I’m Teaching Workshops in Eugene and Chicago
If you live in Eugene, Oregon or Chicago, Illinois I’ll be in your area in the next few weeks teaching workshops on Italian Knife, Longsword,…
Chicago Tribune writes about swordplay, Bartitsu, and historically inspired fitness.
The Chicago Tribune has posted an article about our friends Forteza Fitness that includes some quotes from an interview with me as well as Tony Wolf, …
I am slowly going crazy
I wanted to write today on the interplay of speed between two people drilling together. Occasionally when a pair of students work on a set…
Near-indecipherable International Sword Press
It’s spring and a young duellist’s thoughts turn to … Europe! Apparently, they have lots of castle’s there, lots of blades lying around waiting to…
Some Longsword Love – Drills for Longsword Flow
The rapier gets a lot of love around Duello being that it’s the foundational weapon of our Mastery Program, but those of you who have…
Enjoying your training – Part 2
Last week I looked at the benefit of being happy when you’re training or as one commenter expressed it: “Always train with a feeling…
Thursday Drilling Recap: Rapier Collection Drills
Every Thursday I get together with a few of my senior students and we work on drills, sparring exercises, and body mechanics. Generally I have…
Reinventing Swordplay: Archaeologists vs Historians
One of the great things about a major convention of top-level specialists such as VISS or WMAW is that ideas and inspiration flow freely. For…
Your two jobs
Regardless of what kind of combat you’re in, you always have two jobs defend yourself position yourself to strike and strike Job 1 is easy.…
Announcing Duello.TV
On March 1st we will be launching a new Academie Duello website: Duello.TV. This is the evolution of the Academie Duello learning channelon youtube, that…