Articles

Index

Fiore Documentation Prose description of Fiore’s history and the study group's purpose. Basically the first half of my Intro to Fiore class.
Learning Fiore Approaches to drills to learn Fiore's system
LearnFiore.org Website for Fiore work
Surveying Period Rapier Manuals, a.k.a. "Master-a-Month" An high level survey approach to period rapier manuals.
Introduction to Period Rapier Manuals class notes. Updated May 2014
Rapier book bibliography with easy links for purchasing
Fiore Bibliography List of Fiore printed resources
Intro & Review of Fiore Handout Class outline for Introduction/Review to Fiore class
Fiore Longsword Handout Class outline for Fiore Longsword class
Fiore Armored Combat Class outline for Fiore Armored Combat class
Using Fiore in SCA Combat Class outline for application of Fiore’s techniques to the SCA
Longsword Posta Flash Cards and drills for Fiore's longsword stances
Sword in Armor and Dagger Postas Flash Cards and drills for Fiore's Armored and Dagger positions
Fiore Glossary Flash cards for Fiore's Medieval Italian terms for footwork, range, and blows
HMA in the SCA Slides from the inaugural online class for Tir-y-Don's A&S night during the Corona Virus distancing. The slides give a quick history of surviving period European combat manuals, how to interpret a play with demonstrations (via YouTube due to being online), and how to apply these techniques to SCA combat.

Atlantian Rapier 101 - Article for new fencers in Atlantia explaning our awards, academie, and other culture topics.
Visualizing the Wall - A fencing visualization technique to help build mental models.
My Cut & Thrust Gear - Evaluation of options to comply with 2018 hand protection rules update
12 Dimensional Fencing, Llwyd's introduction to tournament tactics article from the 2005 "Knowne World Academy of Rapier"
Measure and Tempo. A work in progress describing my timing and range game.
Physics of Blade Bending, Engineering discussion of how heavy rapier blades bend and how to test for stiffness
Engineering Theory of Blade Bending, A much older article of mine describing the physics of epee bending.
SCA Army Communications, a draft chapter for part of an unfinished comprehensive melee manual.
A Spectator's Guide to Atlantian Rapier class handout.
2010 letter outlining the duties of the Kingdom Rapier Marshal in Atlantia
Atlantian Academie Oaths - Ancient and Modern oaths laid out to be printed on easy to carry cards.

Laminated Acadamie oath cards beside a 3x5" Index Card

Atlantian Rapier Award Statistics Spreadsheets and numbers and math, oh, my!
My History and Thoughts on the Atlantian Academie and Rapier Awards - A long musing on setting the bar for rapier polling orders (White Scarf and Order of Defense)
SCA Awards are not Merit Badges - An article comparing the Boy Scouts' checklist based award structure and the SCA's squishier approach
How Polling Orders Work - Or Why Doesn't Bob/Sue have their Knighthood/Laurel/Pelican/MoD/etc.
Some Thoughts on Households - My experiences and thoughts on households and formal mentoring
Order of the Sea Stag - Short discussion of Atlantia's award for martial instruction.

QR Codes and Digital Business Cards - using 21st Century tech to boost your SCA networking
Spiffing up Online Presentations - adding cameras and scenes to your online talks. Also available as a slide package and a YouTube video.
Websites and Photos for the SCA - Combined, updated, streamlined version of the below two classes to take 1 hour instead of 2.
SCA Websites with Wordpress - Focused on building an A&S website, also available on YouTube here.
Photos for SCA Websites - Composing, taking, and using photos for websites
SCA Wikis - What is a wiki, what is on the Atlantian Wiki, and how do I contribute to it?
Archiving old photos

Lots of other class notes, outlines, and presentations are linked on my class list page.