Jenrick joining reform was as predictable as a sh*t after cigarettes and coffee.

A fecking great session, for me a lot of work on proceeding with resolution, And everyone having an access of what we did and what we can do better. #londonlongswordacademy #community #salvatorefabris #rapier #learnswordfighting

Almost everyone up to dance. Freeplay in the sword and buckler class. Work to be proud of, after a good hard session of Achille Marozzo and the Anonimo Bolognese! #hema #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #davidrawlings #community

I’m often asked what treatises we work from, so here are a few. If you want more lists like this, let me know. #londonlongswordacademy #londonlongswordfamily #learnswordfighting #hema #davidrawlings

What is best in life? (Tuesday edition). Tuesday nights are awesome. Missed the feeeplay, but I was doing the freeplay. #londonlongswordacademy #londonlongswordfamily #communiy #hema #learnswordfighting

There is no way this is going to start a trend. #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #shieldsaint

One of the best things about having a really sharp partisan is that you get to spin it in the manner of Pascha, while grinning on the inside. Polearms are fun. #londonlongswordacademy #londonlongswordfamily #hemauk #davidrwalings #spear

Ever wanted to sword fight? Our beginner’s classes are the most excellent place to start, in an inclusive and fun environment, with people who know what they are doing and love to show you how. We provide all the equipment you need, and the perfect, safe environment to start.

I’m getting to that point of having lost a thing, where the only way to find it is buy a new one.

One thing we may have learned from today’s little “people are overwhelming, let’s put on the headphones and jiggle” is The words may not be “Mr Hangman, bring me a dream, dom dom dom dom”

Glad I have a team around me that is excellent with the younglings.😊⚔️😊 Safe folks with swords! #sword #hema #londonlongswordacademy #londonlongswordfamily #community

Find a fencing friend who respects your elbows! Von Bauman work in the Friday longsword class. We do love our Liechtenauer, but the we love our learning. #londonlongswordacademy #londonlongswordfamily #community #hema #learnswordfighting

I did two of these and I don’t know which made me giggle more. #poleaems #poleaxe #hema #learnswordfighting #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy

Merry xmas from everyone at the LLA. Here is one for the niche. #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #hema

You can take the man out of the opera… The caption should be “who is the neutral arse face now?” but i can’t explain it without giggling.😊⚔️😊 #londonlongswordacademy #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #hemauk #liechtenauer

Achille Marozzo sword and small buckler in, oddly enough, the sword and buckler class, our happy little community ☺️ Couple of folks cropped out, but you will go hide in the corner!😊 #hema #londonlongswordacademy #london #londonlongswordfamily #hemauk

So much chaos in one photo. Robyn the bread thief, and Eris the most beautiful rapier. #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting

The temptation is to hold tight, but when you let go that little bit, the sword will tell you where to go. #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #community #schlachtschwert #montante #spadone #zweihander

Fantastic lesson. The sword and buckler class, a lot of Achille Marozzo last night, from warm up to drills. Then some delicious freeplay. #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #swordandshield #i33 #davidrawlings

The first influx of people for the Xmas bash (one of two, we have another next week😂) Glorious times! We are raising money for Crisis this year, if you want to donate the link is here☺️ www.justgiving.com/page/llabash... #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily

Half Sword. If like me you are slightly addicted to the floppy limbed mayhem that is Half Sword, you may enjoy this. Thanks to the folks at EXP for inviting me along. youtu.be/C2f-Mv0UouA?... #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting

It’s all a bit of a blur. Longsword freeplay at Sword Saturday. #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #hemauk #community

Someone misappropriated our sabres from the storage space, so if you see anyone with an enlarged sabre boffer collection, please bear us in mind, as we would like them returned.☺️ Of course this doesn’t distract from our ability to run classes, as they removed only the tools and not the teacher.😉

Those pesky Lannisters, coming round here, sending their regards! #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #liechtenauer #joachimmeyer #paulushectormair #hemauk #community #gameofthrones

Rage hard against the dying of intellectual curiosity!

I think people believe me convinced I am right. No dears, I am a researcher, I will pick up shapes and place them against evidence, be happily right and happily wrong. The joy is discovery. #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacdemy #davidrawlings

They were wrong about English Longsword #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #montante #joachimmeyer #hemauk #community

Focus be damned, this was so gooood!. #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #achillemarozzo #joachimmeyer #paulushectormair #hemauk #sabre #Staff #spear #polearms #community

I can see no reason why a government increasingly intolerant of protest and criticism, would wish to end the right to trial by jury.

“What is this dagger I see before me?” The Friday Verdadera Destreza class, Chan and Annie putting in some excellent form working with Don Luis Diáz de Viedma #shakespeare #macbeth #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london

The Friday longsword class performing so excellently. a bit of Joachim Meyer, a lot of from the Von Bauman fechtbuch. All in all, ace. #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo #liechtenauer #hemauk #community #davidrawlings

It’s my day off, so it’s time for a private lesson followed by my talk “Frighteningly Queer, the misconception of Straightness in Martial Arts”. Also, if you do well in the private lesson you get to do it with sharps.☠️⚔️☠️ Brilliant work on Don Simon de Frias.

This wondrous crew! A truly delightful fundamentals class, which grows more and more special! #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo #liechtenauer #joachimmeyer #paulushectormair #hemauk #community #davidrawlings

In other Girard Thibault news! #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier #verdaderadestreza #girardthibault #hemauk #davidrawlings #laverdaderadestreza

I made a mistake in an interpretation. Which is fucking great, because I got to go back to the research, collate and correct all the information and come back with new and better information. So we improve!☺️❤️⚔️❤️☺️ #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #lon

I swear she’s saying “I don’t know” #cat #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy

Ain’t life great./☺️⚔️☺️ This wonderful moment, training Verdadera Destreza (of course with a little Girard Thibault thrown in) with Ossian, marks the mid point. #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #verdaderadestreza

Impressed by all the students in the fundamentals classes this week. I really pushed to see how much they could process, carefully to be sure they could apply the prior principle, but truly superb work, lovely dialogue and questions, HEMA beginner classes A+ #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily

So much goodness in the mixed weapons class in Crystal Palace. All freeplay, all fencing. Beautiful. #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #achillemarozzo #joachimmeyer #hemauk #community #davidrawlings #polearms

They are back! The Chaos Quartet! Made clean by their maker Balefire Blades, who kindly gave blades a reworking and even reblacked the fittings! #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #rapier #elric #warhammer #haileris #illuminati

Remember, candy at Halloween is often laced with Trebuchets and other items harmful to the untrained. Give them to me. www.justgiving.com/page/david-r... in case you want to donate to healthier matters:) #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy

Getting the Halloween excites! #londonlongswordacademy #londonlongswordfamily

This is utterly terrifying.

We get to play with Swords, that’s pretty fucking awesome ain’t it.☺️⚔️☺️ #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo #joachimmeyer #paulushectormair #hemauk

When you accidentally @joeabercrombie.com Also what the hell thumbnail choices! #londonlongswordacademy #londonlongswordfamily #verdaderadestreza

Nice start to the day, spadone and montante from Alfieri and Figuerido with Doctor Robert Atkinson of Swiss HEMA Hopefully get to meet him again soon. Might even wax that moustache properly.☺️ #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword

I am Flufficus! Vote Achilles!

Mondays mean loads of sword and buckler from the Anonimo Bolognese, Achille Marozzo and of course I.33. And after that the sword in one hand, and Longsword beginner classes! #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #londo

Brilliant work deserves its reward. #hema #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier #verdaderadestreza #girardthibault #hemauk

The Girard Thibault, Verdadera Destreza class. Yup that f*ing awesome! #hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier #verdaderadestreza #girardthibault #hemauk #davidrawlings #laverdaderadestreza