Viva México, part two: the amazing food! and some tips for travellers
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by Guy Windsor
8h ago
You may recall that my recent trip to Mexico blew me away. What a country, what people. And yes, what food. I’ve had lots of “Mexican” food before: some awesome, some so-so. But nothing prepared me for the breadth and depth of the Mexican food experience. I ate everywhere from people’s homes, to roadside shacks ..read more
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Viva la Panoplía! y Viva México!
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by Guy Windsor
1M ago
This is supposed to be a review of the Panoplía Iberoamericana, which I attended over the weekend, teaching several workshops. The event was excellent, a complete delight to attend and teach at. But my hosts here have gone the extra thousand miles to show me the best of their city and culture, and the only ..read more
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Want to learn dagger? The New Medieval Dagger Course is ready!
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by Guy Windsor
2M ago
At the end of June I went to Kansas… and came back with footage of a whole lot of my interpretation of Fiore’s Il Fior di Battaglia, including all 73 plays of the dagger, and 7 new clips on Fiore’s footwork. These are now available with the re-edited and re-released Medieval Dagger Course. Dagger Course Info For ..read more
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New Book: Get Them Moving: How to Teach Historical Martial Arts
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by Guy Windsor
2M ago
Learn to teach historical martial arts! My new book, Get Them Moving: how to teach historical martial arts is now available at the swordschool shop. It will go live on other platforms (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc etc.) in a few months, but you can get it now: Click here to Get Them Moving Here's ..read more
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Forged in Fire 2: a Viking knife
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by Guy Windsor
2M ago
I recently turned 50, and my sister gave me a “ Forge a Viking knife” day course at the Boneyard forge in London for my birthday. I went a couple of weeks ago, and it was great fun. I’ve done a couple of similar courses before (I wrote up the first one here: https://guywindsor.net/2020/01/forged-in-fire/), so ..read more
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Fiore’s Footwork Revisited: the mysterious 3 turns of the sword?
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by Guy Windsor
2M ago
For an academic, it is the best feeling in the world when the ground you have built a mansion on starts to tremble. (Less so for an architect, I’d imagine.) I had that experience on my recent trip to the Panoplia Iberica where I finally met Dario Magnani in person. He runs the THOKK gloves ..read more
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Want to learn dagger? The New Medieval Dagger Course is ready!
Guy Windsor Blog
by Guy Windsor
2M ago
At the end of June I went to Kansas… and came back with footage of a whole lot of my interpretation of Fiore’s Il Fior di Battaglia, including all 73 plays of the dagger, and 7 new clips on Fiore’s footwork. These are now available with the re-edited and re-released Medieval Dagger Course. For the next ten ..read more
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That very exciting news? not so exciting after all
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by Guy Windsor
2M ago
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. The Dardi article I posted about this morning- Michael Chidester, Josh Wiest, and David Biggs all got in touch to let me know that the institution and author apparently don't exist. It's almost certainly a hoax of some kind. Though why anyone would post such a thing ..read more
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Very Exciting News: Dardi Fragments have been found!
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by Guy Windsor
2M ago
Hi! On Swordpeople.com yesterday my friend and colleague David Biggs let us know that Italian academics lead by Professor Dottore Giovanni Rossi have found what appear to be parts of a book on swordsmanship by Filippo Dardi himself. Dardi is widely credited as being the founder or precursor of the Bolognese School of swordsmanship, and ..read more
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New Book: Get Them Moving: How to Teach Historical Martial Arts
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by Guy Windsor
3M ago
My new book, Get Them Moving: how to teach historical martial arts is now available at the swordschool shop. It will go live on other platforms (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc etc.) in a few months, but you can get it now, here: https://swordschool.shop/collections/get-them-moving​ Here's the blurb: In ​Get Them Moving I’ve distilled over twenty years ..read more
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