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Beginners welcome (over 16 years)

The Formal classes are:

MONDAY
Longsword
8.00 start

WEDNESDAY
Broadsword
Rapier
7.30 start

 
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Shakespeare and Fencing

Answer retaliation
Battle army
Bilbo a spanish blade of peculiar excellence
Bill a bill-hook - a weapon
Bodkin dagger - long pin for the hair
Brush rude assault
Burgonet a kind of helmet
Cavalero a cavalier/gentleman
Curtal-axe cutlass
Defence art of defence
Foin thrust
Fox a cant (slang) word for a sword
Hay a thrust in fencing
Halberd battle-axe fastened to a long pole
Half Sword within half the length of a sword
Hardiment defiance, brave deeds
Hox hamstring
Iron clad in armour
Lot a prize
Meet match
Opposition combat
Pantaloon the Italian
Partisan pike
Pay to beat, to hit
Sallet helmet
Swinge-bucklers rakes/rioters
Utterance a phrase in combat
Vambrace armour for the arm
Venew a bout in fencing
Venies hits in fencing
Yerk to jerk, to thrust with a quick motion
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NEWS

 

AEAA

SWASH 2012

Leeds Armoury
25th and 26th

Programme

 

Robert Wrightson
of the SSA has written
a new dissertation
on the history of the
Smallsword

smallsword

found here

 

SRS CHANGE OF NAME

The Sussex Rapier School has been practicing many sword forms for a number years now and it has been decided by the Instructors to rename the School The Sussex Sword Academy to reflect more clearly what the SRS has become. Due to the fact that the SRS is well know in the European Martial Arts community we will introduce this change over time until we feel the new name has become well and truly established.

Fisas International Meeting 2011

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Location: Lovigno

Duncan's Dagger Tounament 2011

Wednesday 6th April, Manor Gym

Winner and next years defender of the title will be David Jordan, congratulations, and a thank you for all those who took part.