The famous Polish art of fencing with the sabre - the "cross-cutting art" will be presented to you by one of the very few instructors certified by the Sieniawski family themselves - Sergey Kultaev. In this workshop on the cross-cutting art you'll receive a brief lecture about the origins of the techniques and the history of it's reconstruction by the Sieniawski family. Without further ado we'll jump right to the basics - starting with the stances and footwork, then to the strikes and parries peculiar to the cross-cutting school. You will know why the main stance is the stance of the horseman, why the cross-cutting art is actually cross-cutting, how to do this cross and how to move through it (Meyerists will find some similarities, no doubt).
Experience Requirement: Any. You need to be interested in the cross-cutting techniques of Polish heavy sabre.
Equipment Requirement: Fencing mask with back-of-head protection, gloves, right forearm protector, sabre or singlestick or any kind of one-handed sword 90cm long, preferred curved blade.
