Schools multiskills festivals wrap for 2019
Our final Multi-skills session at Lew Trenchard wrapped up this Autumn’s round of school sports just as the weather broke for the final…
Saviolo side sword for All Hallows
We resume Thurs October 31st with a further block of Saviolo side sword/rapier for the 8-week run up to Christmas. If you’ve never…
Blocks, locks and a few smoking disarms
We’re winding up the current half term session of Fiore dagger. Last night we played a game we’ve named Dagger Defender, based on…
What defines an attack?
By Robin Catling. According to Article t.7 (old 10) of the FIE rules of competition, “the attack is the initial offensive action made…
Hands on – Hanwei Federschwert
The cheapest (practical) entry-level feder I know of in the UK, we picked up a pair of these about three years ago when…
Essential Sports Fencing Equipment Guide (2019)
Much of the equipment used in fencing is worn with safety in mind. Fencing is an extremely safe sport provided the correct equipment…
Multi-skills for schools September 2019
It’s September, it’s a new term and in second-Summer sunshine, it’s multi-skills time again! WDS took the school’s fencing roadshow to Simmons Park…
Hands On – Kingston Arms Club Sport Federschwert
The Kingston Arms Club Sport Feder is pitched as an affordable (i.e. ‘entry-level’) weapon for clubs, beginners and “even seasoned practitioners”. It fits…
New term, new home
Our first session completed last night in our new venue at Okehampton College where there’s enough room to swing not one longsword but…