As part of a birthday treat, these two lovely people came to train a little bit of Girard Thibault and hang out in the armoury.

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Another stick broken, and the marks of your affection! I got a lovely mark from a controlled but swift blow from the staff that I neglected to block which was all in all, perfect.

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You’re training with who?
😱

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An online lesson on Achille Marozzo and the Anonimo Bolognese, Robyn and Bruce very much insisting on being part of it. Great progress throughout, very much looking forward to the next one.

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Side Quests with Luke | Episode 1: Swordsmanship with Josh Wichard & David Rawlings YouTube video by Luke Dale

This was enormous fun, if you want to watch actors from Kingdom Come Deliverance and Baldur’s Gate 3 talking swords with me for four hours, Dive in!

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“Thank you for visiting”

I love the way everyone is happily gazing into the distance all “ooh look” while Jo Sickles Annie in the head.

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“The prince expressly hath forbid this bandying in Verona streets”.

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A rare picture of the Friday late class. Tonight working through the anonimo Bolognese with a little more rapid fire intent. Fun times with amazing people.

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Look at those sweet, sweet parries.

It’s Girard Thibault night! Don’t forget your daggers as we continue our counters to the short and stabby!

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Running till the mind stands still.

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Going through the first section of Marozzo to take it back to class. Where the heck did the extra cut come from

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Waxing before we start polearms.

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The sword and buckler lesson and reworking some Paulus Hector Mair.
Tasty, to be fair, it is very tasty.

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How hot was it?
🔥🔥🔥That hot, and everybody brought the fire.
Freeplay all session in the second session.

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The Truth of the Sword.
A crew who were not only awesome to train with but also a lovely kind bunch of people. At the wonderful Rapier Vienna event.

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We stood with our backs to the walls, as dusk crept in, we fought, but the mosquitoes won.
A quiet class but great attention to detail.
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Ohhh where ever could I be now?

Girard Thibault is on the move!

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Please remember, we are a serious club, where serious things happen all the time and no one ever ruins your homework video.

😈⚔️😈

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Peak Summer in the Sword and buckler class.

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I do!

Starting the day with an online lesson. This time Joachim Meyer dussack.

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Dagger in the tent gate?

It’s fairly well shared but I might be able to find the video for you if you would like it DM’d

YouTube video by London Longsword Academy How hard is too hard? Solution to injuries in HEMA a debate worth having.

I was asked to offer an opinion, as some people suggested that certain responses to stab gate haven’t raised simple solutions.
Flame on.

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Sqweeeeee!

Yup, that was pretty much my reaction.

The two being held together?
If so it’s called covering the sword hand, or (my term) the buckler facilitating the action of the sword), if the point is up it is sometimes half shield. It’s a topic.:)

I loved being in Spain, wonderful people, intensely studious, but also so glad to be back to teaching in London. Tonight it’s I.33 sword and buckler!
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