert a little swordplay. What's science without swords? Check out their video on their website here. Rodge and Dan are at 3:25.
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