DEMO: Alfieri’s Rapier & Cloak Guards

It’s Cloaktober! This month marks the third year of celebrating the use of the cloak with the rapier. While the Boston Academie d’Armes group class is focusing on Fabris’s cloak, I wanted to do a post on how another Italian fencing master approached the cape — Francesco Alfieri. As always, I see interpretations of living documents that can change over time with new info and insight. I’m always happy to hear about folk’s own interpretations and the like. You can dive a little deeper into Alfieri’s sword & cloak guards over at my blog. ---- DONATIONS: If you found this video useful or interesting, please consider a small donation so I can continue to produce rapier & other historical martial arts content. Donate at ⚔️ABOUT JUSTIN⚔️ Justin Aucoin (aka Remy) is the product of when a five-year-old boy who fell in love with Zorro and The Three Musketeers grows into a mostly functional adult. His life-long love of athletics and swashbuckling has led him down the road to practicing the art of historical fencing. He’s the founder of @Boston Academie d’Armes, a hybrid in-person/online fencing school for HEMA & SCA historical fencers, with a focus on French and Italian rapier, smallsword, and dueling saber. He puts an emphasis on good body mechanics and helping his fencers to improve their physical fitness, athletic ability, and fencing skill while operating within their current physical limitations. As a competitor, Justin has won numerous rapier tournaments in the SCA -- both in singles and in group melee -- including Carolingia’s Baronial Champion, East Kingdom Crown Champion, and named 7x to the Pennsic Champs team. He is 15th member of the East Kingdon’s Order of Defense, holds a Silver Broach and Maunche for his historical martial arts research, and a Silver Wheel and Silver Crescent for his coaching. Outside of the SCA and the Academie, Justin teaches rapier at Athena School of Arms, has taught workshops at events such as Lord Baltimore’s Challenge and Iron Gate Exhibition (IGX), and is a certified personal trainer through NASM. You can follow his historical martial arts research at ⚔️SOCIAL⚔️