Rapier	Broad Sword	Long Sword

Our School

The SRS has two main aims:

Firstly, to pursue and promote the study and practice of the western martial art of the Italian Rapier and accompanying weapons, from its inception to its last appearance and play a part in its renascence as a live martial art. (We do not teach sports fencing and we are not re-enactors).

Secondly, to encourage the study of the teachings of the 16th to 19th Century Italian fencing masters. The SRS applies their principles in practice through training exercises and “free assault” to teach a greater understanding of this art and science of fencing.

Andrew Feest and Duncan Fatz are BFHS Certified Instructors who teach an ever evolving and expanding system to their students. The system we teach is in preparation for the duel as if the weapons were sharp, to touch without being touched, to offend in defense.

Regular classes are held each week and occasional weekend workshops are held with SRS and guest instructors. These workshops will cover rapier and many other disciplines of the Western Martial Arts.

“The truth is arranged in the precepts of fencing. They should not be measured according to the ignorance of some, who teach and write from the long use of weapons that they have and not through the science. Therefore most of the time they make a reasoned case from an inkling of substance, confusing the foolish with sugar and 'talking nineteen to the dozen'. Yet it should be judged on its own and restricted to the truth of its nature.”

Ridolfo Capo Ferro 1610