Fighter Practice
Nov. 28th, 2006 10:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
draconisregenaIt occurs to me that I need an SCA related Icon. I don't have one. There are days that I suffer through fighter practice, because I suck...Today was not one of those days. Heee.... I love it when I can bounce through practice. When I do so and get compliments on my fighting it is a good day. I must be improving, there's just no other explanation for it.
Good things were said about my ability to observe people and tell them what they are doing to get them dead. Rule number 1 after all is "don't die". I just wish I could more accurately judge what I am doing to get dead. That is not so easy for me. Even more good things were said about my parries (thanks![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
purplebard). My draws were complemented too. As always I got the "well you're a fun fight" but this time noone finished it with "but not necissarily a good one." That made me happy.
Apparently I am accurate. Anton told me today that I bruised him last week at practice. What I did was this: he was pressing me and I pulled back into a more defensive stance and cocked my swordarm back. He aparently watched this and went "oh this is going to hurt" because he knew he was out of position and there was no way he could block it. I laid a leg rap about two inches above his knee...With a rapier. Then on our next pass, I did the darned thing again. Exactly the same spot, with the edge of my blade both times. The rest of the heavies that Anton were telling this story to were impressed and to be honest I'm not sure why. Need to fight heavy...Yeah. I might even be good at it. Wouldn't that be fun? I absorbed a lesson from someone (i don't know his name sorry) about fighting heavy. I learned a few things just by watching and listening to that lesson that are going to be very effective for me once I figure them out. Yep. Watch out! Just kidding.
It's a good thing I think that I suck, otherwise I would not fit into my hats.
Okay so funny bit time now. So I'm fighting NekoMe, and he takes a great deal of pleasure in playing with shots around my guard (it's a ring guard and you can in fact go through it and hand me.) and then immediatly after legging me. He says that in about a month or so noone will ever hit me through the rings again. The third time he does this he makes some sort of disparaging comment about my virtue and how my knees is a good position for me. I am of course offended, what does he know of my virtue? Bout ends, I die. I get up and he proceeds to leg me again and my immediate responce is "So m'lord, is this how you prefer your women...or is this the only way you can get them?"
To top all this off...There was PIE!!!
Good things were said about my ability to observe people and tell them what they are doing to get them dead. Rule number 1 after all is "don't die". I just wish I could more accurately judge what I am doing to get dead. That is not so easy for me. Even more good things were said about my parries (thanks
purplebard). My draws were complemented too. As always I got the "well you're a fun fight" but this time noone finished it with "but not necissarily a good one." That made me happy.Apparently I am accurate. Anton told me today that I bruised him last week at practice. What I did was this: he was pressing me and I pulled back into a more defensive stance and cocked my swordarm back. He aparently watched this and went "oh this is going to hurt" because he knew he was out of position and there was no way he could block it. I laid a leg rap about two inches above his knee...With a rapier. Then on our next pass, I did the darned thing again. Exactly the same spot, with the edge of my blade both times. The rest of the heavies that Anton were telling this story to were impressed and to be honest I'm not sure why. Need to fight heavy...Yeah. I might even be good at it. Wouldn't that be fun? I absorbed a lesson from someone (i don't know his name sorry) about fighting heavy. I learned a few things just by watching and listening to that lesson that are going to be very effective for me once I figure them out. Yep. Watch out! Just kidding.
It's a good thing I think that I suck, otherwise I would not fit into my hats.
Okay so funny bit time now. So I'm fighting NekoMe, and he takes a great deal of pleasure in playing with shots around my guard (it's a ring guard and you can in fact go through it and hand me.) and then immediatly after legging me. He says that in about a month or so noone will ever hit me through the rings again. The third time he does this he makes some sort of disparaging comment about my virtue and how my knees is a good position for me. I am of course offended, what does he know of my virtue? Bout ends, I die. I get up and he proceeds to leg me again and my immediate responce is "So m'lord, is this how you prefer your women...or is this the only way you can get them?"
To top all this off...There was PIE!!!
