{"id":312,"date":"2016-06-20T00:08:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T00:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sermiari.sk\/?p=312"},"modified":"2016-06-20T00:10:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T00:10:22","slug":"learn-rapier-ii-footwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sermiari.sk\/learn-rapier-ii-footwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Rapier II – Footwork"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tento \u010dl\u00e1nok je v angli\u010dtine. Prelo\u017ete ho kliknut\u00edm sem<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Another entry in the Learn Rapier video series – this time about about footwork in historical Italian rapier.<\/p>\n

Alfa and Omega are the first and the last letters from the classical Greek alphabet. They\u2019re often used to symbolize that something is both the beginning and the end. And in fencing, everything starts and ends with footwork.<\/p>\n

THE MYTH OF HEMA FOOTWORK<\/h2>\n

If there was a\u00a0myth about historical fencing that we should debunk and get rid of in the first place, it certainly would be the concept of HEMA being slow, clumsy and laborious. That is not true. Often it serves as but an excuse to people who are lazy to do some proper practice.<\/p>\n

Our ancestors were exquisitely athletic \u2013 we have so much pictorial and textual evidence since as far we can remember and dug. So no more talking and excuses and let\u2019s get to work!<\/p>\n


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