28/08/2026

• People get too close.
• Knowing the distance from where you just can extend and hit.
  • Using the shoulder socket as reference
  • Attack where their hilt isn`t
  • Systemically going forwards and beating someone.
• Point with the middle of the sword to answer cuts or even to do atajos.
• Line the extension in the lifting phase of the foot

01/09/2026

• use your feet to move your whole upper body,
  • rotate or move to make the shoulder position correctly
  • hands go up and down
  • the point is to adjust your point of balance

25/09/2026

• 1/month better
  • 1 sword collab couple
• Del Canto
• class 15 min sparring after 3 weeks, hard to concentrate on what i was doing

Summary: Mosh Hewson, "Winning at Stretta" (Kiwi Fight Camp '

Core thesis: Stretta isn't won by being faster. It's won by having your body and the blade relationship set up early. That means working from your toes, using your feet to do the lateral work, and getting your strong against their weak before you commit.

The arc of the session:

1. Toes and the nervous system. Gripping and toe tension recruit more muscle along the chain (irradiation and all-or-nothing effects). Toes up or heels down causes "glitches" and slowness, even when it feels fast.
2. Hands-only drill (no swords). Reach-reach-reach-lunge versus a parry, first with toes up, then toes dug in. Toes up gets parried easily. Toes dug in gets through from much farther away. Masks are used so people are comfortable with contact.
3. Feet replace the arm. Lateral arm movements make the next action clunky (the "double disengage" effect: you're primed for the opposite plane). Instead, turn on your toes (not the ball of the foot, which "clunks") to deal with cuts and thrusts. Cues: be a "jackass" with the hand, don't reinforce with arm strength, keep the rear hand alive.
4. Violin bow. Let the incoming blade slide down your sword rather than crash-parrying. Avoid the "smash." A thrust naturally flowers out of it.
5. Push and pull. Start with the sword extended after a whiff. Turn the feet, then pull (or push) to guide the blade. Use "strategic pauses" as coach to rest your arm while seeming to mess with the student.
6. Strong/weak detour. Treat the half of your blade nearest the hilt as strong and the tip half as weak. Avoid the middle. Aim the point up or down depending on their hilt height. He cites Capoferro: stretta is defined by strong-weak relationship, not just reach.