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Armed in Alabaster
One of the most evocative of medieval art-forms is found not in museums, but in parish churches all over England. Funerary effigies, carved in alabaster, bring us face-to-face with the real Middle Ages. They also provide a unique way to understand the art of the armourer in England. No English armour has been preserved from earlier than the sixteenth century, but many long-lost masterpieces of armour-making were carefully recorded in sculptural form by English effigy carvers. Join Toby as he discusses his investigation, spanning nearly three decades, of effigies and armour in England, telling something of the story behind his award-winning Armour of the English Knight series of books.
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- By Toby Capwell
Free Fundamental Human Maintenance Course
Breathing, Meditation, and Joint Care
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- By Guy Windsor
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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- By Guy Windsor
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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- By Guy Windsor
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
Mars and the Muses: The Renaissance Art of Armour
Mars and the Muses: The Renaissance Art of Armour Armour was a fundamental Renaissance art-form. By the sixteenth century, most of the richest noblemen in Europe were dedicated patrons of the armourer’s art. Armour represented a complex visual language, developed to project aristocratic identity, prestige and power. The armour-making process demanded both fantastic skill in the sculpting of iron and steel, and mastery of decorative techniques such as acid-etching and mercury-gilding. This talk provides an introduction to the concept of armour as art, exploring how protective equipment for fighting became an expressive art-form. Here the achievements of virtuoso armourer-artists embodied magnificence, radiating detailed and subtle messages about status, affinity, social order and divine power.
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- By Toby Capwell
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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- By Guy Windsor
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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- By Guy Windsor
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
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