Sharing Knowledge
Structured Info Dumping.
Classes, handouts, practical guides, and teaching frameworks that came out of actual teaching.
This is the part of the lab where the work gets turned into something someone else can use: a rule set, a maintenance guide, a fencing framework, a training diagnostic, or a practical introduction to a source.
February 2019 / Gleann Abhann Fighter's Collegium
Introduction to Joseph Swetnam's Schoole of the Noble and Worthy Science of Defense
A practical introduction to fencing Swetnam
A thirty-minute introduction to Joseph Swetnam's 1617 fencing manual, focused on how the system behaves in practice rather than turning the class into a general biography.
Original class notes are available as a PDF.
2019 / Christmas Revel
Introduction to Karnöffel: The First Recorded Card Game
Playable historical game guide
A compact playable guide to Karnöffel, one of the oldest identifiable European card games, with enough rules to put cards on the table and find out why the trump suit is so gloriously strange.
Original handout is available as a PDF.
February 2022 / Gleann Abhann Fighter's Collegium
Knocking Off the Rust: Basics of Blade Maintenance
A short practical guide to keeping a rapier blade, hilt, handle, and related equipment from quietly becoming a problem.
Original class notes are available as a DOCX.
February 2023 / Gleann Abhann Fighter's Collegium
Rapier as Comedy: Timing, Expectation, and Knowing Your Audience
An essay-like fencing class built around the idea that a good fencer, like a good comedian, reads the room, controls timing, and chooses material for the audience in front of them.
Original class notes are available as a DOCX.
February 2024 / Gleann Abhann Fighter's Collegium
Developing a Fighter Training Program Using the Five Elements of Training
A diagnostic framework for building a fighter training plan, identifying weak links, and separating knowing a thing from being able to do it.
Original class notes are available as a DOCX.