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Amy Bright • TEDxGreenville

The Sword Fight for Education

Introducing historical European martial arts and swordsmanship into a high school curriculum benefits students academically, physically, and emotionally. On garde! Amy teaches English at NEXT High School and incorporates martial arts and stage combat into learning literature.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxGreenville, an independent event.

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Introducing historical European martial arts and swordsmanship into a high school curriculum benefits students academically, physically, and emotionally. On garde! Amy teaches English at NEXT High School and incorporates martial arts and stage combat into learning literature.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxGreenville, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

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