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More Meyer - Why we cut like we do; Straight Parrying

Submitted by Katherina Weyssin on October 27, 2010 - 10:55am

More on that 8-part play, with cuts : through eisenport, or through a barring?

Last week we noticed that William wanted to get his point low very quickly to defend, and slice off from below his opponent's weapon; Ludwig and Katherina wanted to keep their hilts low, and slice off above. This week we'd all swapped technique! After much talking, we worked out why (thanks to Emrys for this expression of it):

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Dorothea Sabina Dress in red silk

Submitted by Katherina Weyssin on October 24, 2010 - 11:55am

Elisabeth is making great progress on her Dorothea Sabina dress. She's nearly finished the petticoat, and has begun cutting and fitting the bodice and sleeves, with Caterine's help. With luck (and lots of sewing) it will be wearable at St Catherine's Feast.

The rest of us worked on less exciting things: Eleanor felling seams, Marie naalbinding a hat and embroidering a tunic for Olaf, Katherina edging her arming cap, and William planning a new fencing suit.

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Dances for three

Submitted by Katherina Weyssin on October 7, 2010 - 10:11pm

 

  • Spero, for three (16thC Italian ballo)
  • Rostiboli Gioioso for a three (15thC Italian ballo)
  • Amoroso (15th C Italian Ballo francese)
  • Ginevra (15thC Italian bassadanza)
  • Bella Gioisa, for three (16thC Italian cascarda)

 

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Meyer rapier - first play in Book II

Submitted by Katherina Weyssin on October 7, 2010 - 3:51pm

That's all so far: we worked through the first play in the second part of Meyer's rapier section. It's really long (about 8 moves each), and falls into two main parts. All the usual confusions apply: he tells you what "you" are doing, but not so much about what "they" are doing; we'd like more detail on the footwork; he often leaves out the instruction "while rocking back".

More detail later.

 

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Polishing "Ginevra"

Submitted by Katherina Weyssin on September 30, 2010 - 10:13pm

 

  • Rostiboli Gioioso for a couple (15thC Italian ballo)
  • Amoroso (15th C Italian Ballo francese)
  • Ginevra (15thC Italian bassadanza) - we spent most of the session refining and polishing this
  • Pungente Dardo (16thC Italian balletto)
  • step-practice: fioretti (as in Il Ballarino)

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