“"Vaccination" by French painter Alfred Touchemolin, circa 1895.
The painting depicts French army recruits being vaccinated with cowpox to protect them from the more virulent infection, smallpox. “
And in the lower left corner of the picture you see an officer with a saber in his scabbard. To get an idea how that saber likely looked see the picture below.
To learn about saber fencing go to Military and Classical Sabre Also check out the various saber manuals noted in the treatise database here under the 19th century french ones.And check out the system of Jean-Louis Michel, claimed to be The Best Swordsman in Napoleons Army of which you can read a translation by P.T.Crawley here.
Remember to check out A Guide to Starting a Liberation Martial Arts Gym
Fear is the Mind Killer: How to Build a Training Culture that Fosters Strength and Resilience by Kaja Sadowski may be relevant as well.
Worth checking out are this blogs tags on pedagogy and teaching for other related useful posts.
Consider getting some patches of this sort or these cool rashguards to show support for good causes or a t-shirt like to send a good message while at training.
And if you can do get vaccinated against covid-19 and when possible the flu as well, just note that you likely need to do so with a month of separation in between.
And stay safe
