Body Torque

Happy Halloween, very well done to the OLF class who trained hard and took their lumps well last night, very good stuff...
Tonight it's all longsword, starting with torsion work from vom tag. Engaging and using the muscles of the torso to power the blow.
From there we will be working on structure and striking zorn and zwerch from the the twisted position, followed by working squinter from a zorn start then a zwerch start. If we have time some free play.

This week 24th oct onwards.

Longsword: more work from the zorn, mutations and double, working the weak and strong. Lots of work on cutting paths and intention, a good opportunity to perfect your footwork and cuts.
Sword and Buckler...stand by for a very important announcement.

This week

Monday-Thursday. Longsword, zorn and various counters, beginning work on the squinter.
Friday: Rapier; subjection and entering in the angles.

This week...

This week. Wrestling, simple arm and hip throws, all from grips inside the arm. Longsword: Finishing the work with on posta di donna, drilling the strike with and without a step looking at the geometry of the step and analysing distance  . Drilling zwerch.
Friday Sutton. After the excellent work last week, more rapier, more sparring.

This week.

This week. All classes bar Sutton working the finer points of blade position, distance and footwork in posta di donna. Friday Sutton. More rapier, more sparring.