L’école Française: A Practical and Combative Guide to the French Smallsword

Anthony De Longis Performance & Combat Arts

Anthony De Longis Performance and Combat Arts is dedicated to quality live and on-video weapons instruction. Bladed weaponry include both theatrical and historical combative swordplay. His bullwhip videos focus on safety and performance. From beginners to experienced performers, there is always more to learn. We are glad to help your progress.

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L’école Française: A Practical and Combative Guide to the French Smallsword


$75.00

Description

Lithe, lovely and lethal: the small sword. For the first time ever offered to the modern swordsperson training withouth a maestro, this 3-DVD set is designed to serve as a guide to the theory and proper technical execution of the French School as it was practiced in the 18th century. It includes:

  • guard, stance, posture, and footwork
  • grips and hand positions
  • lines of offense and defense
  • thrusts and parries
  • engagements and responses
  • developing specific skills
  • advanced theory and practice
  • application of smallsword techniques to a cane or walking stick
  • choreography ideas

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Anthony De Longis is an actor, fight choreographer, swordsman, stuntman, and teacher. His decades-long career has been dedicated to physical performances that speak as eloquently and powerfully as words. His expertise with a variety of bladed and flexible weapons is renown in the entertainment industry, and he has been called to teach, choreograph, and perform with some of its biggest names – including Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jet Li, Josh Brolin, Tom Cruise, Brendan Fraser, Placido Domingo. He created Anthony De Longis Performance and Combat Arts to share his knowledge – all it takes is a desire to learn. His video company, Palpable Hit Productions, markets self-produced, high-quality instructional videos for his favorite weapons: the Bullwhip and the Sword.

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