Monday, 1 April 2013
Friday, 29 March 2013
All instructors are CSI qualified from the British Federation of Historical Swordsmanship (BFHS).
Instructors and members are insured and have suitable ID for carrying weapons.
All instructors and several members are First Aid qualified and the School adheres to all HSE requirements.
Classes are held at the Manor Gym, Manor Road, Kemptown, Brighton every Monday evening from 8pm to 10pm and Wednesday evening from 7.30pm to 10pm.
Beginers can borrow kit, just wear flat trainers & loose clothes.
A group of enthusiasts dedicated to the practice and theory of C15th to C18th swordsmanship founded by Andrew Feest and Duncan Fatz in 1997 (Sussex Rapier School) based originally on the treatises of the Italian Maestro's Ridolpho Capoferro 1610 and Giacomo di Grassi 1570.
Andrew Feest teaches Italian rapier, rapier and dagger, cloak, and buckler according to several teachers but which has developed over the years in to his own system. He also teaches long sword using an amalgam of the teachings of Fiore, Marozzo, Meyer and Filipo Vadi. Andrew also makes bespoke practical swords as well as entry level school pieces. Andrew is also a collector and refurbisher of historical weapons.
Highland broad/back sword, back sword and targe, dirk and claymore is taught by Instructor Lyell Drummond and Free Scholar Cameron Paine based on Scottish practitioners of Highland fencing such as Sinclair 1790, Taylor 1804, Mathewson 1805, Page 1746 and Donald McBane 1728. Lyell also has developed his own fighting system and will soon be publishing a treatise detailing his own research and development of this.
French smallsword is taught by Free Scholar Robert Wrightson based on 17th, 18th and 19th century epee, foil and French and Italian duelling sword techniques using the teachings of L'Abbat 1696, Girard 1740, Angelo 1763, MacArthur and Olivier 1780 and La Marche 1874. Robert also is a collector of historical swords and fencing treatises and a particular authority on the colichemarde bladed smallsword of the 18th century.
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