Sunday training

A session has been booked for 2-4pm on Sunday the 13th. Come equipped for pugilism but bring a fencing mask if you have one, and read this first.

Homework

Last night's class covered various simple actions against a fistic attack, such as the stop hit, parry on the outside and riposte with the fist or riposting with the chassé bas after leaping back out of distance.

As mentioned, movements such as the punches, kicks, lunges &c. can take a lot of repetitions to get right. As our weekly training sessions are limited in number it is a good idea to practice these at home during the week; it will make noticeable improvements in your training if you can get more repetitions under your belt between sessions.

The same applies to fitness; class time is limited and must, other than the essential warm up, concentrate on the techniques and principles of art. If you would like to develop increased fitness (always useful) then additional training outside the class is also recommended.

Renaud

A page giving links to or actual text of translations of sections of Renaud's 1912 work is now available here.

Timetable update

I've noticed that the timetable was a bit out of date; this has now been corrected and it can be seen here.

In addition, it is worth posting this reminder of one of the major sources of cane technique that are taught in the cane classes. The other source is, of course, Prof. Bracewell.

A pugilistic session has been booked for 2-4pm on this coming Sunday (11th), which will include work on both the fists and the feet.

Training for March and April

More sessions have been booked for March the 11th, 18th and 25th as well as Sunday the 14th (2-4pm). In April the sessions will be the 8th, 15th 22nd and 29th, with one more session booked for May the 6th.

Please note that the venue is closed on April the 1st; please keep an eye out for extra Sunday sessions to make up for this.

Sunday pugilism

A session has been booked at the usual venue for 2-4pm on Sunday the 14th. The topic will be pugilism, including low kicks as well as punching and working on slipping.