Sword Fighting – Killick Off Road Arts

Improving Combat Skills: Insights from Recent KORA Classes

Great classes yesterday, I taught the hourglass in the KORA sword class and some basic striking and hitting in the KORA Serak class. The hourglass comes jointly from my training in the Spanish short sword and the Ilustrisimo sword. I use it to teach the student basics and also faints or enganios. Always grateful toContinue reading “Improving Combat Skills: Insights from Recent KORA Classes”

Ilustrisimo vs KORA: Hourglass Sword Comparison

For those in the KORA sword class, part of this very nice video (around the 3 min mark) shows what they call in Spanish sword, the hourglass, sometimes called the X or half X in FMA. I don’t like to use the term half X because it misleads the student; we want our students toContinue reading “Ilustrisimo vs KORA: Hourglass Sword Comparison”

FMA Life – Lineage Holders – Brandon Ricketts – Kali Ilustrisimo

For those in my weekly sword & dagger class, this will be of interest to you. Some of the subjects we discussed during class this weekend.

Mastering Doble Carrera: Enhancing Sword Movement

I taught something important in the sword class yesterday. It was a drill and a must-have movement. I initially dismissed this until looking at some of my 2005 Spanish short sword notes. Doble Carrera, or what we call Flamenco footwork, in our system. The ability to move is enhanced if you are already moving, evenContinue reading “Mastering Doble Carrera: Enhancing Sword Movement”