"When one has taken for a long time lessons at the salle, it is outside, on the beaten dirt or on the gravel of the road that one has to make the rehearsal for combat. Prepare yourself, train at the salle. However, you will have abandoned success to mere chance if from time to…
Read More... from Fair Weather Sword Press: News from December 2015
“…14th-century fights rarely lasted more than a few moments.” Mr. Greg Mele of the item following notes that a lot of his students were brought to swordplay because of "popular culture" -- the television and movies that influence us in our lives to try something new and different. We have within the Western world seen…
Read More... from Cyclical Sword Press: News for September 2015
For better or for worse, most of our students and membership come from those that first saw a demonstration of swordplay in a movie theatre, living room in front of the television or while out being cultural at the local playhouse. The ‘flash, action, and perception the of bravery and the romance’ of swordplay hook…