Come one come all to Longsword Open Floor! Bring your gambesons,
helmets, armour, gauntlets or padded gloves, and longswords. We will
be doing free sparring and slow work. There will also be lots of
floor for exercises. If you don't have all your gear together, that's
alright come out and do some drills or slow work and take advantage of
the opportunity to 'put it all together'.
helmets, armour, gauntlets or padded gloves, and longswords. We will
be doing free sparring and slow work. There will also be lots of
floor for exercises. If you don't have all your gear together, that's
alright come out and do some drills or slow work and take advantage of
the opportunity to 'put it all together'.
Floor opens at 7pm, longsword sparring at 8pm.
This is also a great night to bring out your sideswords and arming
swords. Rapiers are of course always welcome and the floor will be
open to regular Open Floor activities.
I look forward to seeing you all there.
Devon
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.