Author: Devon Boorman

How do I make the other people in my group drill and do exercises? The short answer is that you don't "make" them do anything. But with a bit of empat…

I had the pleasure this past weekend of being a judge, ring director, and instructor at Lord Baltimore's Challenge in Washington, DC, an event put on …

Coming back after a long break? Stepping it up in a way you haven't before? Fact: the first week will be hard.

Don't expect the schedule to stay the same forever. It's normal and natural for a rhythm that worked last month to not work now. Here are some rhythms…

The Vancouver Martial Challenge is a weekend focused on the joy of sparring in a relaxed and collaborative environment. Throughout the weekend there …

This past weekend we held a charity event at Academie Duello called Duelling with Cause. It featured a tournament, swordplay demonstrations, and a lot…

Making sweat angels on the floor after every training session or working out to the point of injury aren't going to get you very far very fast. But if…

I'm a big fan of sparring games and other exercises that help bring a skill from drilling into a more fluid and combative environment. The Five Things…

A bulk of medieval and renaissance fighting manuals depict swordplay in shirts, jerkins, or gambesons, generally with light gloves, with both two hand…

I thought that today I'd revisit one core strategy I have found very valuable in my journey, keeping a simple training journal.