Free Fundamental Human Maintenance Course

Breathing, Meditation, and Joint Care

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Fundamentals: Body Mechanics

This course covers everything you need to know to understand the mechanics of historical martial arts. You can use it to improve every guard position and action, as well as to gain insight into your interpretation.

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• By Guy Windsor

Fundamentals: Breathing Course

Master your breath, for better health, fitness, and peace of mind.

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Fundamentals: Footwork Course

From clumsy student to graceful master- everything you need to move like a swordsman.

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• By Guy Windsor

How to Teach Historical Martial Arts (or anything else)

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Introduction to Bolognese Swordsmanship: dall’Agocchie's Varying Guards Form

This course offers an in-depth introduction to Bolognese fencing, focusing specifically on one-handed sword techniques as presented in Giovanni dall'Agocchie’s *Varying Guards* (1572). Through a series of carefully selected plays, students will explore the foundational principles of Bolognese swordsmanship, gaining a clear understanding of its core techniques, tactics, and applications.

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• By Esko Ronimus

Master the Art of Arms (Access to Everything via Monthly Membership)

Full Membership of Swordschool Online: all our courses, to take at your own pace.

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• By Guy Windsor

Medieval German Longsword: The Hauptstucke of Johannes Liechtenauer

Get a complete grounding in Liechtenauer's longsword system, with Jessica Finley

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• By Jessie Finley

Medieval German Wrestling: The Twirchringen of Von Baumann

This comprehensive course delves into the fascinating world of medieval German wrestling, exploring the seven Twirchringen (cross-wrestling) plays from the 15th-century Von Baumann manuscript. You’ll learn the core techniques, their counters, and the counter-counters that make this system so unique and dynamic.

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• By Jessie Finley

Medieval Sword and Buckler Course

from Royal Armouries MS I.33

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• By Guy Windsor

Medieval Wrestling: the Abrazare of Fiore dei Liberi

learn medieval wrestling with Guy Windsor and Jessica Finley

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• By Guy Windsor

Meditation for Martial Artists Course

a six week course in meditation practice

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• By Guy Windsor

Recreate Historical Swordsmanship from Historical Sources Course

How to choose a source, extract the techniques and theory, create training drills, and organise them into a system.

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• By Guy Windsor

Solo Historical Martial Arts Training Course

Get strong, fast, and accurate, even without a partner

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• By Guy Windsor

Swordschool Membership

The best value way to access courses

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The Complete Rapier Course

Learn basic actions to advanced rapier and dagger actions in the style of Capoferro.

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• By Guy Windsor

The Medieval Dagger: with all of Fiore's Dagger plays

A complete course in the Dagger combat from Fiore de' Liberi's Il Fior di Battaglia

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• By Guy Windsor

The Medieval Longsword Complete Course

Learn Fiore's longsword material from the ground up.

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The Medieval Longsword, Dagger, and Footwork bundle

This course includes The Medieval Longsword, The Medieval Dagger, and Fundamentals: Footwork, in one handy bundle.

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The Philippo Vadi Longsword Course

Everything you need to become proficient in the longsword style of Philippo Vadi, as shown in his 1480s treatise De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi.

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• By Guy Windsor

The Scoliotic Knight: Encounters with Richard III

Explore the many historical questions around the discovery of the grave of King Richard III (1452-85), with Dr. Toby Capwell. Toby traces the unlikely (but true) story of his involvement in the investigation of Richard III’s remains, the Channel 4 documentaries, the reburial in 2015, and the 2022 feature film The Lost King.

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• By Toby Capwell