Last Pre-Champs training sess with Anezka, focusing on secondary use.

So a little rapier and cloak training this afternoon.

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Our beginners and intermediate fencers work through some cloak parries… in slow motion!

Partying with the cloak has the benefit of keeping the sword free to strike at whatever angle is needed.

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Our Tuesday Rapier Crew working on offline movement when attacking to get around the cloak.

Here Gavin and Tristan work through the Intagliata (or cross-line lunge) to bank around a potential cloak parry.

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Our classical fencing crew further explore the cloak with the dueling sword this weekend, starting off with some simple attacks and then defending against late afternoon blows.

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