More SCA fighting stuff
A good turnout at training yesterday, about nine or ten in harness all up.
Had a very good group of fights against Adam. He is a very solid left hander with a devastating off side attack. However if you can shut down his one good attack, he has very little else he can do effectively. With Adam I was working on being able to close and throw a falling wrap over his weapon side. Sort of getting into position and being able to watch the fight better as we move but not that good at getting the wrap to happen.
I played with a greatsword against Macca for a little. I find greatswords too big and cannot get them moving effectively. Macca is still very new to greatsword, allowing me to control the centre almost unopposed and I was able to work from blade opposition rather easily.
There was also a long set of medium paced work with Sir Brusie. Brusie is excellent at moving the fight to were he wants it to be. He said he wants to come to more Sunday sessions and I hope this happens as he is really the only one here who will push me.
We also talked about how to deal with some of the sand in tactic used by the Sydney folk. We are thinking shield sweeps with turning/pivoting offsides are the way to go. I will be working with Sir Steven to practice this. We are also going to work on how to deal with the Attican deep offside. It is all going to be able practicing the moves so we can do them fast and with confidence.
Had a very good group of fights against Adam. He is a very solid left hander with a devastating off side attack. However if you can shut down his one good attack, he has very little else he can do effectively. With Adam I was working on being able to close and throw a falling wrap over his weapon side. Sort of getting into position and being able to watch the fight better as we move but not that good at getting the wrap to happen.
I played with a greatsword against Macca for a little. I find greatswords too big and cannot get them moving effectively. Macca is still very new to greatsword, allowing me to control the centre almost unopposed and I was able to work from blade opposition rather easily.
There was also a long set of medium paced work with Sir Brusie. Brusie is excellent at moving the fight to were he wants it to be. He said he wants to come to more Sunday sessions and I hope this happens as he is really the only one here who will push me.
We also talked about how to deal with some of the sand in tactic used by the Sydney folk. We are thinking shield sweeps with turning/pivoting offsides are the way to go. I will be working with Sir Steven to practice this. We are also going to work on how to deal with the Attican deep offside. It is all going to be able practicing the moves so we can do them fast and with confidence.