Learn English Backsword - Passing Steps

1,094 views · Published 19 October 2014 · 3:34 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: EnglishMartialArts · 2014 · Sports

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This is the first of a series of videos looking at some of the fundamental aspects of footwork in Elizabethan English Backsword.  This video in particular looks at the passing step.

Dating back to the Sixteenth century this system was first codified by a former soldier called George Silver and describes a series of bio-mechanical principles that allow the swordsman to maintain his own safety whilst defeating his opponent.

http://www.backsword.org is an English Martial Arts Academy site.

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