Practices

Winter Open Practice for the Black Falcon School of Arms takes place every Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church at 846 East Pikes Peak , Colorado Springs. Click here for a map. All students and schollers are expected to attend this practice.

Open Practice (when not at winter location) for the Black Falcon School of Arms takes place every Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at North Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs. Click here for a map. All students and schollers are expected to attend this practice.

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 novices. 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 (15 minutes)
Free Play/Coached Sparring (30 minutes)
Technical Training, Tactical/Stress Training/Conditioning (30 minutes)
Fixed Play Study and Performance (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 with grounding in Silver's basics. Schollers are responsible for setting their own additional training time for their extra fields of study.