Welcome
Sword School Wichita is a traditional Italian fencing school located in Wichita, KS.
We teach the three typical fencing weapons of foil, spada (épée) and sabre, as well as late 17th-19th century spada, and Radaellian sabre.
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Recent Updates and Announcements
Winter beginner class has rolled into the intermediate class, on Friday evenings. Given the state of the 'rona spike currently ongoing, I suspect this may continue to be the case for next session as well.
A bit of background reading on Maestro Luigi Barbasetti, who is one of the cousin maestri of our method, and a contemporary of Italo Santelli.
Barbasetti and the ideal human – T.HEMA Historisches Fechten
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Luigi Barbasetti is probably one of the most illustrious figures in the world of fencing in the fin de siècle, it is hardly surprising that such a personality was also of interest to the Viennese public, so much as to make it onto the front page of the Neues Wiener Tagblatt in an editorial by the w...
Sign-up for Winter session of our Parks and Rec classes at Edgemoor rec center is now open! The last class of the Fall Session is this Friday, and we will not have classes after that until the Winter session begins. I will be available for private lessons by appointment, weather permitting. ![]()
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Also, there is every chance that we may not have enough sign-ups to run one or the other class - in that case, note that the beginner class will likely be moved to Friday and run concurrent with the Intermediate class, as that will let us have the larger full gym, where we can spread out more. ![]()
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Details are on the class links below:![]()
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Beginner class is here:![]()
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Intermediate class is here:![]()
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If you're interested in Japanese Sword Arts in addition to Italian fencing, one of my friends teaches that class at the Lynette Woodard Parks and Rec facility, and I highly recommend it. web2.myvscloud.com/wbwsc/kswichitawt.wsc/iteminfo.html?Module=AR&FMID=9999169
Reminder, in case you're so deep in a turkey coma that your memory fails: no class this Friday. ![]()
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We will have class the following Friday.
This is the same chambered elbow based cut starting position we use in Radaelli’s method. Here it is a downward cut to an infantryman’s…pumpkin, but the same applies to opposing cavalry heads or rein hand. ![]()
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This cut style being the basis for Italian cavalry was the driving reason that Radaelli reformed the molinelli to be based around the elbow instead of the wrist - so that the elbow based molinelli included and taught the chambered cuts.
Congrats to Levi Fontaine for picking up bronze at the SDF Cup Tournament of Defense in Houston today!
Update: Parks and Rec beginner and intermediate classes have been combined into one class this session.![]()
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First class is tonight, starting at 6:30pm. Beginner class runs to 7:30, Intermediate continues until 8pm, though Beginner class members are welcome to stay the full time. ![]()
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Reminder: Athletic clothing and shoes please. Please do *not* wear jeans. Shorts are acceptable.