Antoni Olbrychski Fiore longsword seminar April 27th 2024

Hosted by THMS in Turku. First of a 2-day seminar on Fiore's longsword and especially its application in modern longsword fencing.

Thanks to Anna Starck for her endurance in filming it all.
Shitty audio balance is all my fault. Be ready for quiet talking and loud clanging.

00:00 Intro
03:37 Master of wide play crossed at points
08:00 Advance with preparation to get point crossing
12:10 Mutual cut to center to get point crossing
15:30 Applying previous to beats from iron gate
19:00 Master of wide play crossed at mid-blade, first plays as parry-riposte
24:30 Direct attack, speed and distance
29:33 Making the parry-riposte work against fast attacks
34:22 Blade grab (3rd play of the wide crossing at mid-blade)
37:08 Blade grab against high wind
40:08 Disarm from double blade grab
43:03 Colpo di vilano
46:05 Parry against remise from colpo di vilano
48:20 Crossed arms application of colpo di vilano
51:10 Colpo di vilano exercise in groups of 3
52:50 Scambiare di punta vs static extension
54:45 Scambiare di punta as counterattack
56:45 Scambiare di punta during movement
58:42 Scambiare di punta as attack into prep
1:00:15 Thrusts only restricted game
1:01:35 Scambiare di punta vs exhausted thrust
1:05:35 Previous with half-advance/appel provocation
1:08:05 Attack with accelerating lunge
1:11:25 Thrusts only game with more options
1:14:40 Warmup after lunch
1:21:15 Half-retreat to draw opponent into attacking distance
1:24:54 Reminder of mid-blade crossing parry-riposte
1:27:10 Rompere di punta vs static extension
1:29:58 Rompere di punta as parry-riposte
1:31:35 Counter-riposte vs rompere di punta
1:33:29 Counter-counter-riposte from previous
1:35:07 Grapple continuation from rompere di punta
1:37:35 Punta falsa
1:39:55 Halfsword counter vs punta falsa
1:42:00 Forehand feint or remise, cut around to hand/forearm
1:45:00 Backhand feint or remise, thrust from other side
1:49:20 Boar's tusk hand snipes and thrusts
1:52:13 Max hand snipe reach to stay safe
1:54:40 Same with lunge
1:55:38 Beat and arm cut from boar's tusk
1:57:40 Parry-riposte from boar's tusk, 3rd or circle-4th.
2:00:46 Boar's tusk vs short guard restricted game
2:04:48 Boar's tusk beat and arm cut as counter-riposte
2:06:30 Boar's tusk beat and arm cut as feint