George Silver's Three Trials

In George Silver's 1599 book "Paradoxes of Defence", he asserts that a way to test a true master is to fight three bouts against three different archetypes of fighter.

This article is a discussion of my approaches to fencing against the three archetypes in the context of longsword.

Reaction Layers - Perceive, Decide, Act

I find breaking down reactions into three "layers" of timing is beneficial in training. The Perception Layer, the Decision Layer, and the Action Layer. This article summarises my thoughts of the three layers, and how to work on them each distinctly to improve your reaction times overall.

These layers are somewhat a simplified version of John Boyd's decision cycle, the OODA loop.