Category: Public Training
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2024 – From Italians heart I stab at thee! – Delayed
For those of you who were on the fence, or could not make January work: “Good News, Everyone!” – Professor Farnsworth Due to Circumstances out of the Guilds control, the January dagger intensive has been delayed to March 9th! Updated Details: Date: March 9th 2024 Location: Easterday Recreation Center, 6130 Adams St, Lincoln, NE 68507…
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2023 – From Italians heart I stab at thee!
Its that time again! Time for another NESG Intensive! This time we are partnering with our friend Tyler Sigman of Omaha KDF to teach you and your friends about daggers. We intend to teach you both the German and the Italian techniques, and how they work. We will cover the strengths, and weaknesses of the…
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2023 – Here; There; Everywhere!
Whew, The last three months have been a whirlwind of activity for the guild. From our ‘Two Edges and a Point’ intensive, to Party in the Park, Streets Alive, and OKDF’s ‘Inconceivable’ event, the Guild has been busy trying to keep up with the fun. The Whirlwind started with the Guilds summer intensive ‘Two Edges…
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2023 – Two Edges and a Point: A survey of Fiore’s Longsword Techniques
Like our successful intensive back in January of this year, this course is designed to be an accessible, full day course covering a simplified body of techniques from Fiore dei Liberi’s Flor Di Bataglia by examining the actions of the Italian longsword. Starting from the basics of sword movement, starting at a long range engagement…
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2023 – Under Duress, No More
Today we’re going to learn a lot of things, but first and foremost; we must learn to fall. Joseph Loder [ paraphrased] One may get worried if the first thing in a class about defense is to fall, but not our crew. Joe explained that to do some of the later offensive techniques, we must…
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2023 – Under Duress: A survey of medieval close combat techniques in the Italian tradition.
This course is designed to be an accessible, full day course covering a simplified body of techniques from Fiore dei Liberi’s Flor Di Bataglia. Starting from grappling and then bridging to use of the dagger and longsword by themselves, then concluding with transitioning from one weapon to the next in giocco stretto or ‘close play’.…