Sanity… is for the Weak

Oh, one more thing:

Happy V-Day folks

Mr Guy Windsor, of the School of European Swordsmanship, Helsinki (SESH) has arrived yesterday for our seminar, to be held this weekend. But we got a “preview” of the latest developments in the Martial Art last night during class last night as he took the class through some of the new drills and breakthroughs in the research and revival of medieval swordsmanship.

Case in point ~ I have always wondered about the difference between the two Posta di Donna in Fiore’s treatise:

One of which shows a very clear emphasis of weight on the leading foot, and the other on the trailing foot.

And it was made abundantly clear last night ~ it’s all in the matter of timing, intention and distance. And this also leads to a guard which up to this point in time of our training that was often neglected, the Posta Bicona, or the Unicorn’s Guard:

Very sneaky, Fiore was ~ “And I will thrust to the throat” indeed.