Gaining the Angled Sword – Practice

Immediate Practice

5 minutes – Cutting against a posta breve framed on the right. 10 reps.

• Your partner should place their hilt at their right hip with their point angling back toward their centreline.
• Experiment with cutting on either side of their weapon with your partner offering resistance.

5 minutes – Cutting against a posta breve framed on the left. 10 reps.

• Your partner should place their hilt at their left hip with their point angling back toward their centreline.
• Experiment with cutting on either side of their weapon with your partner offering resistance.

5 minutes – Cutting against posta finestra on the right and left. 10 reps each.

• You can experiment with having your partner angle their sword between parallel, angling in, and angling down. You’ll find that some positions are easier to cut through than others.
• The partner’s head is not a very large target in these instances. You may want to experiment with striking lower targets and deepening the horizontal angle of your cut.
• Be sure to not gain your partner’s sword in their mezza spada. If you are too close to their point, their sword can easily slip free.