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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.

Level 1 : Regimental Broadsword
Level 2 : Old Style Broadsword
Level 3 : Sword and Targe and Other Double Weapons
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