Noble Science Academy - Dublin

Happy Saturday Everybody!

Another great week of fencing at Noble Science Academy Dublin! We've been very busy with tournament prep, getting back into a rhythm with Sabre, welcoming new members and putting in hard work as usual!

We're exploring the use of hanging parries with Sabre as a counter to horizontal or rising cuts, using our opponents force against them by stopping their cut, keeping ourselves safe firstly and the coming around with a moulinet, striking them and transitioning back into a defencive guard!

We took a look at Nachreisen for our Longsword lessons, using our footwork to allow our opponents cuts to pass by before quickly re-entering measure, striking our opponent and coving their sword to prevent an afterblow.

If youd like to join us, or just drop inti a class to try HEMA get in touch with us by DM, or via the email address in our bio!

St. Patrick's day meant we only had one training session this week which was unfortunate but we still made the most of this short week!

We've been moving forward with Abszeten, this time using it to counter a descending cut, really emphasising the importance of timing and structure in order to find our target, interrupt that cut at the right time and use our posture to keep us safe! We'll be looking at Abszeten more in the coming weeks before we move on to more single time counters in the form of Liechtenauers master cuts!

No dagger this week which was sorely missed, but we'll be back on Tuesday to continue through Fiores dagger vs unarmed and Abrazare!

Rapier took a bit of an interesting turn when we introduced Fabris to our students! This was a big change from our usual classes where we have been pulling from Giganti and Capo Ferro, but the unique posture and mechanics of Fabris was meant with a lot of interest! We'll be working more from Fabris and familiarising ourselves with his system over the next month or two!

If youd like to get involved in HEMA and learn more about Historical Fencing please get in touch either via the email in our bio or by DM! We're always excepting new members and would love to have you by for a class!

What a week!

We've been very busy here, the past week has been jammed with some great classes and fantastic work from our students! ⚔️

We finished up our lessons on Sprechfenster, covering Zu Fechten, Kreig and Abzug in detail, working through all stages of the fight, finally wrapping things up with more of our Abzug drill, making sure we can act effectively in Kreig and disengage safely once scoring a point on our opponent!
On Tuesday we started looking at Abszeten, by countering a thrust with a single time action, offsetting our opponents thrust while delivering our own!

We made more progress through Fiores dagger vs unarmed, looking at the Reverso and sottani along with their counters! Its been so much fun covering dagger in detail that we plan to extend our time with the system and really get stuck into Fiores dagger and abrazare system over the next few weeks!

In our Friday Rapier classes, we're nearing the end of our work on cuts and how to avoid, counter and parry them, taking a final look at cuts to the leg and how Cappo Ferro recommends dealing with them!

We've had several new members joining us the past few weeks, and more interest in people wanting to get involved, so now is the perfect time to join in and learn HEMA! Send us a message here on our socials or at [email protected] to learn how to get involved ⚔️