Instruction in the art, science, and spirit of the sword.
Joined September 2009
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The Swordfightin' Blues youtu.be/42lrCnr1giY?si=yQnH… via @YouTube
A song written just for you!
This is dedicated to all our students past, present, and future, and to all our viewers.
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26 Sep 2025
Who Do You Get Martial Arts Advice From? youtu.be/uXzxznEr7aE?si=ZzwY… via @YouTube Be careful who you get your advice from.
Do they know what they are talking about?
Does it actually apply to your situation?
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12 Jul 2025
Regaining Balance youtu.be/EpEfltZGVTo?si=u9aL… via @YouTube We’re taking a little break, but won’t be off doing nothing.
We have a couple of projects that need finishing.
We’ll check in often, but won’t be posting videos every week for a bit.
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5 Jul 2025
Fencing Puns, Just For Fun youtu.be/vEug1TZoTQQ?si=Vl4d… via @YouTube And now for something completely different.
Never let it be said that we take ourselves too seriously around here.
What’s the point?
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28 Jun 2025
The Archers Lesson: You Always Hit What You Aim At youtu.be/8UC6rTMqBoU?si=aMFN… via @YouTube This “fencing lesson” comes to us courtesy of the art of archery.
I think it has profound implications in martial arts- and in a lot of other things.
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20 Jun 2025
Speed vs Timing in Combat & Comedy youtu.be/sb4C_3ZGHdY?si=q6Zq… via @YouTube Timing is everything.
That’s something combat has in common with comedy.
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13 Jun 2025
Thinking Critically Under Stress #swordmastery #FencingMaster #martialar... youtu.be/wQyS6ErmSVM?si=3co0… via @YouTube
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7 Jun 2025
How would you survive a duel, not just physically, but emotionally, and spiritually?
What would you need to know? To do?
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30 May 2025
Fencing Master's Advice on Integrity #fencing #martialarts #truth #chang... youtu.be/sdK_LUtAf3Y?si=3Ubm… via @YouTube Don’t pretend to be what you’re not.
The world needs you to stand up for the truth.
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23 May 2025
Only Perfect Practice Makes Perfect youtu.be/xR79OeXKxUw?si=9iSd… via @YouTube What if, today, for your practice, you did 1000 perfect lunges?
Slow down.
Focus on the fundamentals.
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16 May 2025
The Bad Guy Never Thinks He's the Bad Guy #fencingmaster #swordmastery #... youtu.be/R2r9w0HRvvc?si=atZN… via @YouTube
It’s not so much a fight between good and evil, as it is between two incompatible concepts of good.
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9 May 2025
Teach Yourself Impeccable Focus youtu.be/ndFOJdCmTrY?si=EIWF… via @YouTube Lao Tsu said “Do nothing and nothing is left undone.”
What the heck does that mean?
Here’s an exercise you can try.
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9 Nov 2024
The Dog Who Fought a Duel youtu.be/uiFm88TAKuM?si=cTO_… via @YouTube During the latter half of the 14th century, a dog fought a duel by order of the King.
Folktale? Legend? History?
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1 Nov 2024
Compare: Real Fighting, Fencing, and Stage Fighting youtu.be/ZD92vGwl_yg?si=_iUf… via @YouTube What’s different? What’s the same?
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25 Oct 2024
The Most Important Thing Classical Fencing Teaches You youtu.be/9HwuzuTzWAc?si=vxDj… via @YouTube What’s the most valuable thing that fencing teaches you?
That’s a tough call. But if I had to pick just one, it would be this one.
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18 Oct 2024
Does The Best Fencer Make The Best Teacher? youtu.be/5iQ4_7k48ts?si=rlN9… via @YouTube Fencing, and teaching fencing, are not the same thing.
They are opposite things.
People often assume that the best competitors are the best teachers, but is that true?
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11 Oct 2024
How To Communicate Indescribable Concepts youtu.be/KiA_tRySdMs?si=bznx… via @YouTube Can everything be described, defined, and depicted using words and images?
What if it can’t be?
How do you communicate that which must be experienced?
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4 Oct 2024
The Four Keys: Competence, Confidence, Control, and Commitment youtu.be/Y9_K3tsjE6k?si=oUpf… via @YouTube Competence,
They work together, and you need them all.
How do you cultivate these qualities?
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27 Sep 2024
The Truth About Stress Before, During, And After A Fight youtu.be/zPZnRfkXh3U?si=wa2O… via @YouTube Understanding what happens before, during, and after an adrenaline flood can help you prepare, survive, and recover.
There are a wide variety of things in life that can trigger stress.
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20 Sep 2024
Do Martial Arts Make You Violent? youtu.be/Qu7kKHhOFBY?si=zO23… via @YouTube Do martial arts promote violence?
First, we need to look at what the word “violence” means.
Then we can look at what martial arts teach, and why.
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