The Described Offensive Plays For Sotto il Bracchio

Offences Initiated With Thrust

Provocation With Thrust
Extend a thrust to the enemy’s hand.
(Libro 1, Capitolo 11)

Offensive Combination Using Thrust & Mandritto Or Riverso
From passo stretto, pass with the left foot throwing a punta riversa to the face, and then traverse right and throw a mandritto to the head or the forward leg, or better still attack with a riverso to head or leg.
(Libro 4, Capitolo 10)

Offences Initiated With Riverso

The Described Offensive Plays For Sopra il Bracchio

Offences Initiated With Thrust

Offensive Combination Using Thrust And Mandritto Or Tramazzone
Pass with your left foot and extend a thrust over your buckler, and then traverse right, and throw a mandritto or tramazzone as you wish.
(Libro 1, Capitolo 9)

Offensive Combination Using Thrust Feint and Tramazzone
Throw a punta riversa feint over your arm, but hit with a tramazzone.
(Libro 1, Capitolo 9)

Offensive Combination Using Thrust, Riverso, Falso, Riverso and Mandritto

The Described Offensive Plays For Guardia di Faccia

Offences Initiated With Thrust

Attack With Thrust To Face
When both in Guardia di Faccia, extend a thrust into his face.
(Libro 1, Capitolo 7)

Offensive Combination Using Thrust, Mandritto Feint & Riverso, Mandritto combination

The Described Offensive Plays For Guardia di Testa

Offences Initiated With Thrust

Offensive Combination Using Thrust / Tramazzone Combination
Extend a thrust to his face and redouble with a tramazzone.
(Libro 1, Capitolo 5)

Offensive Action With Montante Thrust
Pass with the right foot, throwing a montante thrust that ends in Guardia Alta. Slip the right foot back to the left.
(Libro 2, 3rd Assault)

Offences Initiated With Mandritto

Offensive Combination Using Mandritto

For the last 5 years Renaissance Fence has been serving the WMA and Historical Fencing community of Australia and New Zealand as a supplier of quality fencing equipment. Over that time we've been running both a retail side, as well as our research and teaching side.

Well, the bag is mostly packed, the fencing kit is packed and the nerves are sky high.

I'm off to WMAW 2009 and really looking forward to it but really nervous. Here in Australia or NZ I'm pretty much the most knowledgeable guy in the room for fencing stuff, or close to it. This event is going to be the first time in quite a while that I'm at the same event with a large number of people who understand fencing to the same level I do.

Here's the teaching notes from the recent classes I gave at Brisbane Swordplay 2009 convention.

Enjoy!

MORNING LESSON

Introductory Material

1 How to hold the sword
Forefinger over quillon, allowing pommel to move from thrusting grip to cutting grip.

2 Distance
Gioco stretta
Gioco larga
Out of distance
Circle of Engagement

3 Times
Before
Middle
Just As
After

4 Movement
forward
back
left
right
passing steps (change stance)
triangle steps (the sideways pass which is the predominant footwork)

This semester I've been skipping Stoccata training, and getting to the SCA Rowany training night instead on Mondays. It's a novel experience for me.

The small core of people turning up are all concentrating on analysing and learning various bits and pieces from manuals. There's one set working through I.33, another set doing Spanish, and me being a general answer resource.

I've taken to commuting to work these days on the train, instead of driving. It's about 90 minutes each way, which is only 10-15 minutes longer than if I drive, but I don't have to deal with the car park known as Homebush Bay Drive / North Ryde Road. Since I'd have the time on the train, I bought myself a Acer Aspire One Netbook from OfficeWorks, the D250 model to be precise, and as per usual dropped a decent OS on it instead of the Winblows it shipped with.

Our Fencing Mask is designed for use with any of the sport fencing or rapier fencing weapons offered in this catalogue. It meets international 12 kg punch-test standards and it has a bendable top guard, which can be fitted to the individual user, and an adjustable back strap with a Velcro™ closure.

Summary:
Adjustable back strap and Velcro™ closure
Club mask that meets the 12 kg punch-test

Sizes:
Medium
Large
Extra-large

NOTE: