Espada Sword Press

Slim Spaniards wielding slimmer swords make up this week’s slim pickings.   A resolution by ‘judicial duel’ would have been … quicker … and probably more entertaining … to say nothing of satisfying (for the winner). PÚBLICO (Madrid, Spain) 04 January 13  Condenado el marqués de Falces por vender la Tizona, la espada del Cid  …

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Marginally Yuletide Sword Press

In chivalric theory, the 12 days surrounding Christmas are times of peace and good-will to all …. the 1460 Battle of Wakefield notwithstanding.  But who among us would begrudge another the chance to engage in a friendly passage-at-arms with cold steel with friends under the stars and in the snow* this Christmas eve?  And besides,…

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Beer-based Sword Press

“You’re a mule, Brennan, fitted neither to a rustic life nor a professional one – a bloody anachronism – a social mule, public school educated, trained to appreciate Chartreuse in a world where you cannot afford beer, taught to use a rapier in a world where other bastards use guns.” Plummer, D. Brian. ‘Lepus’. Coch-y-Bonddu…

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Possibly Out-of-Control Sword Press

An eclectic mix this week, including a couple of hits from long-absent France.Wes Not Your Daddy’s Fencing Match EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE (Mesa, Arizona) 27 April 12  EV men test their mettle – and their metal – at 'Battle of Nations' (Mike Sakal) A last look by one newspaper at some of the American competitors going…

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On the path of mastery; savour the plateau.

Last week I posted about the 10,000 hours it takes to master an activity and how you must savour the journey and not the destination. One of the biggest challenges that people face in putting in their 10,000 hours of mastery is the feeling of the plateau in learning. Where you don't feel like you're…

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