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Donovan's Ramblings: Actual Sharp Swords
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Monday, October 24, 2016. It was really, really cool. It was also terrifying. It is also an experience that I recommend to everyone who fences. It was enlightening in a number of ways. First, I want to stress that this was done in a. That said, this was done without any protective gear. The reasoning for this is that people have a tendency to assume that if they are wearing protective gear that they are completely safe. This would absolutely not be the case in this instance, and highlighting the ...To co...
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Donovan's Ramblings: Back at St. Elegius and ahead to A&S Champions!
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Monday, November 28, 2016. Back at St. Elegius and ahead to A&S Champions! Wow, I never wrote anything on St. Elegius! Let's take a few minutes and fix that now. Originally, I'd only intended in competing in the Art of Fencing side competition that our newest OGR (as of Court at the end of the event, and congratulations to him! In a from-scratch sense, and I think that food as an A&S entry is always a favorite - being able to directly sample the entry is wonderful on a number of levels. Frankly, I lo...
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Donovan's Ramblings: I arted a thing!
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Monday, November 14, 2016. I arted a thing! While I need to put together a Real Blog Post about St. Elegius and some thoughts on martial A&S in the East (and how awesome it is! I wanted to take five minutes and be super excited that I Arted A Thing! So a couple weeks ago, Martin was going to fight for me (again! It's a badge on a belt flap! And in a day or so, a St. Elegius Post! November 14, 2016 at 3:12 PM. You have now officially hand-stitched more things than this Laurel :-). Lets not get crazy here.
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Donovan's Ramblings: Post-Pennsic Post and Bonus Practice Report
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016. Post-Pennsic Post and Bonus Practice Report. It's a little late, but here's a quick and messy What I Remember About Pennsic summary, followed by a Monday night practice report. As with all Pennsic summaries this year, I have to open by saying: So, how about that weather? Weather aside, there was some great fencing to be had. Champions was blessedly early in the week, a trend which I'm very fond of. We had some delays build up over the course of the day, but I actually ...I got...
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Donovan's Ramblings: Manual Reprint Update!
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Tuesday, December 6, 2016. In lieu of a real entry (though I'm sorting through some thoughts about attacking in the correct tempo and how best to train that, because I noticed while fighting Kenric at practice last night that I was being pretty trash at it), I thought I'd point out that Greer's translation of Thibault seems to be getting a reprint and will be available come March 2017. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Practice Report, and also Dealing With the Winter .
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Donovan's Ramblings: September 2016
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016. Rapiers and Katas and Such Like That. Some of the things I try to pay a lot of attention to are ways to expand my solo practice. I have people to drill with at practice, and occasionally around the house, but a lot of my time doing drills at home is spent working on things by myself. What really got me thinking though, was this old video. Outside of the sequence, but I'm not trying to harsh on Adam's performance here.). In the video, Adam works through Fabris' rapier and da...
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Donovan's Ramblings: November 2016
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Monday, November 28, 2016. Back at St. Elegius and ahead to A&S Champions! Wow, I never wrote anything on St. Elegius! Let's take a few minutes and fix that now. Originally, I'd only intended in competing in the Art of Fencing side competition that our newest OGR (as of Court at the end of the event, and congratulations to him! In a from-scratch sense, and I think that food as an A&S entry is always a favorite - being able to directly sample the entry is wonderful on a number of levels. Frankly, I lo...
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Mike's HEMA Blog: December 2011
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Monday, 19 December 2011. IDC Lesson Plan 19/12/11. Today plan is really a continuation of last week's drill, with a little exercise on getting used to the 'feel of the bind' at the end, if people want to try their new steel toys. 10 mins to meet, greet and sort out kit. 10 mins to warm up. Gazza is welcome to run this. 5 mins to stretch, and discuss today's plans. Cuts from above, right and left. Cuts from below, right and left. Thrusts from Ochs with a step forwards, recovering into Ochs. If neither cu...
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Mike's HEMA Blog: March 2012
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Saturday, 31 March 2012. I'm off on holiday for a few weeks. Enjoy sword fighting without me. There are some videos from training up on the Facebook and stuff, including one of the Feder being used for the first time (yes, not enough protection for there to be any intent. Deal with it). Anyway, I'll be back to training in three weeks or so. Have fun y'all! Posted by Michael S. Saturday, March 31, 2012. Monday, 12 March 2012. For me) Less talking, more training. Posted by Michael S. Monday, March 12, 2012.
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