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Next Event: 9th Annual ISMAC July 31 - August 3, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan Sponsored by Detroit Metro Airport Westin Hotel

Strategic and Tactical Training for the Longsword: Staying within the Zogho Largo
INSTRUCTORS: M. Sean Hayes ROOM: TBA
DESCRIPTION:   “…if a man who fights with sharp swords fails in a single cover he will receive a deadly blow…” - Fiore dei Liberi, Fior di Battaglia, 1410 Fiore dei Liberi gives us a clean strategic and tactical model for assessing, entering into and withdrawing from the fight, while employing minimum risk and maintaining maximum security in an uncertain and deadly situation.  We will learn to employ the stabile and pulsative poste (guard positions) of the system together with correct use of measure and tempo to take the initiative and fight from a position of control. Students who have sparring kit *and* who are approved by the instructor may engage in more advanced drills using shinai-based simulators. Equipment: required: Fencing Mask; Gloves; Steel, Aluminum or Wood Longsword for light sparring: sparring kit of Helm, Gambeson, Joint Protection required (shinai-based simulators provided)
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