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Comment on Notes Towards an Intro Class Strategy by Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 05:39:37 +0000

I also hope you get to try this out soon!

Comment on Review of Leoni’s “The Complete Renaissance Swordsman” by Tyson Wright

Tyson Wright — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 18:54:49 +0000

Hi, Greg –

Does the two-swords material make sense to you with the point-up GdT? Nearly every position in that material has one of the swords in this guard. If you do this with a point-up GdT, it doesn’t look like any other two-swords source I know of. If you do it with a point-down GdT, it does.

The two-swords material is where the point-up GdT breaks down for me. And since Manciolino doesn’t say that the guard is different here, it makes me wonder if it all should be point-down? I don’t know, but I don’t really buy the point-up, for that section at least.

Regards,

-Tyson

Comment on Review of Leoni’s “The Complete Renaissance Swordsman” by Greg Mele

Greg Mele — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 23:48:27 +0000

I think it worth noting that Dall’Aggochie’s guardia di testa is probably the outlier, as Marozzo’s is also pretty clearly what we see in the Anonymous and what is being described by Viggiani (who dislikes static parries). As the first documented Bolognese text it is likely that Manciolino is using the common form of the guard and Dally is the innovator. As someone who trains with Manciolino a fair bit — it is our single most important source here, i find that many of the actions that seem like they might be a ‘hanging parry’ ala the other form of Guardia di Testa are yields; you parry with the point up guard and then relax the wrist as you cut around to the other side.

So Tom *could* have mentioned the variation in Dally, but i *do* think it is fair to say that this is a variation and likely not what is in Manciolino.

Comment on The simplest footwork drills by Tyson Wright

Tyson Wright — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 03:00:26 +0000

Steven – thanks! Those are great ways to develop these drills. Some of those I’ve done, but not all of them (not yet, at least).

Comment on The simplest footwork drills by Steven Reich

Steven Reich — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:42:43 +0000

Be sure to concentrate on the Gathering Steps (I assume this is the same term for the type of step that I call Chasing Steps), as those are much more prevalent in the Bolognese system than are Advancing Steps. Also, trying drills where you mix in Passing Steps with Chasing Steps. Finally, when you feel good about it, start adding in cuts with the steps. A really simple one is where with the repeated Chasing Steps, you make the same cut, then when you make a Passing Step, you change cuts:

Start with a right foot forward guard.
Take two gathering/chasing steps forward while making two mandritti
Pass forward with your left foot and make a riverso
Take two gathering/chasing steps forward while making two riversi
Pass forward with your right foot and make a mandritto
repeat once, then do everything backwards.

Be sure to end in proper guards–mandritti should end in porta di ferro stretta, riversi in coda lunga alta.

For an additional challenge, make “discordant” cuts–that is cut a riverso any time you make a step that ends with your right foot forward and a mandritto and time you make a step that ends with your left foot forward (so your mandritti end in cinghiara porta di ferro stretta and your riversi end in coda lunga stretta).

Also, you can add thrusts to these drills…