The Rapier Part One: Beginners The Rapier Part One: Beginners
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The Rapier Part One: Beginners

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Publisher Description

Take a beginners' course with world-renowned swordsmanship instructor Dr. Guy Windsor, through this innovative workbook format.

With this 70+ page workbook you can learn the basics of rapier fencing. The book is illustrated with extracts from historical sources, and supported by over twenty video clips, linked to in the text. All you need is a training partner, a smartphone, tablet, or computer, and a couple of practice rapiers and fencing masks.

The book is organised in four sessions or classes, which covers all this and more:

•      footwork

•      sword handling

•      stringering

•      attack by disengage

•      parry riposte in one tempo

•      feints

•      parry riposte in two tempi

•      thrusts

•      cuts

•      beat attack

All video clips show the techniques done right-handed and left-handed.

GENRE
Sports & Outdoors
RELEASED
2020
18 June
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
38
Pages
PUBLISHER
Spada Press
SIZE
10.5
MB

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