Warder Adrian Flechyr teaches a class on mechanical advantage and the concept of gaining the blade (a.k.a. constraint, stringere, etc.) according to Renaissance Italian style rapier. Filmed at KWAR 2008. Part 2 of 4.
Adrian sings, too! Check out his band Tourdion at http://www.tourdion.net
It would seem that every martial activity, is most successful when useing the smallest possible movement to achieve the task, whether its footwork, or swordwork. Thankyou so much for reinforcing this yet again for me I tend to forget that often.
recruiter40 5 months ago
Either riposte with opposition or attack with oppition.
SamStuart07 2 years ago