| 10 min | Review concepts from the day before. |
| 5 min | Noodle fight. As a fun way to show that
real fencing is different then drama fencing the students will have a
chance to hit each other with foam "Noodles". It is a safe and effective
way to demonstrate the differences. |
| 30 min | Teach the basics of blade work:- Head
- Is always your blade hand
- Is the other side
- leg of your blade hand
- Opposite leg
- Defence is always flat to your body
- Attacking, you want to cut through the body at right angles.
Later you can start to attack and defend on the diagonals. |
| 10 min | The kill!! It is all done with angles. |
| 20 min | It is time to get the students into Groups of no more then three. Each group
will be responsible for the choreographing of a 15 minute fencing scene. The
students will be encouraged to vary the era and styles of their presentation.
Possible sources of inspiration could be literature, movies.
During the next week the class will have the opportunity to prepare a
Choreographed scene for their major term project. This will be enriched with
the use of the Internet. Each student will be evaluated on their scene and
the process of choreographing, this includes the use of historical and
technical knowledge and an attempt to satisfy both accuracy and a flare for
the dramatic. |
* It is encouraged that the students meet on their own time. The drama room will be signed
out after school and I will be there to supervise and be available for questions.
