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Author Archives: JM Landels
Shoulder to Wrist: three types of cut
Swordplay from the Ground: Wrist, Elbow & Shoulder Cuts Not only are there eight lines on which to cut, there are three places from which to cut, wrist, shoulder and elbow. For the Green Spur you are required to demonstrate … Continue reading
New Years Goals revisited
Originally posted in January 2013 on Academie Duello’s blog. April is a great time to check in on those heady resolutions and see where they’re at … Good Morning and Happy New Year! (sorry, was that too loud?) Since it … Continue reading
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Cutting down (and up, and across)
Swordplay from the Ground: The Eight Cuts In the last three posts I’ve covered posture, movement and turns of the body, with or without a sword in hand. Now we’ll turn our attention to the sword and look at cutting … Continue reading
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Taking a Turn
Swordplay from the Ground: Turns of the Body Last week’s post on the Mounted Combat Green Spur Curriculum covered moving forward, back and side to side. This week we’re adding turns to menu. Demonstrate the three turns of the body. … Continue reading
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Martial Movement
Swordplay from the Ground: Movement Last week I covered the essentials of a balanced and martial stance. Now we need to add mobility, without losing the effectiveness of that grounded posture, for the second item in the mounted combat checklist: … Continue reading
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Taking a Stance
Last week I gave an overview of the Mounted Combat portion of the Green Spur program, which includes Swordplay from the Ground, Swordplay Knowledge and Mounted Swordplay Knowledge. For the next little while we’ll look at each of those checklist … Continue reading
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The Mounted Combat Curriculum – Green Spur
Like the Mastery program, we have five ranks within the Cavaliere program, denoted by Spurs: Green, Blue, Red, Silver and Gold. To acquire each rank you need to be a triple threat, demonstrating your skill in Horsemanship, Riding and Mounted … Continue reading
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Ride with Authority
The final item on the Riding Level 1 scoresheet is: 15. Demonstrate overall authority, safety & confidence This is similar and related to the last point on the Horsemanship Level1 sheet: 11. Demonstrate safety and common sense when working around … Continue reading
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Safety in numbers
Or rather, safety with numbers, is this week’s topic. In other words, how do you 14. Identify and maintain safe distance in group while riding and halted It’s not enough to simply maintain the pace and direction of your own … Continue reading
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Time to Stirrup Things!
Sorry, it’s a dreadful pun, but I couldn’t resist. The stirrup is arguably one of the most important inventions in the history of mounted warfare, and of riding in general. The advent of the stirrup allowed a rider to mount … Continue reading
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