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Justin Aucoin — Historical Swordplay

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⚔ Historical Fencing Coach, Instructor at Arms Founder of Boston Academie d’Armes @bosacademiearme.bsky.social Rapier | Saber | Smallsword | Italian Foil 1:1 Training & Group Classes www.JustinSwordFit.com www.BostonAcademieDArmes.com (He/Him)

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Boston Academie d'Armes@bosacademiearme.bsky.social · yesterday

Today we pay tribute to Coach Gavin who'll be leaving us for an exciting 9 month ⛵sailing adventure. Gavin is one of the Academie's OG students and recently one of our novice and beginner rapier coaches. We'll miss his presence in the salle but look forward to all the fun tales he'll have to share.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d ago

Wow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively.

Mother Jones "In today's society, you know, everybody's filming everything, everybody has a cell phone," Glueck said. If an officer punches someone on camera, that can go viral in an instant; even a standard taser leaves puncture wounds. But "the glove is low optic, and it looks better on camera, and it looks better to those witnesses. With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars."But local police across the country are still eagerly buying the gloves—in large part so that they can harm people and avoid being sued for it. It's been successful "from the patrolmen to the jailers," Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard said in a Compliant Technologies promotional video. "It's been a great tool as far as mitigating liability," according to Nelson County Jailer Justin Hall. Bob Couey of the Floyd County Sheriff's Department sung the GLOVE's praises, too: "I highly recommend these gloves to anybody that's looking for a utility they can use that is conducive to not leading to lawsuits."
Sophie Hurwitz@hurwitz.bsky.social · 4d ago

This story’s got everything: Spiderman-villain weaponry, Black Hawk Down, vaccine conspiracy theories, weird YouTube videos www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Justin Aucoin — Historical Swordplay@thetavernknight.bsky.social · 5d ago

16 fencers and 3 coaches. Our biggest class to date. Standing Room Only

Boston Academie d'Armes@bosacademiearme.bsky.social · 5d ago

A full house this week for rapier and dagger. Here the team warmups with some defensive work. They have a few options to choose from — sword parry & riposte, dagger parry & riposte or sword parry, transfer to dagger & riposte. All about building our fencers’ PCs, as it were. #massachusetts

Joe Walsh@walshfreedom.bsky.social · 5d ago

For the umpteenth time: He’s a sociopath. He’s humanly incapable of caring about our sailors. He’s humanly incapable of caring about anyone or anything but himself. In a weird way, it’s almost not his fault. He’s. Humanly. Incapable. Of. Empathy.👇

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Justin Aucoin — Historical Swordplay@thetavernknight.bsky.social · 6d ago

Kaycee will be sorely missed, but at last we'll see each other at events :)

Boston Academie d'Armes@bosacademiearme.bsky.social · last wk.

Yesterday we said goodbye to Kaycee as she leaves Boston for new adventures. We will miss you lots but look forward to running into you at events. ⚔️⚔️ Thank you for the beautiful art of Belle-monte! Good luck in your new home! -- #historicalfencing #somervillema #medfordma #cambridgema #belmontma

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · last wk.

I can’t believe this needs to be said, but please don’t take vaccine recommendations from Donald Trump or RFK Jr. Work with your pediatrician. This is so dangerous and will not result in reduced cases of autism.

Boston Academie d'Armes@bosacademiearme.bsky.social · 3w ago

In our dueling sword class, we explored the beat. Near the end we looked at ways to defeat or counter the beat. Here the team has fun using the Girata or Inquartata to void the attack after the blade beat. Instead of getting the sword in front of them, they seek to get behind their sword.

The Onion@theonion.com · 2w ago

“According to our trials, squinting your eyes and dramatically stating, ‘Hey dickbreath, suck on this,’ produced a dramatic surge in overall ballistic capacity,” said the study’s lead author

Study: Explosive Power Of Rocket Launcher Increased 35% By Shouting 'Suck On This'

BALTIMORE—Calling the study’s findings “revolutionary” for anyone currently staring down a henchman or terrorist, a study from Johns Hopkins University published Thursday found that the explosive powe...

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