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	|  Topic: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Historical Combat   Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:27 am   Subject: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| All slots are now taken. To attend now involves one the seven not paying or pulling out. | 
  
	|  Topic: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Historical Combat   Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:22 pm   Subject: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| That should also be 12-14th April. Sorry about the confusion. | 
  
	|  Topic: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Historical Combat   Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:37 pm   Subject: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| By we, I mean WSEMA | 
  
	|  Topic: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Historical Combat   Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:27 pm   Subject: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| We will be holding a workshop 13,14,15 April 2013. 
 This will be at 190 Knights Road, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt.
 
 I will be expounding on my fencing theory, I.33 Sword and buckler, German longswor ...
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	|  Topic: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Historical Combat   Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:23 am   Subject: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| My interest is in the reconstruction of dead European martial arts. As such I do not teach to anybody's rule system (including ones I've helped create.) If what I teach fits in with whomever's rules,  ... | 
  
	|  Topic: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Historical Combat   Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:54 am   Subject: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| It is my intention to do a stereotyped Renaissance weekend at some point. I'd be focusing on both the Italian and Spanish versions of the rapier as well as some English material. 
 I also plain to do ...
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	|  Topic: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Historical Combat   Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:40 am   Subject: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| My idea of a workshop has quite a different focus: essentially I want people to critique what I've been up to. This means having people test and experiment with it after leaving this workshop and feed ... | 
  
	|  Topic: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Historical Combat   Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:15 pm   Subject: Re: Masterclass | 
  
	| It seems that I have gotten quite a bit of positive feedback to go ahead, especially via FB. 
 I was thinking of Autumn (March to May), but am open to suggestions.
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	|  Topic: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Historical Combat   Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:27 pm   Subject: A weekend workshop on medieval fencing anybody? | 
  
	| I'm thinking of running a weekend long historical fencing workshop of the medieval systems I know. Its main aim will be to try, explain and practice what I've been concentrating on for the past two ye ... | 
  
	|  Topic: WSEMA/UPSEMA interpretation of Fiore dei Liberi | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Historical Combat   Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:18 am   Subject: WSEMA/UPSEMA interpretation of Fiore dei Liberi | 
  
	| For those interested we've put up various video clips of our interpretation of Fiori Battalgia on Youtube. This is a work in progress. 
 They are conveniently collated on our webpage: [url=http://swo ...
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	|  Topic: CG I:33 Falling under the sword | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Historical Combat   Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:03 am   Subject: CG I:33 Falling under the sword | 
  
	| I'd need to spend a bit more time on the arguments posed before giving a more definite answer. 
 Anyway as a general rule of thumb the thrust strike/stab-knock the buckler remains with the sword han ...
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	|  Topic: Tourney training workshops at Order of the Boar | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Reenactment Combat   Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:08 pm   Subject: Tourney training workshops at Order of the Boar | 
  
	| I am looking at scheduling the next tournament training workshop for Saturday, March 17 from 11 AM to 3 PM. 
 
 March 17? It's spelt shillelagh and Guiness not sword and buckler
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	|  Topic: Medieval wrestling | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Historical Combat   Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:43 am   Subject: Medieval wrestling | 
  
	| I try to include wrestling, be it medieval or later styles, regularly into WSEMA practice. | 
  
	|  Topic: Unit combat (Wellington) | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Reenactment Combat   Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:01 pm   Subject: Unit combat (Wellington) | 
  
	| I've tentatively spoken to the Company of the Dragon whom seem agreeable. I say tentatively as there are no formal agreements, just an expression of interest. 
 Given that CoD, the Falcons, Boars and ...
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	|  Topic: Unit combat (Wellington) | 
  
	| Colin 
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 |  Forum: Reenactment Combat   Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:57 pm   Subject: Unit combat (Wellington) | 
  
	| I'm resurrecting this thread. It seems, for some very pleasant reason, I will be putting my re-enactment hat back on. 
 I'd personally like to remain aloof from any particular re-enactment group (whe ...
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