"Defining fencing as the art of time and measure is an age-old trope. In that regard, footwork determines the time and the place of the initial engagement. However, according to the core principles of the ecological approach, footwork cannot be divorced from a tangible goal one tries to achieve and the stimuli to which they are reacting. The point of this article is to discuss how to integrate footwork constraints to improve oneās game design."
For anyone who hasnāt yet seen the following links:
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SomeĀ advice onĀ how toĀ startĀ studying theĀ sourcesĀ generally can be foundĀ in these older posts
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Remember to check out Ā AĀ Guide to Starting a Liberation Martial Arts GymĀ as it may help with your own club/gym/dojo/school culture and approach.Check out their curriculum too.
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Fear is the Mind Killer: How to BuildĀ a Training Culture that Fosters Strength and Resilience by Ā Kajetan SadowskiĀ Ā may be relevant as well.
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āHow We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skillsā Ā byĀ Rob GrayĀ Ā as well asĀ this post that goes over the basics of his constraints lead, ecological approach.
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Another useful book to check out is Ā The Theory and Practice of Historical European Martial ArtsĀ (while about HEMA, a lot of it is applicable to other historical martial arts clubs dealing with research and recreation of old fighting systems).
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Trauma informed coaching and why it matters
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Look at the previous posts in relation to running and cardio to learn how that relates to historical fencing.
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Why having a systematic approach to training can be beneficial
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Why we may not want one attack 10 000 times, nor 10 000 attacks done once, but a third option.
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How consent and opting in function and why it matters.
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More on tactics in fencing
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Types of fencers
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Open vs closed skills
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The three primary factors to safety within historical fencing
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Worth checking out are this blogs tags onĀ pedagogyĀ andĀ teachingĀ for other related useful posts.
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And if you train any weapon based form of historical fencing check out the āHEMA game archiveā where you can find a plethora of different drills, focused sparring and game options to use for effective, useful and fun training.
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Check out the cool hemabookshelf facsimile project.
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For more on how to use youtube content for learning historical fencing I suggest checking out theseĀ olderĀ posts on the concept of video study of sparring and tournament footage.
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The provoker-taker-hitter tactical concept and its uses
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Approaches to goals and methodology inĀ historical fencing
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A short article on why learning about other sports and activities can benefit folks in combat sports
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ConsiderĀ gettingĀ someĀ patchesĀ of this sort orĀ theseĀ cool rashguardsĀ to show support for good causes or aĀ t-shirt like to send a good message while at training.
