Last Saturday (March 17th) I taught a workshop on Applied Combatives for the Longsword. The focus of this workshop was on taking skills learned and practiced in technical classes and put them into the context of sparring. Exercises followed Fiore's four combative aspects Prudence, Courage, Fortitude, and Speed and put techniques under various kinds of duress to challenge and improve them.
The workshop was a terrific success from my perspective as a teacher and for the students (based on their reviews). Instructor Greg Reimer was there participating and helping out and he took some photos which I'm including here.
If you're sad that you missed the workshop head on out to <a href="http://www.chicagoswordplayguild.com/armizare-academy-a-celebration-of-the-knightly-arts">Armizare Academy</a> in Racine, Wisconsin September 14-16 where I'll be offering it as part of an awesome weekend of workshops on the Italian arts of medieval swordplay.
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.