Instruc­tor: Cecil Longino
Mon­days from 7:30 to 8:30pm

While the French smallsword shares some sim­i­lar­i­ties with its cousin the Ital­ian rapier, it is the very weapon itself that facil­i­tated the rise of French the­ory and prac­tice. Sim­i­lar to foil this class has a strong focus on cor­rect pos­ture, pre­cise blade manip­u­la­tion and grace­ful move­ments. As stu­dents advance they will prac­tice tech­niques that empha­size oppo­si­tion with the weapon and the unarmed hand along with blade seizures and disarms.