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Last week's thursday practice i ran drills. The new Power Mad Marshal Master was there and (much to my surprise) joined in. I have to say that his foot work was the worst of the bunch.
I don't know if it was just because he was not used to the type of footwork we do or if he was rusty or what but it did not meet my expectations. His lunges were really shallow. His demi lunges were about the same size as his steps. It was all very awkward. Still it was good to seem him taking part.
I need to come up with some attack drills for people to do in pairs.
Then we changed rooms and much to my surprise an old friend from back home appeared so i spent much of the evening chatting with him instead of doing pair drills with Skud like i originally planned.
On friday we headed off to Pikeman's and related activities. I must say that having 4 fencers makes for a very crowded car. Thank goodness we are not rattan fighters. If we are going to keep traveling together then we are going to need a bigger vehicle or to become better packers.
Saturday was the event and it was a bit of a struggle to pull myself away from the cottage. The big disappointment was that there were no other fencers other than us Caldrithig people. So we fenced each other. I fenced Skud and then Herr Lover and then Skud again. I don't remember fencing anyone else.
I feel a little like i am loosing the ability to objectively judge my fencing. I did some goofy stuff with Skud but she was almost always able to take advantage of openings I left and stab me. With Herr Lover i tried a little bit of the handing guard. It worked remarkably well with my short sword against his full Del Tin. i need more arm strength though.
And that was it. Yesterday was no fencing. I didn't go to either practice. I did fish, but i don't think that necessarily counts. Especially since i didn't actually catch anything.
I don't know if it was just because he was not used to the type of footwork we do or if he was rusty or what but it did not meet my expectations. His lunges were really shallow. His demi lunges were about the same size as his steps. It was all very awkward. Still it was good to seem him taking part.
I need to come up with some attack drills for people to do in pairs.
Then we changed rooms and much to my surprise an old friend from back home appeared so i spent much of the evening chatting with him instead of doing pair drills with Skud like i originally planned.
On friday we headed off to Pikeman's and related activities. I must say that having 4 fencers makes for a very crowded car. Thank goodness we are not rattan fighters. If we are going to keep traveling together then we are going to need a bigger vehicle or to become better packers.
Saturday was the event and it was a bit of a struggle to pull myself away from the cottage. The big disappointment was that there were no other fencers other than us Caldrithig people. So we fenced each other. I fenced Skud and then Herr Lover and then Skud again. I don't remember fencing anyone else.
I feel a little like i am loosing the ability to objectively judge my fencing. I did some goofy stuff with Skud but she was almost always able to take advantage of openings I left and stab me. With Herr Lover i tried a little bit of the handing guard. It worked remarkably well with my short sword against his full Del Tin. i need more arm strength though.
And that was it. Yesterday was no fencing. I didn't go to either practice. I did fish, but i don't think that necessarily counts. Especially since i didn't actually catch anything.