[Artemisia] Fencing pedagogy.... was Actual learning ... was4 Dons

[Marten van Rosenveldt]

Dona KyneWynn,

Very interesting.  My Dad always had 3 questions after I came back from fencing:
1.  Did you have fun?
2.  Did you learn anything?
3.  Did you get hurt (or hurt another)?

You must have met him once upon a time. 

M


----- Original Message ----
From: KyneWynn <kynewynn at sfcn.org>
To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:46:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Fencing pedagogy.... was Actual learning ... was4 Dons

In a nutshell:

I start off with three rules.

1. Fight with honor and an attitude of safety.

2. Learn something from every encounter.

3. Have fun, i.e. don't worry about winning -- learning is the important
thing, and with proper learning and practice, the skills necessary for
winning will come.

For beginners, I stress footwork, balance, distance, and point control. I
also teach attack and parry/counter-attack in conjunction with each other
from a variety of wards--thus ingraining an effective response in muscle
memory for the rapidly changing dance that is rapier fighting.

That is the brief answer. :)

Dona KyneWynn


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