Justin Aucoin — Historical Swordplay
@thetavernknight.bsky.social
⚔ 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)
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)
Pinned
Want to play with swords? I offer historical & classical fencing lessons in the Greater Boston area!
Private and small group/party lessons, and workshop/seminars are available for rapier, Italian foil, dueling word, saber, and spear!
justinswordfit.com
Private and small group/party lessons, and workshop/seminars are available for rapier, Italian foil, dueling word, saber, and spear!
justinswordfit.com
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Someone misappropriated our sabres from the storage space, so if you see anyone with an enlarged sabre boffer collection, please bear us in mind, as we would like them returned.☺️
Of course this doesn’t distract from our ability to run classes, as they removed only the tools and not the teacher.😉
Of course this doesn’t distract from our ability to run classes, as they removed only the tools and not the teacher.😉
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Someone misappropriated our sabres from the storage space, so if you see anyone with an enlarged sabre boffer collection, please bear us in mind, as we would like them returned.☺️
Of course this doesn’t distract from our ability to run classes, as they removed only the tools and not the teacher.😉
Of course this doesn’t distract from our ability to run classes, as they removed only the tools and not the teacher.😉
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Trump is letting NVIDIA export cutting-edge AI chips that his own DOJ revealed are being illegally smuggled into China.
His own DOJ called these chips "building blocks of AI superiority."
Trump and Lutnick need to answer to Congress on why they are selling out US security.
His own DOJ called these chips "building blocks of AI superiority."
Trump and Lutnick need to answer to Congress on why they are selling out US security.
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Trump is letting NVIDIA export cutting-edge AI chips that his own DOJ revealed are being illegally smuggled into China.
His own DOJ called these chips "building blocks of AI superiority."
Trump and Lutnick need to answer to Congress on why they are selling out US security.
His own DOJ called these chips "building blocks of AI superiority."
Trump and Lutnick need to answer to Congress on why they are selling out US security.
Little unscripted parry-riposte volley from recent training with Eli.
I’m big on getting folks comfortable with attacks failing and transitioning from offense to defense.
So I’ll throw in parries and ripostes to keep the fencer on their toes and be able to flow with the changing environment.
I’m big on getting folks comfortable with attacks failing and transitioning from offense to defense.
So I’ll throw in parries and ripostes to keep the fencer on their toes and be able to flow with the changing environment.
December 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Little unscripted parry-riposte volley from recent training with Eli.
I’m big on getting folks comfortable with attacks failing and transitioning from offense to defense.
So I’ll throw in parries and ripostes to keep the fencer on their toes and be able to flow with the changing environment.
I’m big on getting folks comfortable with attacks failing and transitioning from offense to defense.
So I’ll throw in parries and ripostes to keep the fencer on their toes and be able to flow with the changing environment.
*chef kiss*
December 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
*chef kiss*
Shoot your shot
December 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Shoot your shot
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Turns out Elon is the one censoring the EU, not the other way around.
December 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Turns out Elon is the one censoring the EU, not the other way around.
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No XP needed and we got all the gear you need. Space is limited, however, so sign up soon!
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⚜️ Introduction to Italian Rapier [New Fencer Class] - Booking by Bookwhen
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December 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
No XP needed and we got all the gear you need. Space is limited, however, so sign up soon!
🎟️ Register at bookwhen.com/bostonacadem...
🎟️ Register at bookwhen.com/bostonacadem...
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The USPS was never intended to be a profitable operation, any more than the military was.
(Yeah, yeah, military industrial complex, blah blah, don't be such a goddamn pedant, you know what I meant.)
(Yeah, yeah, military industrial complex, blah blah, don't be such a goddamn pedant, you know what I meant.)
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The USPS was never intended to be a profitable operation, any more than the military was.
(Yeah, yeah, military industrial complex, blah blah, don't be such a goddamn pedant, you know what I meant.)
(Yeah, yeah, military industrial complex, blah blah, don't be such a goddamn pedant, you know what I meant.)
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“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”
December 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”
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Trump has spent years fuming that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize. So a deeply compromised organization invents a “FIFA Peace Prize” just for him. It’s authoritarian ego-management 101: if reality won’t deliver a trophy, make one up. #holdfast #SteadyState
You can hear a CNN panelist off camera laughing as Trump gets the “2025 FIFA Peace Prize.”
December 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump has spent years fuming that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize. So a deeply compromised organization invents a “FIFA Peace Prize” just for him. It’s authoritarian ego-management 101: if reality won’t deliver a trophy, make one up. #holdfast #SteadyState
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December 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Next chance to start training with us!
Kick off the new year with a little bit of swordplay!
Our next FREE Intro to Italian Rapier crash course class is coming up on Tuesday, January 6th! We'll go over all the basics of the duel with the iconic rapier. Live out your Musketeer or duelist dreams!
🎟️ Register bookwhen.com/bostonacadem...
Our next FREE Intro to Italian Rapier crash course class is coming up on Tuesday, January 6th! We'll go over all the basics of the duel with the iconic rapier. Live out your Musketeer or duelist dreams!
🎟️ Register bookwhen.com/bostonacadem...
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Next chance to start training with us!
This was several weeks ago when it didn’t hurt it be outdoors in New England.
Fun little sequence; mixing a few blade actions here to get more practice in.
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Fun little sequence; mixing a few blade actions here to get more practice in.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This was several weeks ago when it didn’t hurt it be outdoors in New England.
Fun little sequence; mixing a few blade actions here to get more practice in.
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Fun little sequence; mixing a few blade actions here to get more practice in.
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😂😂😂
Y’know… we don’t hate it…
Rose’s Tornado Dagger Defense Against Spear 😂💙😅
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#bostonfencing #boston #historicalfencing
Rose’s Tornado Dagger Defense Against Spear 😂💙😅
🌪️⚜️⚔️
#bostonfencing #boston #historicalfencing
December 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
😂😂😂
🐕 ❄️
December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This past summer I took the online Fencing Pedagogy & History class, as part of the Sonoma State University Fencing Masters Certificate Program (SSU FMCP).
justinswordfit.com/2025/12/01/h...
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#historicalfencer #rapier #historyresearch
justinswordfit.com/2025/12/01/h...
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#historicalfencer #rapier #historyresearch
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This past summer I took the online Fencing Pedagogy & History class, as part of the Sonoma State University Fencing Masters Certificate Program (SSU FMCP).
justinswordfit.com/2025/12/01/h...
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#historicalfencer #rapier #historyresearch
justinswordfit.com/2025/12/01/h...
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#historicalfencer #rapier #historyresearch
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Rubio sure looks like an idiot here, talking to another idiot who is sleeping. Maybe they are doing a "Weekend at Bernie's".
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Rubio sure looks like an idiot here, talking to another idiot who is sleeping. Maybe they are doing a "Weekend at Bernie's".
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It's less than a week since a national guard trooper was shot dead in DC by someone the Trump administration vetted. I know it's lame and tired and pointless to say this but... Biden (for whom I carry no water btw) would've been CRUCIFIED.
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It's less than a week since a national guard trooper was shot dead in DC by someone the Trump administration vetted. I know it's lame and tired and pointless to say this but... Biden (for whom I carry no water btw) would've been CRUCIFIED.
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Good reminder that Trump was guilty of an egregious crime simply in Georgia, let alone the rest of the country, and should have served a significant stint in prison. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Last Big Case Against Trump Has Been Dropped
The U.S. justice and political systems have shown that they can’t hold the president and his allies to account for trying to steal the 2020 election.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Good reminder that Trump was guilty of an egregious crime simply in Georgia, let alone the rest of the country, and should have served a significant stint in prison. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
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Also remind me to never let Sam get within dagger range. They are absolutely brutal. No mercy. Maybe it's 'cause they got to shank their partner, haha.
Also remind me to never let Sam get within dagger range. They are absolutely brutal. No mercy. Maybe it's 'cause they got to shank their partner, haha.
Rapier Squad had some fun last week looking at unique fencing situations.
A class fav was spear vs dagger… a situation you don’t want to get in, but if you did, this is how Giganti suggests you go about it.
#Bostonfencing #historicalfencing #rapier #spear #bostonsports #westernmartialarts
A class fav was spear vs dagger… a situation you don’t want to get in, but if you did, this is how Giganti suggests you go about it.
#Bostonfencing #historicalfencing #rapier #spear #bostonsports #westernmartialarts
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
ItsArt.GIF (music on)
Also remind me to never let Sam get within dagger range. They are absolutely brutal. No mercy. Maybe it's 'cause they got to shank their partner, haha.
Also remind me to never let Sam get within dagger range. They are absolutely brutal. No mercy. Maybe it's 'cause they got to shank their partner, haha.
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But we did get some pretty awesome photos out of the experience. I don't think the horses cared about that bit, though. 🤣
📷 Opal
📷 Opal
December 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
But we did get some pretty awesome photos out of the experience. I don't think the horses cared about that bit, though. 🤣
📷 Opal
📷 Opal