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I'm writing this here mainly so that I can find it again in years to come.
I did two longsword workshops at Purbeck Folk Festival and both went very well. I taught the North Skelton dance on the first day and went for broke and did Helmsley on the second. The second dance is not nearly as well known and includes a rare triangular lock.
I spent several hours with the aid of several kind volunteers on and off the campsite figuring how to make the figure from the very ambiguous instructions in my longsword book. (To be fair, it's very difficult to describe longsword moves to someone who has never seen them.) As you can see, the research paid off. Here's the workshop group with their completed lock.
I've tried to write my own set of instructions (after spending most of this morning fiddling around with swords laid out on the floor), and I think mine may be easier to follow - but possibly only by me....
( Here's how it's done )
I did two longsword workshops at Purbeck Folk Festival and both went very well. I taught the North Skelton dance on the first day and went for broke and did Helmsley on the second. The second dance is not nearly as well known and includes a rare triangular lock.
I spent several hours with the aid of several kind volunteers on and off the campsite figuring how to make the figure from the very ambiguous instructions in my longsword book. (To be fair, it's very difficult to describe longsword moves to someone who has never seen them.) As you can see, the research paid off. Here's the workshop group with their completed lock.
I've tried to write my own set of instructions (after spending most of this morning fiddling around with swords laid out on the floor), and I think mine may be easier to follow - but possibly only by me....
( Here's how it's done )
