THE 129 Stage Combat: Sword and Buckler 3 credits
This course teaches students to combine sword and buckler defenses, avoidances and footwork into choreographed fights. Students learn to reveal character and the nature of the weapon form within the context of the genre-specific fighting style in sword and buckler. Emphasis is on safety skills enabling the combatants to work effectively with other combatants. 12 (2 lecture hours and 2 laboratory hours)