Schola Saint George

Fiore begins the Getty and Pisani Dossi (PD) treatises with abrazare--grappling or grips, and such skills are certainly near the center of Fiore's conception of his Art.

Although our core curriculum focuses on introducing Fiore's foundational concepts through the sword in two hands (la spada a due mani), many of our students are keenly interested in the Abrazare. Our intermediate students working in the core curriculum also generally work on these skills for a part of every class.

SSG Instructor {cb_profile=chatcher} Colin Hatcher {/cb_profile} is the SSG expert-in-residence on Fiore's abrazare, but with the next generation of SSG instructors growing quickly within our school, we expect to develop alternate pathways into the SSG structure that begin with the abrazare. It is our belief, however, that the principles that bind Fiore's art together may be approached from any of the his presented weapons.

Included in this category will be articles and class notes from SSG students (and sometimes others, too).