Order of the Silver Crescent, Queen's Honor of Distinction (Geneviere II), Award of Arms, Order of the Silver Gauntlet (Iron Bog)

Rapier fighter and instructor

An Introduction to Teaching Rapier in the SCA
Teaching New Fencers
Teaching Tips
Introduction to Italian Rapier: The Work of Rudolfo Capo Ferro

Hawkwood Academy of Arms, Tadcaster Militia, Guild of St. Mark

Captain

He is serving on board the Argent Tyger as chief gunner, once as quartermaster.

June 1996

Single rapier

I first discovered the SCA through a comment in an old issue of Dragon Magazine, and was instantly enamoured by bardic activities and the dancing. Now, my interests in the SCA revolve around Italian swordsmanship and Elizabethan swordfigher culture, but I still love a good story or a chance to attend a ball. I'm a freelance game designer, whose greatest moments of life were the birth of my son and the time I met Gary Gygax.

Lorenzo is a native of Venice, who has traveled to London to make his fortune teaching the (very fashionable) art of Italian rapier to everyone from young nobles to actors. He's only recently been (ahem) "convinced" to join with the London Masters of Defense. In the past, he's served as mercenary and merchant of arms.