Rapier Voids for Lefty vs. Righty
If you're a left-handed historical fencer, don't discount body voids. Here are sample rapier voids for lefty vs. righty.
Simple Rapier Drill to Do with Minimal Space & No Sword
If you're lacking room at home, try this tennis ball fencing lunge drill. Perfect for historical fencers focused on rapier & smallsword.
Making Rapier Drills Better, Episode 1: The Wall Stabbing Drill
Stabbing a wall is a popular new rapier fencer drill, but it can be more useful by shifting the focus onto practicing measure.
Rapier Strength Exercise: Slow Motion Lunge
How slow can you lunge? This rapier exercise will test your muscular endurance and control as you lunge in slow motion.
Rapier Strength Exercise: The Static Lunge
The Static Lunge aka the Isometric Hold Lunge is a great rapier strength building & muscular endurance exercise.
LOST IN TRANSLATION: How Translation Differences in Alfieri’s ‘La Scherma’ Impact Martial Interpretation
It's easy for ideas or actions in historical fencing manuals to get lost in translation - literally. Here's how two Alfieri translations presents very different plays.
Revisiting Plate VIII of Alfieri’s ‘La Scherma’
Another fencer's interpretation on Alfieri's Plate 8.
A TALE OF TWO TRANSLATIONS: Looking at Chapter VIII of Alfieri’s ‘La Scherma’
At a recent SCA Arts & Science event, I demonstrated how two different Alfieri translations present very different play interpretations.
Text for Mistress Eva Woderose’s Provost Contract
Here's the text for my SCA Provost contract, based off of English & French Renaissance fencing ordinances and traditions.
Who Were the ‘Enfants Perdus’?
Who were the French 'enfant perdus' -- aka the 'lost children'? We look at the poor souls doomed to die during 17th Century battles.