Basic practice for the Black Falcon School of Arms takes place every Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at North Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs. Click here for a map.
Extended practice takes place on alternate Friday evenings, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Palmer Park, Colorado Springs. Click here for a map.
We will be adding a calendar to the page to keep people up to date on practices and such. Until then, you can subscribe to the Black Falcon School of Arms calendar on Google calendars, just search for "Black Falcon School of Arms."
Required equipment for basic practice consists of: a waster and a fencing mask, although allowances will be made for beginning students. Schollers or those who plan to test for the rank of scholler must own equipment as listed in the ranking section.
A typical extended practice schedule for a Harleian Two Hand Sword session is as follows (Saturday schedules follow the same format, but are shorter):
Salute/Greetings, Stretch, Warm-Up (20 minutes)
Preparatory Exercises, Recap of Previous Lesson, Technical Training, Tactical/Stress Training/Conditioning (60 minutes)
Fixed Play Study and Performance (20 minutes)
Free Play (10-20 minutes)
Cool Down, Review and Meditation, Fare Well/Salute (10 minutes)
At present, the student-level curriculum studied by the Black Falcon School of Arms focuses upon Harleian Two Hand Sword. Schollers are responsible for setting their own additional training time for their extra fields of study.