Hi!

I’ve been in a bit of a zine-making frenzy this week.

It started innocently enough. I’ve been updating the Swordschool Wiki, and we’ve now reached a major milestone: every one of Fiore’s 70+ dagger plays now has its own page, with the image from the Getty manuscript, my translation, and my interpretation on video.

You can explore the whole lot here, along with a goodly chunk of the longsword plays, and all of the abrazare.

Working through Fiore’s enormous dagger section reminded me of how much material there is to remember. So I made something that fits in your pocket.

The Fiore Dagger Basic Syllabus Pocket Guide

It’s a one-sheet zine that folds into an eight-page booklet containing the essentials of the Swordschool Fiore dagger syllabus.

You can download it free here:
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No sign-up. No catch.

The webpage links every exercise in the booklet directly to the relevant wiki pages and instructional videos, so it’s easy to move between the quick reference guide and the full explanations.

This zine-mania actually began with something I made for students on the Foundations of Smallsword webinar, a pocket guide zine on Domenico Angelo’s “Salute in Fencing.”

I’ve polished it up a little, and it’s now available as a free download, together with a demonstration video of the salute and links to further instruction.

I’ve also updated the webinar workbook so it now includes direct links to both class recordings. I’m planning to edit a shorter reference version of the salute as well, so you’ll be able to find the key movements quickly without having to trawl through the full workshop recording.

I have a feeling these little pocket guides zine thingies are becoming a series!

Next live webinar:

Hit What You Aim At Webinar: Point Control for Historical Fencers

If you want to improve your accuracy with any thrusting weapon, this class is for you.

We’ll work through practical solo exercises that develop precision, body mechanics and point control. Although I’ll be demonstrating primarily with the smallsword, the principles apply equally to rapier, sidesword, longsword and foil. You’ll need a simple wall target (instructions are included in the workbook), and no training partner is required.

90 minutes of instruction, plus around 30 minutes of Q&A.

Choose whichever session suits you—or attend both:

* Saturday 1 August, 8:00 am (UK) — Europe & Australasia

* Sunday 2 August, 7:00 pm (UK) — Europe & the Americas

Register once and you’ll receive recordings of both sessions.

See you in class!

yours,

Guy