Saturday, May 21, 2011

Recent practices & drills

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I'm finally getting around to updating this thing. Getting to practice has been a bit sporadic lately, but I hope to pick it up before Pennsic, as well as get a bunch of physical conditioning in. I ended up not being able to complete the 60 in 60 challenge because I was unable to fight for about a month after Birka due to medical reasons.

Practice this week was very good. Ken Mondschein who teaches at the Higgins came by and we ran through a number of drills (a couple of which I'll go over below) and got some good sparring in. I plan to hit the Carolingian regional practice tomorrow, and the depending on how the new job goes on Monday, the regular Monday practice in Millbury. Depending on how my event/work schedule is, I'm also hoping to get to the Higgins for the Sword Guild practices.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

1/17/11 Practice Log

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We had a good practice last night in Millbury, I'd estimate between 15-20 fencers. The 60 fights in 60 days program encouraged me to fight more and chat less. I ended up getting fights with seven people in, and probably could have done two - three more.

• Aiden McShane
• Edward Grey of Lochleven
• Diego Miguel Munoz de Castilla (OWS, OGR)
• Anastasia Da Mont
• Tiago Santos
• Rhiannon the Curious (OWS, OGR)
• Mathias Grundwald

I split my fights between stick and dagger, though mostly stick in preparation for possibly having to fight other forms at K&Q Champions this weekend. It worked well for me, and I think I'm going to try fighting it some more. The main thing I need to remember is it's not a dagger, and if I end up in close, I can't hit people with it.

Running 60 in 60 count, 7 fights, 2 OWS

Sunday, January 16, 2011

60 fights in 60 days

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I start the 60 fights in 60 days challenge tomorrow at the Quintavia practice. I'll be posting updates here as I go along. K&Q rapier champions this weekend, and Birka the weekend after that should help boost my numbers.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Transporting your gear

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One of my personal pet peeves at events is seeing the row of golf bags that people use to cart their gear around. While I do recognize the usefulness of them to transport gear, a row of uncovered bags on the side of a listfield is very visually jarring to me. The simplest option for this is to buy a blanket or other cloth to cover it, there are period ways of transporting gear.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Article Ideas

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I've got a bunch of topics that I'm thinking about writing about at some point. There is no set schedule for what I'll be writing when, so if there is a topic that seems particularly interesting, please let me know so I can work on those first. By the end of the weekend I'll have an article on carrying gear posted.