Backsword and dagger, 3-May 2018

There was a family night at Juniper tonight so we worked outside on the playground for the first bit. Fiore dagger and backsword:

• Reviewed ninth master basic catch
• Connected up the three attacks of the dagger disarm flow drill
• Box step (slips) against downright blows
• Thrusts and hand parries
• Transitions from open fight to bastard guardant, with box footwork
• Working same with occasional direction changes by opponent, work bastard guardant on other side or just do quick right-side parry as emergency remedy
• Reviewed tondo reverso against squalembrato reverso (reverse side attack)
• More thrust and hand parries
• Some flow and evasion drills
• Sword situps and three-point plank at end