Practice 5/24
There was a weirdness at practice that I can't put my finger on. I was still riding high from fencing on Sunday, but I was just not feeling it this time. I did some fencing and some teaching, but I was not in a good head space and was not comfortable in my gear. We all have those days.
Quest 5/29
Great day for fencing. Weather was hot, but the humidity dropped. Prior to the tournament, I did a bunch of secondary authorizations. I authorized Jonathan and Ciaren in Case. I authorized Caoilfhionn and Elizabeth in rigid parry. Like the dick I am, I made them fence with both the bucklers they were familiar with and a cane, with which neither had practiced. I can't recall if there was any others at this time.
The tournament was a round robin coin tournament. Since I didn't want to serve as champion, I told the MOL that prior to the start. My losses were to Melchior and Eleanor Redpath. With Melchior, for some reason I tried to hit his left shoulder, which he took slightly offline with his dagger while tagging me with a beautiful shot. Why I went for that target, I have no clue looking back on the bout. Bad decision making on my part.
For my loss to Eleanor, I didn't realize how close we had setup prior to the bout and she made me pay for it with a quick one shot to my belly under my buckler. I barely had a chance to even get set and I was dead as can be. So very proud of her. Kicking myself a little, but I needed a reminder like that,
I wound up finishing tied with Garrick for second place with an record of 11-2. Firebow came in first place with the same record, but more coins.
Ev needed a nap and I needed a cup of A/C and some food, so we left soon after the fencing tournament completed.
Practice 5/31
I was having an off night with motivation, but once I finally got up and moving, I had a good time. I got to fence Ronan, Antonio, and Caoilfhionn. I did some teaching and a few passes with Elizabeth. What started as an iffy night, turned into a pretty good night. The practice continues to grow and grow which is amazing.
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