• stance
• posture
• principles of hand biomechanics - shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist
• principles of leg biomechanics - hip joint, knee, ankle, alignment of the foot tip
• torso as a bridge between legs and hands
• different types of foot placement in guards
• types of steps
• fencing line
• roles of each foot in single step

• hand/weapon guards - high, wide, low
• blow, cut, thrust
• handwork during thrust execution
• handwork during cut - shoulder, elbow, wrist
  • linear wrist cut and trade (cavazione)
  • linear and circular cuts
• role of tip and tip trajectories during cut and thrust
• performing blows and cuts with weapon in single hand
• footwork accompanying blow and cut
• cut from top to down
• diagonal cut - head
• diagonal cut - shoulder
• diagonal cut - hip
• diagonal cut - leg
• cutting from down up
• horizontal cuts
• fluent transition from cut to thrust and from thrust to cut

• moulinet I
• moulinet II
• first form - movements 1-7 generated from 2 basic circular sword motions, based on Dr. Plch
• selected movement pairs from the First form.

• supporting sword techniques with body and footwork
• measures
• contact/contactless initiation techniques
• how to initiate, how to move freely and fluently with sword
• secure entry to measures, secure exit from measures

• dialogue of blades, building of feeling through weapon and armed hand
• halving the weapon, offensive use of cross, pommel
• trading sides/cavazione
• pressure and withstanding pressure by correct body construction in proper time
• yielding
• redirecting the pressure
• batutta
• sliding against opponent's blade
• beating the blade
• second form (quarta)
• third form (quinta)

• deflecting and controlling opponent's blade or hand with the unarmed hand
• short distance work with weapon, half blade grip
• transition from armed fight to wrestling
• wrestling with weapon in one hand

• Methodology of training with circular shield
• sword and circular shield / kite shield / rectangular targe
• 3 basic guards of shield - opened, closed, direct
• changing guards
• derived guards
• shield workout
• defensive use of umbo and edge
• offensive use of umbo and edge
• weapons synchronization
• feeling exercises for shield hand and shield
• different shield utilization ideas

• safety at work
• different grip types, workout exercises
  • two hand grip - one third, sword-like, from above
  • high and low guard
  • single hand grip
  • under-arm single hand grip - knight grip
• extending or shortening the reach
• thrust at short, middle and long distance
  • line changes - high, low
• slash with small and large circular tip motion
  • trade, beat
• cut with spear tip
• exercises to build up feeling during changes between high and low guard
• tactics of single spearman
  • spear against weapon combination (single handed weapon + shield)
  • spear against spear
• tactics of spearman in battle formation

Mandatory equipment is head protection (iron helmet with padding or sabre fencing mask), and protection of hands and torso.

• march within the formation
• loose linear formation of shields - edge to edge
• tight linear formation of shields - edge to umbo
• diagonal line
• wedge
• circle
• changing first two fighter rows during fight (fighter rotation) in loose formation
• tactics of first row fight
• cooperation of first row fighters in linear formation
• cooperation between first and second row in linear formation
• usage of axes and spears to disband opposing formation

• Building functional estimate of tempo and measure - how to recognize good fighting swordplay
• Fist-held shields (viking shield, buckler)
• Shield held by 2 straps/enarmes to forearm & wrist (almond/kite shield, heater shield, rectangular targe)
• Sword and shield
• Axe and shield
• Spear and shield
• Spear
• Introduction to battle art of armed self defense by Giacomo di Grassi
• Introduction to the art of duels with rapier by Salvator Fabris