Practice this week was good.
I had some good teaching moments, working with Bethany while she is figuring out cloak.
I had a blast fighting rapier and dagger with Garrick. It's not his preferred form, but it is mine. We had some great discussion on what I was doing, why it was working, tweaking his setups and movement, and then more fencing. Due to his long arms and height, I have a little trouble when he goes into a refused stance that I normally don't have against most opponents. But it was way cool to be able to sword-nerd with him and go through things. Because of this and that there is an opening in the morning for a class this Saturday at the EK Rapier Academy, I am going to try and teach a "Simple Rapier and Dagger" class.
I had some great fights with Jonathan, who is really becoming a great challenge. He absorbs things like a sponge and just has an infectious joy when fencing. Raw technique, but great timing and understanding have him as a capable threat on the list. I landed a little funny on my bad leg when fencing him so I called it a night.
Now to where Mike (Ciaran) Bannon broke my cup. I had gotten an iced tea before arriving at practice, and while Mike was wrestling with his mask, trying to get it out of his bad, he knocked it off the stage. The cup spilled most of the tea on the floor, but the fall also cracked the cheap plastic cup, but also managed to shatter the straw. I only write this to give him a little crap, and so I can also remember in the future the night he broke my cup at practice.
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