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lonemagpie) wrote2015-12-10 10:47 am
lonemagpie) wrote2015-12-10 10:47 am
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last fencing of 2015
Last night's fencing practice was fun - but sadly the last of the year. My reaction times are still a bit slower than normal, (our top guy, Jeff, says "it takes a while, remember your condition," but I did get a couple of really screen-worthy kills. Lesly caught my sleeve under the armpit, but not me, and got the flat of her blade against my arm and, because her point was caught in cloth so far behind me, I could run the katana edge nicely against her throat. I even had time to turn us around so everyone could see that she had cloth and not me...
The other one was on Jeff, actually, - bound his sword high and to my right, and since he tends to set up with his dagger there, caughtit between our blades - cue his darting backwards, me forwards until we reached a wall and my dagger got his throat. (Ironically I'd been telling our students off earlier for thrusting an arm straight out and then walking or running forward with that arm out. And at this point had to say "this is the exception to that rule!")
Obviously I got killed a lot as well, but was really happy with those two, and wished somebody had filmed them... Anyway, yeah, last of the year, oh well. But I guess we'll still be practicing at home...
The other one was on Jeff, actually, - bound his sword high and to my right, and since he tends to set up with his dagger there, caughtit between our blades - cue his darting backwards, me forwards until we reached a wall and my dagger got his throat. (Ironically I'd been telling our students off earlier for thrusting an arm straight out and then walking or running forward with that arm out. And at this point had to say "this is the exception to that rule!")
Obviously I got killed a lot as well, but was really happy with those two, and wished somebody had filmed them... Anyway, yeah, last of the year, oh well. But I guess we'll still be practicing at home...