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Wednesday,
June 7, 2006,
Sydney Yarbrough, Kyle Cook, and Jonathan Moonen presented an
hour long lecture/demo for ‘Troupe d’Jour’, an
educational theatre company that offers theatre-based presentations
to all levels of school students. The demo was given in conjunction
with a Shakespeare acting camp, so the focus was historical fighting
during the Renaissance period, particularly the fighting styles
reflected in the Elizabethan era. Ms. Yarbrough began by explaining
how sword use did not just jump to the rapier (made so familiar
by movies), but rather that it was a gradual process arising from
the need for a quicker and lighter weapon for urban fighting.
Emphasis was put on how the growing civilian use of swords effected
a change in fighting styles for urban defense. The students were
then shown various examples of weapons (cut and thrust swords,
bucklers, daggers, rapiers, etc.) that would have been used at
this time. Mr. Cook demonstrated stances followed by Mr. Moonen
showing several 8-cut drills. The demo was concluded with Kyle,
Sydney, and Jonathan sparring with long-swords, cut and thrust
swords, buckler, and messer.
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