How I Use the Training Cards in Club Sessions

After months of developing the Fiore Longsword deck, I have been using the cards regularly in club sessions. Here are the formats that work best.

Random Draw Warm-up

Each pair draws three cards at random. You have five minutes to drill the techniques on those cards, then rotate partners. This forces you out of your comfort zone and into guards or plays you might otherwise neglect.

Progressive Build

Start with a guard card. Add a remedy. Then a counter. Build up a sequence organically, one card at a time, until you have a four- or five-card flow. This mirrors how Fiore himself structures the material.

Type Focus

Pull all cards of one type - say, all the scholar plays - and spend the session working through them systematically. The colour coding makes it trivial to sort the deck by type.

Free-play Bingo

Each fencer draws five cards before free-play. Score a point when you successfully land a technique from your hand. First to clear their hand wins.