How to Create Empowered Learners; Not Just Competent Practitioners

by Devon Boorman August 11, 2016

A good teacher doesn’t just impart information to their students, they empower their students to be excellent learners. In my classes, I’m thinking not just about how I can increase my students' ability with a given technique in that moment, but what I can give them that will help them meaningfully practice, implement, and build…

Five Pieces of Advice for Getting the Most out of a Week-Long Swordfighting Intensive

by Devon Boorman February 18, 2016

This week I have been leading an instructor training intensive at Academie Duello. 50 hours of instruction in Italian swordplay technique, theory, and teaching methodology. So far it is living up to its name — intense — for both the students and the teachers. That's not a statement of distress, simply one of fact. The…