Fencing in Moscow - an overview of different directions

Today in Moscow there is a fairly significant layer of various fencing schools in various directions.

The main mass of fencing schools in Moscow today is occupied by clubs and knife fighting schools. In general, this is understandable. Knife fighting itself is one of the most popular areas of fencing, in demand at the household level.

Everyone wants to be able to wield a knife. Everyone cherishes the dream of putting a gopnik on a knife in a dark alley, but someone also cherishes the dream of putting a decent citizen and his "sworn friend" on the knife, by the way, there are quite a few of them. They all go to knife fighting schools. The main schools of knife fighting in Moscow are, in fact, people from hand-to-hand combat.

That is, their technique is just a modernized version of hand-to-hand combat, when instead of a fist or a boxing glove, you have
hand a knife. What is it fraught with? And here's what. It is no secret for connoisseurs that hand-to-hand fighting and knife fighting are very different things. They are different in everything, in the stance, in the technique of the blow, in the muscles involved in the blow, in the movements, in the ideology of the fight, finally. What is acceptable for hand-to-hand combat is completely unacceptable for knife fighting. A knife fight is one accurate strike. This is an axiom.

If you run up and try to poke a person with a dozen blows, then almost 100% guaranteed to get at least one blow, but in return. And the problem with a knife is that even one missed blow in it can often be lethal. Consequently, the basis of a knife fight is an instant entry, defeat, and no less instant exit, everything else is nonsense, leading to a mutual defeat, which is not just undesirable, but death is similar in the most direct sense.

Katana Club adheres to the technique of only pure defeat, with maximum safety for itself - this is what makes us strikingly different from other knife fighting schools in Moscow, and in general from fencing schools in Moscow.

The second point, or rather the curse of a knife fight in Moscow, is tournaments.

That is, like all nonsense, they were conceived as a test of the strength and dexterity of the participants, and how all nonsense in a couple of years reached the apogee of stupidity. Their rules are designed for a tournament, and not for a real fight on the street, which instructors usually tell beautifully, luring newcomers.

It's no secret that the rules of tournaments are as far from real combat as Jupiter is from Earth. Tournament rules for most clubs in general
they welcome punches and kicks, although in a real knife fight on the street this almost never happens, and the one who, out of stupidity, waved his foot into it, gets a guaranteed knife blow into it and loses the fight and often life.

Tournament rules develop a complete lack of fear of the opponent's blade to the point of debelism - well, of course, this is just an imitation, which is what they are afraid of. As a result, people climb onto the blade without disassembling the ford, receive multiple blows and inflict themselves, not realizing that in a real battle these are two corpses that fell off each other with holes in their belly.

Another point is the training weapon itself. Short wood blunt imitation.

This type of training equipment is common in most clubs in Moscow. Than it is bad. Well, first of all, weight and length. The piece of wood is extremely short and light. If you make it bigger, you need more serious, SIGNIFICANTLY more serious protection than just a fencing mask. These are unnecessary expenses not only for the participants, but also for the clubs, including the safety of the classes. Heavy and long wooden weapons can be easily killed. In a very real sense, I'm not kidding. Or violently maim. Even the weapon that is usually there is a danger to the enemy in case of damage to the neck, abdomen, hands, if they are poorly protected. Up to death. If you hit the liver or spleen with all your might with a blunt piece of wood, you certainly won't pierce a person.

But besides a hefty hematoma, he can get ruptured. internal organs and

Die from extreme blood loss before the end of the workout. Especially considering that, out of pure bragging, 90% of the participants do not wear protective vests. This is on the one hand. For this it is enough

It is common practice to weaken the blow at the end point so as not to inadvertently get a load of 200 and a decent time in prison

On the other hand, the low weight and size do not allow you to properly fill your hand, training with such a weapon. Some techniques are generally impossible to train with a light knife weight, for example quick strikes on the hand. A knife of such a weight and such a weight does not fly forward, although even taking an ordinary one in hand
folding knife you get a very different picture.

Katana Club uses in its training and sparring non-traumatic mass and dimensions of real knives, heavy ones - from 200 - 250 grams or more, for example, Raja 2 or Ontario. Our simulations do not hurt, although it is quite possible to get bruised on your fingers if you come to sparring without gloves. All sparring participants, in mandatory have protective helmets that protect against concussion and reliably cover faces and gloves. In addition, women are advised to wear bibs to avoid chest injuries.

Such an approach of Katana Club to training makes it possible not to weaken the blow at its extreme point, for fear of crippling a person, but to inflict it with full force. This forms a reflex in a person to ALWAYS hit exactly like this, hard and brutally, avoiding blurred blows. Secondly, the real weight distribution allows you to apply fast, accurate and powerful blows, as opposed to light wood imitation.

Another direction of fencing in Moscow, which is quite popular, is duel fencing. Here the choice of clubs and schools and directions is very wide. From fencing with two-handed swords, from sabers and broadswords to

Heavy historical swords... All of them are united by one thing - as a rule, a weapon made of textolite, weighing more than 1.1 kg, although sometimes there are clubs fencing on steel blades.

The main difference in this direction is its extreme injury hazard. The textolite blade, in contrast to the steel, is practically
does not bend. They beat them, as a rule, in full force and with all the foolishness. This type of fencing forces you to have a rather expensive protective armor, a fencing mask, modernized, because if you get a direct blow to the face in a standard sports fencing mask, then the consequence is a face cut with a net and a broken nose, it is good if it is broken so that it can be assembled.

However, protection does not guarantee against minor injuries such as broken fingers, hematomas from injections, joint injuries, and so on.

One of the most unpleasant phenomena in duel fencing is its terrible isolation from real life. Tournaments that are held on points do not give any real combat skills, moreover, they erode this skill in a person. In general, everyone knows that the weapon is not real, the blows are not fatal, and in order to earn points, they climb without looking at the enemy blade. The same picture is repeated as in the knife fight. Even worse. Moreover, the practice that has developed in duel fencing brings almost nothing from sports fencing, and in vain, in sports fencing, despite all its embodiment, there is something to learn.

Katana Club takes the best from sports fencing in its training, we try to learn the techniques of sports fencing masters and thoughtfully transfer them to heavier weapons.

Fencing in aikido, kendo and other training in techniques with a katana stands apart.

Unfortunately, today's kendo is very far removed from real combat fencing. There are a number of techniques in it - for example, prohibited

Stabbing blows to the face, there is no way to retreat during the fight, and much more. Aikido is not doing much better.

From its original version of sword fighting, today's aikido is as far as heaven from earth. I'm not even talking about the fact that sword sparing is not practiced in modern aikido. In addition, all these schools do not teach combat with different weapons, practicing techniques only for a two-handed sword - the katana, and leaving aside techniques with a short sword and knife.

Another problem is armor for the same kendo. But the cost is very high, so today it is a sport for very wealthy people.

In its practice, the Katana Club focuses on a thorough study of the practices of oriental martial arts, with different weapons, both two-handed and one-handed, short and long, unifying and modernizing the classics of sword fighting. Katana Club brings elements from sports fencing to it, which, by the way, have never been used in classic Japanese. martial arts, but which are most effective.

Another area of ​​focus is reenactment fencing in Moscow. The undoubted plus of this fencing is the historical surroundings. There are a lot of cons.

Firstly, these are rather strict restrictions on buhurts (demonstration battles such as knightly tournament) on the types of strikes, weapons, fencing techniques. For example, on steel weapons, piercing strikes are prohibited, even with blunt blades, for fear of inflicting cruel
injury, injury or even kill participants.

Secondly, there is an extremely high risk of injury. The blades are generally blunt, but they hit them heartily, so steel armor often does not save. Often, someone gets injured, incapacitating a person for many weeks. Thirdly, even greater isolation from life than dueling fencing. Well, will you ever meet a person dressed in heavy armor in your life?

In contrast to these areas, Katana Club, as a fencing school in Moscow, teaches its students such techniques and strikes that, being aimed at an unarmored opponent, are completely universal - it does not matter what weapon you have in your hands - a stick, a sword, a machete, knife, saber, broadsword or tourist hatchet.

You will be able to successfully defend yourself with ANY weapon. Secondly, all of our techniques are applicable to self-defense, and include all
an arsenal of blows - both chopping and stabbing. The versatility of muscle movements develops the ability to use any object as a weapon of self-defense. Our techniques are not pretentious, not artificial, than for example, dueling fencing often sins, we use the maximum effective techniques combining both sports fencing, both historical techniques and techniques from oriental schools of fencing, including the classics.

In Katana Club, you can learn the most effective fighting style, while using different weapons and without retraining separately the techniques of knife fighting, fighting with a machete or a sword - both two-handed and one-handed. After training at the Katana Club, any item will become your weapon, any item in your hands will help you defend yourself on the street.

A form of ancient martial arts with edged weapons, which are recreated based on historical sources - texts, images and oral traditions. In other words, historical fencing is an attempt to revive martial arts, the traditions of which have not survived to this day. Basically, the term "historical fencing" refers to the types of edged weapons that existed before the heyday of the three classic sports blades - the foil, epee and saber. IN last years As a result of the growing interest in martial arts and historical heritage, many individuals and organizations are trying to recreate the ancient martial arts.

Historical fencing in Paladin.

Our hall is named after the famous fencing club "Paladin", which has existed for over 10 years. At the beginning of 2002, a number of fighters separated from him, who organized their own own club called "Bayard", which soon became generally recognized the best club Russia, Europe and the CIS in the tournament component of historical fencing. The fighters of this club from year to year win almost all tournaments in which they participate. Moreover, almost all Bayard participants work as trainers at FFC Paladin. Thus, FFC Paladin has the most powerful coaching school in this sport in the world, which we are very proud of.

Classes are held in the hall

Coach - Ivan Vasiliev

Experience in historical fencing - since 1999. Multiple winner and medalist of various regional, Russian and international tournaments in HMB (both in duels and in group battles). Two-time winner of the "Battle of the Nations" tournament. One of the authors of the concept of professional full-contact medieval fights ("professional fights") - one of the most spectacular and tough types of historical fencing. He won many victories in the professional ring. One of the founders of the IF Bayard club. Has an official higher education diploma sports education... Coaching experience in historical fencing - since 2003

Coach - Mikhail Babynin

An excellent fighter and trainer, he knows more than others about the theory of fencing, the author of the concept of "two strikes", a participant in the "Battle of the Nations" and various tournaments, writes a bestseller about historical fencing. The sporting past is sport fencing.

Nowadays, people often ask the question of why, in principle, in the 21st century, to learn such a sport as fencing with epee, because it is unlikely that a person will carry a sword for self-defense, especially since there are a number of more effective and less demanding means ...
However, do not forget that sports fencing in Moscow is a separate kind sports arts, which carries a lot of benefits for human health and well-being.

First of all, if we talk about the benefits of conducting fencing classes, then it should be noted the mental conditioning of athletes. It is unlikely for anyone today that it is a secret that one of the most important elements success professional athlete is his psychological state, because a lot depends on willpower, the ability to control his fear and act with a cold mind. Also, it will not be a secret for anyone that absolutely all working systems of martial arts necessarily include training in fighting spirit, and the fencing school is no exception here.

Fencing for children and adults

In the process of practicing fencing, psychological hardening occurs much faster, since it is simply impossible to fight a duel with blades if a person is constrained by fear. The psychological state of a fighter, even in those people who are not initially inclined to aggression, arises after the very first successful sparring, while in this case there is no difference in what kind of swords are used.

It is also worth saying that many fencing masters can use their art even for self-defense, and if a man with a sword is unlikely to walk in a modern metropolis, as he will have an absurd appearance, then he may well take a cane with him or simply use a stick that was at hand in case of an emergency. That is why popularity in recent times even acquires fencing for children in Moscow.

It is worth noting that a person, even with an ordinary stick, can cope with an unarmed group if he really knows how to use it correctly. The use of a stick allows you to eliminate even an opponent with a knife, especially since even a person trained to work with knives is simply not trained to resist a professional swordsman.

Among other things, in our time, when the majority are not at all used to physical activity, fencing classes will also be extremely useful, because training provides the development of a whole muscle group. It should be said that the muscles do not grow from such loads, of course, but they significantly strengthen the tendons, and also train endurance.