Three Things You Should Be Saying to Your Swordfighting Students
When teaching a martial arts class you have an opportunity to not only convey technique but to positively shape thinking. The psychology with which we…
Month: March 2021
Using Curiosity to Stay Slow in Slow-Fencing
The reality is that at full speed a reactive desperation to parry or an opportunistic desire to hit at all costs often create tunnel vision and lead t…
Learn the Language of Swordplay, Not Just its Tricks
Tricks and secret techniques have been a part of sword fighting since the beginning. From masters who advertised their “botti segreti” to teach for a…
Combat Mindset: Fight All The Way to the End
Perhaps this person is saving themselves from expending unnecessary energy contesting the inevitable. Perhaps they’re trying to soften some blow to …