Fight like a Viking program is developing a grading system for its fighters to guide their training and development. 

The below info graphic summaries the system
(see below for more detail).

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As the system develops we will add more detail to the competencies for each level. The below give you an idea of what we focus on in the first three levels.

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Sword Fighter
  • Skills
    • ​Stance
      • ​feet
      • body
      • knees
    • ​Grip
      • ​hammer and hand shake
    • Wards
      • ​middle
      • head
      • high
      • rear
      • fools
    • Movement
      • ​shuffle
      • shuffle left and right
      • step
      • passing step
      • chaing your direction
      • lunge
      • leap
    • ​​Striking
      • effective striking
      • leading with the edge
      • ​9 basic strikes
    • ​Blocking
      • ​9 basic blocks
    • ​Defence
      • ​voinding leg, weapon, body
    • ​Attacks
      • deflection of thrust and counter thrust
      • basic feiint
Axe Fighter
  • Skills
    • ​Stance
      • shield​
      • when to reverse you lead leg
    • ​Grip
      • ​long, middle and choke axe grips
      • punch grip on shield
    • ​Wards
      • axe and shield wards
        • high
        • head
        • hidden
        • rear
        • side
    • Movement
      • passing steps with a shield
      • extend lunge 
      • extended leaps
      • reversing direction and gaining distance
      • falling
      • rising
    • ​​Striking
      • shield strikes
      • axe strikes
      • axe thrusts
      • striking with passing steps
    • ​​Defence
      • using your shield
      • blocking with an axe
      • knocking your opponent's weapon offline
    • Attacks
      • feints
      • extending your reach
      • patterning
    • Group
      • skirmish fighting
    • Special
      • thrown axe
      • knife as back up weapon
      • axe and knife fighting
      • using your shield to defend against two handed axes

Advanced

Spear Fighter
  • Skills
    • ​Stance
      • spear and shield
      • two handed spear
    • ​Wards
      • spear wards
    • ​​Striking
      • spear thrusts
      • spear hews
      • striking with the haft
    • ​Defence
      • blocking  and defections with a spear
        • soear and shield
        • two handed
    • Group
      • shield wall
        • line formation
        • swaping out
        • defense against missle attack
        • throwing you spear from the line 
    • Special
      • fihgting in middle grip
      • thrown spear
      • holding a knife while using a spear two handed