This post is heavily inspired (stolen?) from Jeff Tsay of Forte Swordplay. Check out his videos on his YouTube channel (which I've...

See part 1 here: Meyer's longsword 101 - Chapters 1-4. As before, yellow text is my own, the rest is a rewrite of Meyer's 1570 book...

This post covers the pink parts of the diagram When your opponent attacks you, you need to defend against it. You can do this in several...

This has been developed for an 8 week beginners course on longsword that I am teaching. It is designed to introduce a beginner to the...

See Part 1 where I introduce the attacks and guards. Firstly, a bit of guidance on parrying: There are two ways to parry with the...

Parries in LL system can be broken down into: Common parries: not used if you can help it, but probably necessary to train against in...

In part 1 I looked at 'block' parries, which work primarily by crossing the strong of our blade over the cutting direction of our...

In part 1 I introduced the basics of parrying, namely that for two swords to interact their blades need to cross. One way of doing this...

This is the first part in my Fencing from first principles (FFFP) series, where I explore a general topic in depth to truly understand...