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Day 3 – Recorded and posted video of Frontale Interpretation and short practice.
Day 4 – Short practice morning and attended evening group practice (reviewed messer plays concerning responding to various pressures and sparred with messer and longsword for 30 minutes).
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Self Assessment:
Spent a lot of time really thinking about this interpretation. Did the best I could with my sword dummy. I think my footwork could have been better and I could have been a little lower in my stance. Swordplay felt like each technique would have been effect against a real opponent.
The first frontale my elbow are out a little. The last thrust seemed a little rushed, and could have been better.
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This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by Thomas Belloma.
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Posta Frontale Interpretation
Starting in Porta di ferro
This is the Posta Frontale, which some masters call the Guard of the Crown. This is good for crossing the opponent’s sword, as well as against thrusts.
1. The first technique is the frontale crossing against the opponent’s cut, which is followed with a thrust.
Against the high thrust, cross the opponent’s blade while passing offline.
2. The second technique is the frontale crossing against the opponent’s high thrust while stepping offline to the left, then finishing with an arched fendente cut which drives the opponent’s blade away.
Against a low thrust, also pass offline, beating the thrust to the ground.
3. The third technique is done by stepping offline to the right and striking the opponent sword diagonally downward after pass through frontale while the hands are about chest high. Followed by a fendente to the head or hands.
You can also operate this way: against a thrust, pass back while delivering a fendente to the head and arms down to Dente di Cinghiaro, then immediately deliver one or two thrusts with an accrescimento of the front foot. Finish with a fendente that gets you
back in that guard.4. The fourth technique is done by stepping back while delivering a strike to the side of the head. The sword passes through frontale with the sword about chest high while the strike is made, then the sword crosses over the opponent’s sword travelling downward into Dente. I finished with an offline step to the right while thrusting while maintaining cover.
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Day 1 – Monday – Online Sidesword class and short practice.
Day 2 – Tuesday – Practiced LS5 assessment videos for 15 minutes.
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Week 4 Training Plan
Topic: Combo
– LS5 material plus Medium to Big Practice
Schedule:
Monday – Friday, 3 hours per day Solo practice
Plan:i) Monday – Medium Practice
ii) Tuesday – LS5 material
iii) Wednesday – Big Practice
iv) Thursday – Big Practice
v) Friday – LS5 Videos and work on Upper, Middle, Lower Keys.
Contingency:
Short training plan-
Victory Laps. Where were your successes in efforts or achievement?<b style=”font-size: inherit;”> Mostly, except for summiting videos. I recorded a lot which was a success, but didn’t submit them because it was hard to see some of the action due to the background.
Course Corrections. Change the angle for shooting videos in the garage.
Aha Moments. What inspired you? Working through interpretations helped solidify certain techniques, even those that I thought were more “German.”
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Day 5
Recorded Fiore Interpretation videos – Option 1: Posta Frontale
Practice cuts and thrusts from each of the 12 guards – 1 minute per guard
Practice the Five Measures Form combined with cutting through longa on training dummy – 2 reps
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Day 4
Thrusting through posta longa from posta breve (inside & outside) – 10 reps
Longsword Cutting Flow – 6 sets of 1 minute
Mezzani – 3 sets of 10 reps mix in full blows and half blows
Stance Walking – Spend 3 one-minute sets moving in stance Use advancing, retreating, passing, triangle footwork, and the three turns. Focus on knee and foot alignment, ground connection, keeping the legs bent and the back straight, and moving smoothly. For spice, throw in some hand/elbow strikes at random
Practice cuts and thrusts from each of the 12 guards
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Day 3
20 – Stationary Bike workout, 20 minute warm up & body mobility exercises
Thrusting through posta longa from posta breve (inside & outside) – 10 reps
Longsword Cutting Flow – 6 sets of 1 minute
Mezzani – 3 sets of 10 reps mix in full blows and half blows
Stance Walking – Spend 3 one-minute sets moving in stance Use advancing, retreating, passing, triangle footwork, and the three turns. Focus on knee and foot alignment, ground connection, keeping the legs bent and the back straight, and moving smoothly. For spice, throw in some hand/elbow strikes at random
Practice cuts and thrusts from each of the 12 guards (see the Expanded Poste Progression) – 1 minute per guard
Practice the Five Measures Form combined with cutting through longa (intention cutting) – 2 reps(Big Big) Complete all of the practice exercises in the Longsword Fundamentals II: Thrusting, Blade Control & Footwork course
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LS5 material – 2 hours
– <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Scholars Assault with Longsword
– First and Second Master
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Day 1
Upward X – 3 sets of 10 reps
Unarmed Poste Progression – 10
reps Emphasis on foot placement and
hip turnFive Measures Form from posta
di donna sinistra – 3 repsFive Measures Form with thrusts
starting in posta breve – 3 repsBe sure extend the arms before
taking the stepTwelve Poste Progression – 5
repsOptions: crisp transitions
with pauses at guards; smooth transition (not stopping); super
slow motion; left-handedCutting through posta longa
with fendente (mandritto & roverso) – 10 reps
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<div>Week 3 close out.</div>
Victory Laps. Where were your successes in efforts or achievement?
Yes, training on Monday and Tuesday shifted to reading various parts of the Getty Manuscript instead due to a loss of electricity.
Course Corrections. What might you do differently next week to implement learning from any shortfalls this week? Have a rough plan in place (Contingency Plan) that can be updated with the Master Club weekly training material, if need, prior to the beginning of the week.
Aha Moments. What inspired you? Seeing everyone continuing forward with their training.
Where was the joy? In movement and improvement.
How might you dig further into that next week? Wrap up week five, see about insert prescribed plan into goals for the week, and set a goal for finishing a certain number of videos.
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10 minute warm up
40 minute body weight exercise and mobility exercises
30minutes working through all the cuts and thrusts
1 hour on reassessment video 12 Posta Progression with more flow
2 hours LS5 Course material – Mostly the interpretation of the plays
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Thank you, I went back to Gmail and found the emails in my spam folder. For some reason they didn’t come up when I did a search. 🙃
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Looks like contra tempo, if your strike is during your tripods mandritto fendente.