There’s some Old Fencing Lore in here.

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Finally building my army of jaegers! World domination is near! *insert evil cackle*😈😈😈

📹 Patrick from the Dallas Renaissance Sword Guild.

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More lantern fencing fun with Marli at HARP Fencing.

I *think* in these I was supposed to keep blinding her and take it away but ended up just blinding on occasion instead.

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Spring is here! First outdoor training sess of the new season. Working some saber with Eli in prep of Arsenal Assault of Arms this month.

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Last training session with Anezka before Rapier Champs last month.

This was where we put it all together — direct attacks, disengagements, feints, renewals, infighting, second intention, etc.

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Congrats to our founder @thetavernknight.bsky.social for being awarded with the Award of Benzaiten, given to an individual who demonstrates exceptional skill in teaching within the East Kingdom of the SCA!

📸 Brendan Crane

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Part 2 of building 1st with Eli. No VO, just the live coaching notes.

Last vid we looked at the direct cut from 1st, which is nice and clean. This time we looked at circular cut to the head from 1st — a nice 🍞&🧈 combo.

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Part 2 of the Glide or Infight option drill — outside line.

This is done with SCA rapier rules in mind where grappling is pretty limited.

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We knew the lists for SCA East Kingdom’s Rapier Champs were gonna be real tiny* and that would potentially mean an increase number of messy infighting**.

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Congrats to Katerina for being inducted into the SCA Midrealm's Order of Defense, the organization's highest fencing award given for both skill and leadership in the community!

📷 Jana Howson and Bo Ring

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Last week one of our local Academie fencers, Edvard, headed to Chicago and got to fence some of our remote fencers, Katerina and Anna, at their local SCA practice!

East 🤝 Mid

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Different approach to the Low Guard, this one inspired by Pascha. It’s a little more classical in nature with engaging low.

Instead of Pascha’s “pop & lock”, we target the wrist with a thrust. If the opponent disengages their blade high, re-engage and glide.

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From Grace to Gremlin: The Anezka Story

Just a few cool stills from recent training vids. We work hard and laugh hard. ⚔️💙

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Got a new shirt design! The Schlussel, AKA the guard i cannot possibly do in my lobsters but really want to, is now out in all sizes and several colours. Check it out (if you want)

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This past summer I took the online Fencing Pedagogy & History class, as part of the Sonoma State University Fencing Masters Certificate Program (SSU FMCP).

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After doing some coached sparring to start the lesson, we found a few holes or actions that needed refinement, so we built it into this drill.

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Some more mounted fencing training from a little bit back.

We are also working on getting the horses acquainted with trotting at one another while the swords go *clack*.

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Sandbox Exercise!

We gave our fencers’s a fun sword & cloak problem — how to get out of an opponent’s cloak bind.

Was fun to see what folks came up with. Here are a few ideas they came up with!

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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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This hit with control from our fencer Ethan at IGX Spring’s rapier tournament 🤌🤌🤌

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Congratulations to our fencers who medaled in Frogfecht 2025’s Team Longsword tournament!

🥈Colin, Dustin, Nick

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Congratulations to our fencers who medaled in Frogfecht 2025’s Open Rapier tournament!

🥇Nick
🥈Matt
5️⃣Sean

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