Every martial art will first teach the student how to stand, and the ideal positions to fight from. For actors in a stage fight, they must start with an appropriate stance for their weapon or historical period, combine that with their character's attitude, and sometimes add nuances of injuries or mannerisms. Basic Stance Standing upright…
Pacific Sword Press
Today’s (very late) offering is dominated by the Pacific – not exactly the first place that comes to mind if you’re challenged to name the top-three hotbeds of WMA-HEMA activity. However, if you live or work along the Pacific coast or serve anywhere atop it… chances are that you’re going to be involved with a…
Multi-Format Tournament 2012 Report
On June 23rd and 24th, a number of Academie Duello students and a few out-of-town friends joined together in some friendly competition at the annual Multi-Format Tournament. This year we had four different categories to compete in, over two days: Saturday we held longsword and sidesword tournaments, and on Sunday we ran beginner and open…
Setting the Pace
First off, thank you to all you wonderful volunteers who came out yesterday, post-Canada Day hangovers notwithstanding, to pound posts, hammer rails, attack weeds and re-hang gates at Red Colt! We got a lot done in a short time and we couldn't have done it without you! Transitions Up until now in our Riding level…
This week's swordplay videos on Duello.TV
Welcome everyone to a new week in swordplay at Academie Duello and on Duello.TV! We just celebrated Canada day this past weekend by participating in the Vancouver Canada Day Parade. We had more than 60 fighters with longswords, sideswords, rapiers, and bows fighting their way through the streets of downtown. There's no better way to…
July Is Upon Us!
SwordFit Bootcamp at Academie Duello! Step into the middle ages for an adventurous and exciting training program unlike anything you have done before. Our program is designed to help you burn fat, build muscle and learn swordplay along the way! At Academie Duello, we believe that the journey to physical fitness should be…
Intention
Next in our series of guest bloggers today: Matheus Olmedo. Matheus has been with the Academie for about a year now and has quickly risen through the ranks to become a senior Blue cord as well as an instructor in the Warrior Fundamentals program. During 2011 Matheus was at the studio usually more than I…
No Stage Combat Today
Just a reminder that the FDC Annual General Meeting is preempting today's stage combat class. Capilano college is hosting the AGM as part of the Nationals at 6:30 pm today. Comment on this post on our Posterous Blog.
Canada Day weekend hours
Academie Duello will be closed on Monday 2 July during the day for (post) Canada Day. The store and studio will be closed until 5 pm. Day time classes are cancelled. All classes from 5 pm on are happening. Enjoy your weekend and we hope to see you out for the Canada Day parade! Comment…
Bartitsu Videos Worldwide
A picture is worth a thousand words (that's why we all like illustrations in our fight manuals), and a video is 30 images per second... so that's a lot better. Here's a selection of Bartitsu videos from around the world: Russia If you pause at 1m30, that poster was design by me, made to look…
Instructional Videos for this week at Academie Duello and on Duello.TV
Welcome to another week of curriculum at Academie Duello. We have had a lot of interesting things going on including a tournament this past weekend that featured competitions with the longsword, sidesword, and rapier for beginners and advanced practitioners. We haven't put out our own official recap yet (we're editing lots of video) but you…
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Academie Duello wants YOU to march in the Canada Day Parade with us
Calling all western martial artists and friends of Duello! If you're a student, member, former student, or sword fighting friend of Academie Duello we want you to join us in the Canada Day Parade on July 1st!We'll supply anything you need! Help us reach our goal of 100 paraders this year! Sword fighters, archers, bartitsu…
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Tournament time (again)!
We take a brief break this week from our view of the riding curriculum to make note of important upcoming dates. Mark Your Calendars! After last weekend's successful multi-format tournament and hot on the heels of the upcoming Cascadia North Accolade Tournament we have our annual Mounted Combat Tournament Sunday 26 August, 10am - 4pmRed…