Four Corners Sword School

02/24/2018

Congratulations to Kristopher Edwards for earning his basic skills rank in Classical Rapier!

08/19/2017

Congratulations Dominic Lassena On passing his basic skills test for Katana!

08/13/2017

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See! Asians used shields too!

New video showing the rattan and shield techniques from a nothern style called "Hua Jia Men" from Hubei. The beggining of the video talk about history of the...

04/30/2017

Yesterday, Four Corners Sword School had its first test. Kristopher Edwards earned his "Basic" ranking in Japanese Katana. Congratulations, Kris for all you hard work!

04/05/2017

Tatami Matt, you had this coming...

12/30/2016

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! We will resume classes the first Saturday of January. I hope to see a bunch of new people! In the meantime I leave you with an image of Cappo Ferro, and on e image from his fencing treatise. Master Ferro was one of the most revered rapier masters of all time, and we even eluded to in the movie, "Princess Bride" during the famous duel between Wesley and the Spaniard. Have a happy New Year!

12/25/2016

To all my sword students, Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

11/24/2016

Happy Thanksgiving, my sword students!

11/10/2016

This week I'm featuring a picture of Hans Talhoffer. He is one of the most revered sword masters of all time. He wrote five fighting manuals. The first picture shows him holding a sword and a pen (the latter indicating that he wrote the book). The other pictures come from his manuals.