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Don Lot fences and teaches using techniques derived from historical references. He is mostly focused on Italian styles of the medieval and renaissance periods, but also studies and teaches German rappier and longsword. He loves to teach and is always willing to engage in conversation about fencing technique and application. He regularly attends practices in the downtown area (Lyondemere, Gyldenholt and Angels) but is willing to travel to teach if people wish to arrange a seminar or class with their local group. He can also be found teaching at the Tattershall School of Defence ( | Don Lot fences and teaches using techniques derived from historical references. He is mostly focused on Italian styles of the medieval and renaissance periods, but also studies and teaches German rappier and longsword. He loves to teach and is always willing to engage in conversation about fencing technique and application. He regularly attends practices in the downtown area (Lyondemere, Gyldenholt and Angels) but is willing to travel to teach if people wish to arrange a seminar or class with their local group. He can also be found teaching at the Tattershall School of Defence (Long Beach, CA) on Thursday evenings. He currently has a cadre of personal students, but is willing to give advice or assistance to anyone at any event, time providing. | ||
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Don Lot RamirezRRE first found the SCA in Northshield in 1996 (back when it was just a Principality, now a Kingdom), where he took up the art of the sword and has never put it down. He is the Captain of the White Star, a ship and a nautical household that is a branch of the di Cellini households (a collection of households that now span three or more kingdoms). Don Lot was made a Companion of the Order of the White Scarf of Caid in A.S. 39 (2005), by Direk IV and Chamayn
Don Lot Ramirez is a Protegé to Master Gulliver Blackrune as well as a fencing student of Maestro Giacomo Cavalli da Treviso. He is the Dean of the 'Vineyard of Swords' School of Fence, where his students come to learn and study under his tutelage.
Persona
Yuçef "Lot" Ramirez has a more complete persona story on the White Star website
Offices & Positions
- Queen's Guard, for Guillaume and Felinah
- Queen's Guard, for Guillaume II and Felinah II
- Queen's Guard, for Dirk V and Chamayn II
- Queen's Champion Rapier, for Drogo and Iðuna
- Queen's Champion Rapier, for Edward and Mora
- Queen's Champion Unarmored Combat, for Sven III and Cassandra
- College Chatalaine, Proto-Incipient College of Southern Crosswaise (USC), 1998-2000
- Baronial Rapier Marshal, Angels 2000-2003
- Kingdom Rapier Deputy Marshal for Cut & Thrust, 2007-2013
- Kingdom Rapier Deputy Marshal for Experimental Programs, 2008-2013
- Commander for the Rapier Army at Estrella, 2008-2010 (During this tenure the position was changed to the Commander of the Rapier Corps of Caid)
- Editor, Compendium Caidis, 2008-Present
- Bard of Caid, 1/10/2009-1/09/2010
- Baronial Unarmored Combat Marshal, Gyldenholt 2012-Present
- Kingdom Deputy Marshal of Fence(Kingdom Rapier Marshal) 2013-Present
Event Staff
- Rapier Autocrat for GWW VIII
- Staff - KWAR 2006, Lyondemere
Projects and Classes
Classes Taught
Rapier:
- Intro to Rapier - Collegium Caidis various
- Rapier 201, Intermediate Concepts in Fencing - Collegium Caidis Spring 2004, Spring 2005
- Rapier 301, Historical Concepts of Time and Timing in Fencing - Collegium Caidis Spring 2005
- Rapier Marshalling - Collegium Caidis various
- Rapier Melee (under various titles of concentration, i.e. Unit Tactics, Command, etc) - Collegium Caidis various
- Rapier Melee Command, Collegium Caidis Fall 2008
- Capo Ferro's Measure & Tempo - Collegium Caidis Spring 2006, KWAR 2006 (Caid), KWAR 2007 (Northshield)
- Cut & Thrust Rapier for Beginners and Intermeditates - Collegium Caidis Spring 2008 (co-instructor Giacomo Cavalli da Treviso)
- Basic Rapier Melee, Collegium Caidis Fall 2008
- The German Rappier of Joachim Meyer - Practicum of the Sword 2009, Talon Crescent War 2014
- Cut & Thrust Practicum - Practicum of the Sword 2009, 2010, 2011
- Rapier and Dagger of Nicoletto Giganti - Practicum of the Sword 2010
- Critical Thinking for SCA Rapier, Collegium Caidis 2010
- Rapier Melee Tactics, Collegium Caidis 2010
- Bio-mechanics for Lunging, Practicum of the Sword 2011
- The Use of the False Edge from Nicoletto Giganti, Practicum of the Sword 2012
- Footwork and Movement for Fencing, Collegium Caidis 2013
- Utilizing Tempo and Measure in Fencing, Collegium Caidis 2014
Bardic:
- Dramatic Presentation and the Art of Contrast, Collegium Caidis Fall 2008, Filthy Dirty Collegium 2008
- Bardic Arts in Caid Roundtable, Collegium Caidis 2010
Other:
- All Fighting is the Same; A Survey of Historical Fighting Styles - Collegium Caidis Spring 2004 (co-instructor Þorfinnr Bjarnason )
- Matters of Honor: Lessons for us from Baldesar Castiglione - Collegium Caidis Spring 2007
- Rapier Appreciation For Non-fighters, Collegium Caidis 2011
- The Abrazare(Grappling) of Fiore dei Liberi, Practicum of the Sword 2012
- Tempo and Measure in German Longsword, Talon Crescent War 2014
Songs and Prose
Others to be added later....
Rapier Teaching Dossier
Don Lot fences and teaches using techniques derived from historical references. He is mostly focused on Italian styles of the medieval and renaissance periods, but also studies and teaches German rappier and longsword. He loves to teach and is always willing to engage in conversation about fencing technique and application. He regularly attends practices in the downtown area (Lyondemere, Gyldenholt and Angels) but is willing to travel to teach if people wish to arrange a seminar or class with their local group. He can also be found teaching at the Tattershall School of Defence (Long Beach, CA) on Thursday evenings. He currently has a cadre of personal students, but is willing to give advice or assistance to anyone at any event, time providing.
