Practice last night started out slowly. I opened the site, and it took people a while to get there. Eventually Edmund showed up, and we started doing some stretching. After that, Malcolm showed up and we continued with the stretching. With just the three of us, I ran some rapier and dagger drills. A little after 8, Firebow and Orlando showed up. They started fencing while I was finishing drills with Edmund.
Prior to Orlando and Bow showing up, we were doing drills in just masks and gloves, so I suited up. Its been a few weeks since I fenced with Orlando. We started out fencing single, me with my normal blade (37") and he with my 30". I was able to use the reach advantage against him, since unlike with a 40"+ blade, I was not giving up a lot in terms of tempo. I wound up pulling the tip off the blade he was using, so he switched back to his 40". I was able to maintain my distance and play the game I wanted. I finally feel like I am learning the measure of this new blade.
After that, I fenced Scrooby, who has just moved down to the area from Boston. I met him at K&Q up in Montreal. We sat next to each other at dinner. I had noticed something in his footwork earlier while he was fencing Firebow, and wanted to see if I could take advantage of it. Basically, he had a very wide stance, and was leaning in and out, so when his weight was forward, I knew I could press the attack on him. After some passes, I told him what I observed and how I thought I was able to work it against him.
That was all the fencing I did last night, but the best thing was, I never felt my hand get cramped. I'm not sure why that is, but I'll certainly take it.
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