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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 1h

Disturbing how much people are enjoying this!😊 Grapples in the longsword class at Sword Saturday. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

How good? That good! Something I need to talk about at some point is the many earlier examples or the tornada. Tonight it’s applications in Longsword and some of its counters. Bloody awesome. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Is there a swordfighting film you love, but every time you watch the fights you wince? Started watching Highlander with Clau (her first time). We will not be discussing the quality of the fight scenes. #hema #learnswordfighting #highlander #badmovies #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Girard Thibault and Viedma in the verdadera destreza class. I loved how these two worked together. #learnswordfighting #londonlongswordacademy #hema #davidrawlings #community

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Marozzo’s footman’s spear, a great and accessible form. Freeplay and drilling in the polearms class in Crystal Palace. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I.33 in the sword and buckler class. New folk getting stuck into second cover. Exceptional work. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dussack from a private lesson. We stopped giggling enough to get a lot of Longsword done as well. Brilliant progress. #hema #learnswordfighting #davidrawlings #liechtenauer #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Verdadera destreza with the sabre from Simon de Frias. From the delightful Sword Saturday. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Great folk to spend a night with. The Friday Longsword class. Full of joy, Liechtenauer, and naked glove puppets. #hema #londonlongswordacademy #davidrawlings #community #learnswordfighting

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A delightfully focused Girard Thibault session. Verdadera Destreza techniques outside the arm, followed by happy freeplay. #hema #learnswordfighting #gerardthibault #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We’re going to need a bigger dungeon! When it’s quiet it’s always nice to bring out the big toys! From the Crystal Palace mixed weapons class. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I got quoted 😂 For context, we were discussing safety in and how to get the most out of drills in the Longsword and sword in one hand class. But this made me giggle. Thanks Simon.☺️ #hema #learnswordfighting #fioredeiliberi #londonlongswordacademy #davidrawlings

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Interlude. Been a fantastic start to the week, and more about the classes tomorrow. For now though, tea and Baldur’s Gate (again). See you on the sunny side. #hema #learnswordfighting #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy #badjokes

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A few more pages of Girard Thibault (only one of which belongs to me). To stand and marvel at these is an honour, and what subtleties you miss in most reproductions. #hema #learnswordfighting #gerardtbibault #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Verdadera destreza in the fore, Longsword at the back. Impressed with everyone finding their own focus of improvement and working at it hard. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Moments from the Girard Thibault and (Vulgar*) verdadera destreza classes. *niche pun.😂 #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

From the fundamentals class. Always beautiful to see how quickly you can get a class understanding the complex by explaining it simply. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #community

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hubud? You bud, we’re talking bout the blade. Dance sickle dance, dance sickle dance. Paulus Hector Mair sickle work this evening. In the Crystal Palace class. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

From Wrath to Comprehension. Taking these wonderful folks through some Liechtenauer in the fundamentals class. Could not be prouder of them all. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Friday Longsword. Marozzo and Liechtenauer, and little tweaks to freeplay. T’was lovely. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

With a bang not a whimper. No spoilers, an excellent day, which I am sure you will find out all about soon.😈⚔️😈 Image from wiktenauer.com #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #community #hema

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This beautiful space. Form work and warm up in the Crystal Palace class. Progressing the Achille Marozzo form, some Godinho. All in all awesome. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

From a private lesson on the Montante Figueyredo and Godinho and the company of Winter. Facts about swords and spiders and trees, and of course tea. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #learnswordfighting #davidrawling

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This month’s schedule. Short version. Swords, sticks, shields, sabres you name it, taught in a wildly fun and safe environment, with the loveliest people you could be stabbed by. #davidrawlings #hema #learnswordfighting #community #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A good day. Sabre at Sword Saturday. Frias Verdadera Destreza. Paulus Hector Mair and Joachim Meyer. And rolling for the soul. #hema #londonlongswordacademy #davidrawlings #community #learnswordfighting

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Achille Marozzo, but it’s never Marozzo, it’s Fiore dei Liberi, it’s Liechtenstauer through the eyes of Meyer, it’s Girard Thibault achieving the same against so many things. What did you say that meant the same thing? #leaarnswordfighting #community #londonlongswordacademy #davidrawlings #hema

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Sabre from Simon de Frias, Verdadera Destreza with descriptions that were pretty damned vulgar. Alongside that staff work from Paulus Hector Mair and Joachim Meyer, revising some old favourites to bring them up to date. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

An excellent blend of staff and sabres in the mixed weapons class at Crystal Palace! Verdadera destreza sabre from Frias and a little George Silver thrown in. Staff from Paulus Hector Mair. #londonlongswordacademy #davidrawlings #community #hema #learnswordfighting

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

They are happy because they did the Tornada a few hundred years early. Vulgar and verdadera destreza meet in the I.33 sword and buckler class. Awesome fun. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Polearms at Sword Saturday. Paulus Hector Mair and working through a fiddly fiddly play. 97% there I reckon and dead proud of everyone. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I kind of loved this warm up. From the Bethnal Green Longsword class. At Sword Saturday. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When you do a little bit of Thibault Vs Longsword and now everyone wants to play. Girard Thibault once more krept into the verdadera destreza class. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thibault in Two Continents. Canada and Germany my two latest outings, taking Gerard Thibault and his manner of verdadera destreza around the world. It’s been a lot of travelling but there is more to come. #hema #learnswordfighting #davidrawlings #girardthibault #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Different exchanges, different outcomes. Today in the smallsword class was all about moving. Not rushing to win, moving at a pace that encourages exploration and constant exchanges. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Figueiredo Montante rule 23 skidoo, the guarding of a parking spot against a Prius. A great afternoon working the goats mr Fig and Godinho #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongsword

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Suffice to say, day one was awesome. Godinho dos Espadas At Swords of the Renaissance. More in this soon. #hema #londonlongswordacademy #davidrawlings #learnswordfighting #community

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It’s been an exciting year so far. Never really travelled much and I’m grateful to the people breaking me of that habit. And it seems to be bringing people happiness and understanding! Yay! #hema #community #learnswordfighting #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Some people are so kind and quiet in their delivery of it, that you have to listen hard for it. Listen, and celebrate ☺️⚔️☺️

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

that I have a tendency to pass the swords to my right. And this dear reader is not what Thibault usually does. And I feel it’s important to recognise that when you teach, you expose your learning to justifiable criticism.

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Someone said about pinning the sword to the left side in said conclusions. I have been so in the habit of using them against a slightly compliant partner (one who releases the fingers and lets the point drop so those Pingus don’t get busted)

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Let us talk about politeness. In my Girard Thibault workshop in Ottawa we went through several techniques including the movements of conclusion.

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

At the Ottawa Historical Fencing event in Canada, discussing what vulgar and verdadera destreza, Girard Thibault and George silver and others share. Happy days. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #davidrawlings #londonlongswordacademy

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Boop upside! Paulus Hector Mair staff work in the Crystal Palace class. Working and reworking a couple of nuances to get the play sweet and smooth. #hema #londonlongswordacademy #davidrawlings #quaterstaff #learnswordfighting

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masteratarms.bsky.social @masteratarms.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Only some of us chose hot pants that night. This lot are getting better and better. From the Smallsword class. #hema #learnswordfighting #community #londonlongswordacademy #davidrawlings

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