What Is a Fencing Master, and What Does One Do?
Channel: Swordmastery
Date: 19/04/2024

What is a Fencing Master, what does one do, and how do you become one?
There are very few Fencing Masters left.
Because people who are not really Fencing Masters use the title, it can be very confusing to people who don’t understand the difference -or even that there IS a difference.

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00:00 Intro
00:31 A master teacher, not a "master fencer”
01:00 Qualities of a good teacher
01:12 Definitions at the AFA
01:56 Ancient Greek job of physical training
02:27 Fencing Master in the Renaissance
03:18 The Civilian Use of the Sword
03:41 What does a Fencing Master actually do?
04:01 Teacher
04:31 Coach
04:50 Choreographer
05:33 Mentor
06:24 How do you become a Fencing Master?
07:27 Are there still Fencing Masters?
08:51 Aldo Nadi: The noble privilege of the Fencing Master

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Some recommended books:
On Fencing by Aldo Nadi  https://amzn.to/4ahvGsw
Gustav Mahler by Jens Malte Fischer https://amzn.to/4d1wJ1z
The First Physical Culturists: Ancient Greek Athletics, Training and Competition by  Alex Daulat   https://amzn.to/3U83ZeZ

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Welcome to the Swordmastery Channel!
I am Maître Linda Wyatt.
My Fencing Master, Maître Adam Adrian Crown, has 40+ years’ experience as a Fencing Master, and is also a 5th Degree Black Belt (Godan) in Chinese Goju Karate. 
This channel shares our dedication to fencing as a martial art, or, if you will, martial arts, from the viewpoint of the sword.
The videos cover everything from specific technique, to philosophical discussions, to our teaching methods, and much of it applies to far more than fencing.
We don’t study the sword and nothing else.
We study the sword and EVERYTHING else.
We look for connections between seemingly unrelated things to discover universal principles that apply to all things.
If you’re interested in what a pair of classically trained Fencing Masters have to share about fencing, the sword, training, martial arts, combat theory, teaching, or how things are all connected, this is the place for you.
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