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Chris Slee is a swordsman, historian and franco-phone with an academic background in Renaissance thought, history, literature and languages. He has published numerous translations of French fencing treatises. and runs Long Edge Fencing in Brisbane, dedicated to historical French fencing.

I’m excited to have him teach this workshop weekend because he has a strong academic streak while also teaching practical fencing that everyone can benefit from.

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Saturday 5th
French Sabre
11 am – 5 pm

Sunday 6th
French Rapier and Dagger
10 am – 4 pm

Cost:
Both days – $110
One day only – $70
SHF all classes subscribers and Saturday Regulars get Saturday discounted (contact Gindi for discount code).


Venue:
The Melbourne Salle
4/64 Oakover Rd
Preston 3072

7 – 9:30 pm, Thursday 19 December

Get there whenever you can as the format is extremely flexible. Everyone should get plenty of safe, fun fencing, and if you are missing some gear, I will bring plenty of loaner bits and bobs.

Rapier options are: Single Rapier, Rapier & Dagger, Rapier & Cloak, Rapier & Buckler.

Longsword will be restricted intensity to reflect the more social nature of the evening.

Join us for dumplings afterwards!

Will be self-called rather than judged and won’t be submitted to HEMA Ratings

No need to book, just show up.

SHF Subscribers: Free
Others: $15 Gear Requirements:
Mask, Jacket, Gloves (rapier), thickly padded gloves or better (longsword), Elbow protectors, Knee protectors, Gorget

Will there be swords to borrow?
Yes there will be loaner Longswords, and Rapiers, to borrow if needed.

Rules – simple rules to be explained on the day.

Venue
Wesley Hall
Wesley Uniting Church, Oxford St, Box Hill
3 word map pin: ///oddly.easy.oasis

Join us for Tournaments in Rapier, Longsword, Sword & Buckler, and Wrestling PLUS workshops and casual sparring

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Draft Schedule:
Saturday 25 Jan – Melbourne Salle, Preston
9 am – Venue opens, Rapier Roll Call
9:30 am – Rapier Tournament
2 pm – Capoferro’s Rapier workshop with Habibi Favilla
3 pm –  Fiore’s Spear workshop with Tom Lanyon
5 pm – Social event

Sunday 26 Jan – VRDL, Preston
9 am – Venue Opens, Sword & Buckler Roll Call
9:30 am – Sword & Buckler Tournament
12:30 pm – Longsword Roll Call
1 pm – Longsword Tournament
5 pm – Social event

Monday 27 Jan – Melbourne Salle, Preston
9 am – Venue Opens, Wrestling Roll Call
9:30 am – Wrestling tournament
1 pm – Lunch and Sparring

Workshops

How does Capoferro really want us to fence with the rapier?
This workshop will expose the true art we should use with this weapon, as taught by Habibi Favilla.

Fiore’s Spear: Direct and to the Point.
This method for using the spear covers the most important ideas and situations in and out of armour with a spear. Tom Lanyon will show us the elegant simplcity of Fiore’s approach.

Will there be swords to borrow?
Yes there will be loaner Longswords, Sideswords, Bucklers, and Rapiers, to borrow if needed. Daggers will be provided for everyone for the Dagger torunament. There will also be some limited loaner PPE – with priority going to newer fencers. If you need to borrow something we encourage you to organise it with your home club in advance.

Rules – draft rules here

Venue
Saturday and Monday
The Melbourne Salle
12/62-64 Oakover Rd, Preston VIC
3 word map pin: ///later.soda.vocab

Sunday
The Factory VRDL, Preston
3 word map pin: ///worm.junior.faces
https://what3words.com/worm.junior.faces

Cost
$25 per tournament
Staff and Spectators free.
Workshops – Competitors in the various tournaments attend the workshops free, as do SHF full subscribers or Saturday students, otherwise $20 for workshop attendance

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