The following is a list of the basic topics that will be covered in the beginning lessons. This series of lessons assumes one formal lesson per week with additional practices to hone skills. Each lesson will begin with stretching and basic warmup. The classwork is divided into 4 sections.
Single rapier is covered in the basic lessons.
The student shall learn how to advance and retreat. Introduction Talk about history. Go over the weapons and weapon combinations. Give an overview of the period masters. Show onguard, advance, retreat, lunge 2.