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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 21h

Rolling all evening in the longsword class at Crystal Palace. Progressive challenges to change the way we freeplay. An utter joy.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo #liechtenauer #hemauk #community #davidrawlings

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 2d

A beautiful time in the sabre class on Sword Saturday at St Peter’s Bethnal Green.

Fantastic work☺️⚔️☺️

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #joachimmeyer #dussack #cutlass #sabre #paulushectormair #hemauk #messer #davidrawlings

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 6d

While everyone else performed the exercise, me and Brendon slip off to constant roll. All about the footwork and quite excellent.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo #liechtenauer #joachimmeyer

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 8d

The fundamentals class went entirely single handed this week. Working through everything from Talhoffer to Joachim Meyer and Achille Marozzo, then as a treat bringing everyone into some freeplay.
#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 11d

I did not choose the glorious kitten kilt life, the glorious kitten kilt life chose me.

Rapier and dagger by Destrezania

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 15d

Please check your cat’s settings.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #cats

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 17d

The most important part of the lesson is the flamboyant removal of the cape and wrapping it around the arm with such style that your opponent realises the fight is already lost.

#fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #rapier #verdaderadestreza #hemauk

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 20d

Quality play with emphasis on the fleeting thrust and adaptations from that. All in freeform for the whole session.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #rapier #smallsword #verdaderadestreza #community #hemauk #domenicoangelo

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 22d

Changing sides from above, for a little Achille Marozzo refresher with the beautiful work of @bluedogforge

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #hemauk #community #poleaxe #staff #davidrawlings

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 24d

Gripping moments in the longsword class in Sword Sarturday.

Lots of work from the Anonimo Bolognese to start with, before cracking into some Paulus Hector Mair.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 26d

I have lost count of how many times I have looked at this and giggled this week. This noble warrior.

#londonlongswordacademy #londonlongswordfamily #cat #batman #brucewayne

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 29d

Alta’d images and attacks from the high guard. Great fun and great focus in the sword and buckler class, working with plays from the Anonimo Bolognese.

#londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #swordandbuckler #i33 #sidesword #community #hemauk

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · Sep 14

Viedma in the Friday Verdadera Destreza class. Moments where it slipped into Girard Thibault, which is all right, proper and as it should be.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #rapier #verdaderadestreza

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · Sep 12

Working Joachim Meyer with Diane in the online session. Keeping our focus tight today, training the same sequence in repetition, stopping to discuss nuance briefly (oh so briefly) before refining the flow. Excellent work.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · Sep 10

From a wonderful and productive lesson on the montante, and the spadone of Alfieri.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #paulushectormair #hemauk #community #poleaxe #staff #davidrawlings #montante

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · Sep 9

The temptation at points like this to mutter “Do it!” in Palpatine tones, is sometimes… Okay, I do mutter it, but quietly and no one has actually cut the head of Count Marton yet.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #swordandbuckler #i33

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · Sep 7

Good! I think the time it does their sword will hate you :)

masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · Sep 5

These were wonderful, two families up on the roof, kids laughing bopping the punchbag while we went through a little Fiore dei Liberi.
And in passing they got me to reconnect with a much missed friend we happened to know. Life brings you gifts x

#hema #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · Sep 3

“This, is the quickening”
Thankfully this rule from Godinho on Vulgar Destreza and its use of the two swords, fitted well to the confines of not only a narrow alleyway, but also a kitchen, so when it rained we got to move inside.

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · Sep 2

Yet another sighting of the ninja, Jedi, diestro, Effrenis monachus of Old London Town.

A completely normal boy👀

On the way to I.33 sword and buckler and fundamentals classes.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · Sep 1

A beautiful night in the Girard Thibault class.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier #verdaderadestreza #hemauk #davidrawlings #laverdaderadestreza

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · Aug 31

The boops are go!
Poleaxe in the polearms class.
Sword Saturday

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #joachimmeyer #paulushectormair #hemauk #community #poleaxe #staff #davidrawlings

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · Aug 27

There is an insistence among my cats, that the eye of the maelstrom is the calmest place.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #hemauk #community #poleaxe #staff #davidrawlings #montante #cats

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · Aug 23

Hella lotta Sabre!

Lots of Joachim Meyer as well as Don Simon de Frias in the sabre class at Sword Saturday. And finishing with some excellent calm freeplay.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #dussack #cutlass #sabre #hemauk #davidrawlings

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · Aug 21

From our Friday Verdadera Destreza class, working with the sword and dagger of Luis Díaz de Viedma.

#fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier #verdaderadestreza #hemauk #community #luisdiazdeviedma #davidrawlings

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