Spadone: Swinging Big Swords
Greatswords (spadone in Italian) are a class of two-handed swords that tended to be longer and heavier than your typical medieval longsword. They had longer…
Greatswords (spadone in Italian) are a class of two-handed swords that tended to be longer and heavier than your typical medieval longsword. They had longer…
Twice a month Academie Duello hosts a sparring night we call Open Floor. Members from all of our programs come out on this one night…
In the Western martial traditions the master of a school was typically an employee of the student, like a hired coach or tutor. In an…
A question came up in a webinar once from an instructor in Indonesia about how to get by when minimal training equipment was available. This…
It’s been nearly a week since the 2022 Vancouver International Swordplay Symposium and I’m finally back on my feet enough to write up a brief…
There are many ways that you might look at sparring: As a simulation of life-and-death encounter, as an effort to kill or be killed, as…
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