So, after longsword practice, our little group of fencers went up to the Prince William Fencing Academy to celebrate their one year anniversary tournament.
My buddy Dan Brown started the academy, and one year ago, they had their first tournament. This year, they had the one-year anniversary, and to celebrate, afterwards they did a catered [...]
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Another good training day. Did a very simple workout this morning: 10 minutes long cycle clean and jerk with the 24 kg kettlebell. Simple, brutal, effective. Particularly good because I was running into a little bit of a time crunch, so 10 relatively hard minutes was great. After that, I [...]
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Today was a good training day, though it wasn’t really supposed to be.
As I mentioned in a post below, my dad had his knee replaced on Monday. Which is a good thing. He’s been in a rehab center all week, and will continue for a good part of next week. My brother [...]
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Good training day, today. My fencing buddy Paul made it up from Newport News, so a group of us that practice sword fighting of various types got together for some practice. Mostly longsword, but eventually, just about every weapon came out of the bag. Was good fun.
[Ed. Note: "schnitt" is the technique [...]
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Okay, so I finally went and did it. Got me a waster. Ordered it a little while ago, and it finally arrived today.
“What’s a waster,” you say? Well, other than a relative or friend who sits around all day and smokes weed…
Basically, it’s the term for the wooden sword you [...]
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