Tuesday 10 January 2012

Messer and Dagger assessments

Training is has started for the level one messer and dagger certification.
We've chosen to start the new year with this as  it's very practical and has the most modern cross over of the medieval blade work (basically it's good, simple, solid, practical knife and machete fighting).

The certification course is running in class and will be assessed on:
Ability to transmit the full basic syllabus and principles to an unfamiliar class:
Against no opposition (slip and counter).
Against set opposition.
Against varied opposition.  
Ability to explain the reasoning for each variation.
And of course...
Ability to demonstrate practically in combat the principles shown.
 The course will consist of Talhoffer's messer (1467 section) and the use of  unarmed vs knife from the shears.

There will also be a weekend course messer course in March which will offer certification in messer only.
The subject is simple but as most of you can now attest there is a lot to get right and passes will only be awarded for excellence.
Train hard.

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