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01/07/2023

A story about motivation that taught me a lot.Maître Adam Adrian Crown has 40+ years’ experience as a Fencing Master- and has a lot to share with you. Please...

12/31/2022

When I was at the Academy, one of the great things that I had access to was not only all the records of the fencing matches of the Cornell team, but to recor...

12/23/2022

I want to discuss what most people think are two different weapons: the foil, and the epee or duelling sword.They are the same weapon, used for two different...

12/17/2022

Back to the movies!The Yakuza involves Japanese swordsmanship. I strongly recommend it- but that’s not the reason I think this is an excellent movie.There is...

07/08/2022

This is an extremely important exercise and I take care that every one of my students gets this experience.Why do you think I consider it so important?What d...

07/01/2022

This is the our etude for two people, where our students begin to learn to work with a partner, and begin to learn to shift focus from internal to external, ...

06/24/2022

A sinister lesson.Something a little different.If you’re interested in different, you may want to watch this one.My fencing master, Maître Adam Adrian Crown,...

06/17/2022

The first etude is like the C Major Scale of the Sword.In music, an etude is a short piece composed for the development of a specific point of technique, des...

06/10/2022

This is a version of a demo we use in our introductory series of classes when we introduce these concepts and some fencing terminology.It is common for peopl...

06/03/2022

A smallsword lesson about feeling. You’ll notice an asterisk where it says “unedited” this time.* We have made two small edits to this video. We omitted the ...

05/27/2022

Fundamental Principles of Defense.Things that you absolutely have to know, understand, and incorporate into your practice.00:14 Defensive Action definition00...

05/20/2022

To survive a duel, you must avoid getting killed. Defense comes first.In this lesson, we focus on parries, utilizing a combination of the psychomotor and the...

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