"Preserving Historical Scottish Martial Arts and Highland Culture for Future Generations"
Video Training Resources
Here we have listed some video training resources to assist members in their study of the Broadsword Academy Apprenticeship Program.
Level 1 : Regimental Broadsword
The techniques of the Scottish Highland Regiments in the British Army represent a simplified yet highly effective method of swordsmanship, designed to quickly teach raw recruits to be effective swordsmen.
Level 1 - Beginning Exercises
Beginning Exercises: This is a simple video of a student working through the ten beginning exercises of the Cateran System: 1) first, second, and third 2) first and third 3) advancing and retreating 4) traversing 5) guards 6) 1 and 2 figure eight 7) three and four figure eight 8) the seven cuts 9) the three thrusts 10) the manual exercise.
Level 1 - Lessons
Level 1 Lessons: The ten lessons of Regimental Highland Broadsword, level 1 of the Cateran System: 1) Plain Playing 2) Timing 3) Slipping the Leg 4) Slipping the Body 5) Double Attacks 6) Feints 7) Invitations 8) Actions on the Blade 9) Commands 10) Counter-Disarms.
Level 1 - Lessons Solo
Level 1 Lessons Solo: The ten lessons of Regimental Highland Broadsword, level 1 of the Cateran System, performed solo: 1) Plain Playing 2) Timing 3) Slipping the Leg 4) Slipping the Body 5) Double Attacks 6) Feints 7) Invitations 8) Actions on the Blade 9) Commands 10) Counter-Disarms.
Level 1 - Bouting Exercises
The Bouting Exercise: An exercise in applying the ten lessons of Regimental Highland Broadsword in a bout against an uncooperative opponent.
Level 2 : Old Style Broadsword
These are the techniques used by the stage gladiators and wandering swordsmen of the Jacobite era. Although this is a more difficult style to understand and master, the intricacies of this style will improve your skill in all of our other systems.
Level 2 - Lessons
Level 2 Lessons: The ten lessons of Old Style Broadsword, level 2 of the Cateran System: 1) Plain Playing 2) Timing 3) Slips 4) Double Attacks 5) Feints 6) Invitations 7) Battering 8) Bearing 9) Turkish Disarm 10) Lock.
Level 3 : Sword and Targe and Other Double Weapons
The sword and targe, and other weapon combinations such as double broadswords and sword and dirk. A highly aggressive and dynamic style of swordplay.
Level 3 - Lessons
Level 3 Lessons: The ten lessons of Sword and Targe, level 3 of the Cateran System: 1) Guard of the Highlander 2) Attacking the Legs 3) The Bind 4) The Lift 5) The Escape 6) Single Combat 7) Pitching to a Hanging 8) Hanging Thrust 9) The Highland Charge 10) Countering the Charge.