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Next Event: 9th Annual ISMAC July 31 - August 3, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan Sponsored by Detroit Metro Airport Westin Hotel

Intro to Giganti's Rapier
INSTRUCTORS: Gary Chelak ROOM: TBA
DESCRIPTION:   An introduction or refresher for Nicoletto Giganti's 1606 Scola... This course provides a view into what makes Nicoletto Giganti's rapier system stand out from that of his contemporaries. Treatment of the guards & counterguards, the use of constraint, and the preference for feints will be discussed. Class actions from the text will support these topics. We will be making thrusts against each other - please bring a practice rapier/spada, gloves, 12k mask, protection for the upper torso/arms, notepad & pen/pencil. Throat protection highly suggested.
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