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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 by David Biggs and a large crew of people from diverse groups such as Maryland KDF, Virginia Academy of Fencing, and the DC-area SCA chapters.
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Coming back after a long break? Stepping it up in a way you haven't before? Fact: the first week will be hard.
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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 that work for others and might work for you.
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The Vancouver Martial Challenge is a weekend focused on the joy of sparring in a relaxed and collaborative environment. Throughout the weekend there are also individual challenges between participants and personal challenges that up the stakes and create a spectacle for the event.
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This past weekend we held a charity event at Academie Duello called Duelling with Cause. It featured a tournament, swordplay demonstrations, and a lot of cool audience participation. One of the things that the attendees got to try out was sabering a bottle of champagne. Here's how it's done.
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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 you never push yourself you'll also never have your capabilities expand to encompass new possibilities.
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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 Exercise is a sparring game that allows you to focus on five different techniques or ideas with just this goal.
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A bulk of medieval and renaissance fighting manuals depict swordplay in shirts, jerkins, or gambesons, generally with light gloves, with both two handed and one handed weapons. These are often presented alongside depictions of combat in full armour.
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I thought that today I'd revisit one core strategy I have found very valuable in my journey, keeping a simple training journal.
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This past weekend I had the special honour of seeing one of my senior students, Matheus Olmedo, elevated to the rank of Provost (the fourth level, just before Master). It was a superb thing to be a part of, along with my fellow examiners Maestros Greg Mele and Sean Hayes.
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