A couple of weeks back I was teaching finding & gaining the blade in my Intro to Italian Rapier (online) program. Part of this is teaching how to deal with opponent’s who are tall or holding their sword so high that traditional finding/gaining doesn’t work well.

Transports are the answer, however, they’re hard to teach & learn without a partner since feeling that pressure of the opponent’s blade is very useful feedback.

So I took out Rochefort (my fencing pell) to do a quick video on transports in the Italian Rapier system.

Transports are one of my favorite fencing mechanics and I was excited the day I realized what I was doing was an actual period technique and not just be being tricksy on the fencing list.