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In other Girard Thibault news!

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier #verdaderadestreza #girardthibault #hemauk #davidrawlings #laverdaderadestreza
The Thibault Project — HEMA Bookshelf
This project has two goals! 1) To publish Girard Thibault’s spectacular illustrations in as close to their original size as possible — to do this, we need at least 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬. 2) To fund the purch...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
I made a mistake in an interpretation. Which is fucking great, because I got to go back to the research, collate and correct all the information and come back with new and better information. So we improve!☺️❤️⚔️❤️☺️

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #lon
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
I swear she’s saying “I don’t know”

#cat #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Ain’t life great./☺️⚔️☺️

This wonderful moment, training Verdadera Destreza (of course with a little Girard Thibault thrown in) with Ossian, marks the mid point.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #verdaderadestreza
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Impressed by all the students in the fundamentals classes this week. I really pushed to see how much they could process, carefully to be sure they could apply the prior principle, but truly superb work, lovely dialogue and questions,

HEMA beginner classes A+

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
So much goodness in the mixed weapons class in Crystal Palace. All freeplay, all fencing. Beautiful.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #achillemarozzo #joachimmeyer #hemauk #community #davidrawlings #polearms
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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They are back! The Chaos Quartet!
Made clean by their maker Balefire Blades, who kindly gave blades a reworking and even reblacked the fittings!

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #rapier #elric #warhammer #haileris #illuminati
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Remember, candy at Halloween is often laced with Trebuchets and other items harmful to the untrained. Give them to me.

www.justgiving.com/page/david-r... in case you want to donate to healthier matters:)

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Getting the Halloween excites!

#londonlongswordacademy #londonlongswordfamily
October 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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whodat35.bsky.social Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 18d
Could ICE have ‘lost' 3,000 immigrant arrestees in Chicago?

NBC Chicago's investigative team reports at least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.

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Could ICE have 'lost' 3,000 immigrant arrestees in Chicago?
At least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.
www.nbcchicago.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
We get to play with Swords, that’s pretty fucking awesome ain’t it.☺️⚔️☺️

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo #joachimmeyer #paulushectormair #hemauk
October 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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When you accidentally @joeabercrombie.com
Also what the hell thumbnail choices!

#londonlongswordacademy #londonlongswordfamily #verdaderadestreza
Verdadera Destreza cuphilt rapier from Timeblade Guild
YouTube video by London Longsword Academy
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October 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Nice start to the day, spadone and montante from Alfieri and Figuerido with Doctor Robert Atkinson of Swiss HEMA
Hopefully get to meet him again soon. Might even wax that moustache properly.☺️

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword
October 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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I am Flufficus!

Vote Achilles!
sianp.bsky.social Siân Pearce @sianp.bsky.social · 26d
Ok, it's the day, a single Bun stands against a sea of dogs in wigs, will you stand with him?

Vote Achilles!!!!!

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October 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Mondays mean loads of sword and buckler from the Anonimo Bolognese, Achille Marozzo and of course I.33. And after that the sword in one hand, and Longsword beginner classes!

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #londo
October 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Brilliant work deserves its reward.

#hema #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier #verdaderadestreza #girardthibault #hemauk
October 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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The Girard Thibault, Verdadera Destreza class. Yup that f*ing awesome!

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier #verdaderadestreza #girardthibault #hemauk #davidrawlings #laverdaderadestreza
October 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Rolling all evening in the longsword class at Crystal Palace. Progressive challenges to change the way we freeplay. An utter joy.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo #liechtenauer #hemauk #community #davidrawlings
October 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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A beautiful time in the sabre class on Sword Saturday at St Peter’s Bethnal Green.

Fantastic work☺️⚔️☺️

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #joachimmeyer #dussack #cutlass #sabre #paulushectormair #hemauk #messer #davidrawlings
October 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
While everyone else performed the exercise, me and Brendon slip off to constant roll. All about the footwork and quite excellent.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo #liechtenauer #joachimmeyer
October 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
The fundamentals class went entirely single handed this week. Working through everything from Talhoffer to Joachim Meyer and Achille Marozzo, then as a treat bringing everyone into some freeplay.
#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting
October 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
I did not choose the glorious kitten kilt life, the glorious kitten kilt life chose me.

Rapier and dagger by Destrezania

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier
October 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Please check your cat’s settings.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #cats
September 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
The most important part of the lesson is the flamboyant removal of the cape and wrapping it around the arm with such style that your opponent realises the fight is already lost.

#fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #rapier #verdaderadestreza #hemauk
September 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Quality play with emphasis on the fleeting thrust and adaptations from that. All in freeform for the whole session.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #rapier #smallsword #verdaderadestreza #community #hemauk #domenicoangelo
September 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM