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Aug 28, 20244 min read
Rapier 101 - part 5: Hierarchy of actions for the outside stringer (complete)
Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 introduced the key concept in rapier, and showed the hierarchy of actions that stem from a stringer on the inside. ...
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HEMA 101 admin
Aug 28, 20243 min read
Rapier 101 - Part 4.5: Hierarchy of actions for the inside stringer (complete)
As I started to write part 5 (the hierarchy of actions for the outside stringer), I realised I could put the entire list of actions in a...
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Aug 15, 20244 min read
Rapier 101 - part 4: Clever counters to being stringered on the inside line
In part 2 I showed that, when fencer B is stringered on the inside line, they counter this by disengaging and attacking to the outside...
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Aug 12, 20243 min read
Rapier 101 - part 2: Counter to the stringer on the inside - the 'disengage'
In part 1 , I explained that Capo Ferro's rapier is largely based upon stringering. In fact, it is based on just two scenarios:...
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