The rank of free scholler is conveyed to an individual who is a student, practitioner and instructor in the l`arte dell`armizare and who has developed scholler level skills and expertise in:
- abrazare (grappling),
- daga (dagger),
- spada (arming sword),
- spada longa (longsword),
- arme (armoured combat) (optional),
- azza e lanza (poleaxe and spear),
- spada e brocchiere (sword & buckler) *
- a cavallo or mounted combat (optional).
The free scholler will be expected to provide a supporting role as an instructor of the Academy. The free scholler must abide by the rules and constitution of the Academy and must have in possession all of the relevant arms & armour for those weapons types that the student has skill in. The rank of free scholler is the minimum required in order to create a chapter of the Academy.
Free Scholler Requirements
- is knowledgeable and familiar with the entire Fiore treatise in terms of weapons, techniques, concepts, history and the differences between the three versions available,
- is proficient in a minimum of abrazare, daga, spada, spada longa, azza e lanza, spada e brocchiere, with optional additions of arme or mounted combat. Other additional weapons or fighting styles skilled at could include:
- has accumulated "time in" of a minimum of 2 years of a scholler's rank,
- has submitted a "dissertation" on the research and study to the Academy's governing body, and the training thereof, of one or more elements of a historical treatise,
- has demonstrated the abilities and attributes of an instructor in the instruction of l`arte dell`armizare in one or more fighting styles on a regular basis (i.e. is recognized and designated by the Academy as an "instructor"),
- has succeeded in obtaining the prize of free scholler through no less than three (3) challenges and has successfully completed a public test for the rank of free scholler (public in the sense that the test is witnessed by the membership),
- rank of free scholler granted by the Academy's governing body,
- the student's arms & armour satisfies all equipment requirements for both practice, tournament and presentation purposes,
- encouraged to be "invested with arms" which are heraldically correct, click
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