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Fencing Club - Salle, Monday After Classes

Edmund was in before he needed to be, setting up for Fencing Club. When everyone arrived, he addressed them. "Welcome back. We'll get some hands-on experience this week. On this rack you'll find the wooden training swords we'll be using today. Zayne, your weighted sword is down on the end there." He picked one up. "They're very different from standard fencing foils. If you're interested in practising with a foil later in the semester, let me know and I'll arrange it.

Those with experience, you're welcome to partner off and use this time for sparring, or you can join the rest of us in footwork drills. I'll demonstrate, then you can practice them on your own until you feel comfortable enough to partner with someone."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[identity profile] stocksgrrl.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Turtle hadn't been able to make it to the first meeting, so she was feeling the nervousness jitters of a first time now. But she'd had at least two swordplay classes under her belt now, as well as the promise of Zack's help if she needed it, so that made her feel a little better. And footwork drills were good; she could do those, no problemo.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[identity profile] cutsthestrings.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Fiona was here, excited to be back.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[identity profile] azuldragon.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Azula was subdued when she entered the Salle. She had a lot to think about today but perhaps some physical activity would help.
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] icecoldfrost 2009-09-14 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Emma was there, even as she cast wary glances at the wooden practice swords. Those would be a different weight than she was used to using, but she was rather confident she could figure it out quickly enough.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Dinah was here, bouncing on her toes. You'd think the ice cream from last night hadn't worn off yet.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[identity profile] awesomebigsis.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Ellie was there and feeling a little less nervous than she had felt last week.
Edited 2009-09-14 17:59 (UTC)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[identity profile] lordofthecats.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Lion-o was feeling a bit less shy than usual and was looking around for people to talk to.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[identity profile] pyroliz.livejournal.com 2009-09-15 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Liz was there and mingling.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[identity profile] cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com 2009-09-15 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Zayne couldn't help but nerd out over his weighted sword. He was actually going to be able to use a lightsaber-like practice sword!

There was no emotion there was peace. There was no emotion there was peace.
Edited 2009-09-15 02:00 (UTC)

Re: Footwork Drills

[identity profile] stocksgrrl.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Turtle was definitely one to appreciate the power of the foot. She watched and paid attention very carefully to how some of it was done, before dedicating herself to going over them and getting them right and getting them consistent.

Re: Footwork Drills

[identity profile] cutsthestrings.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Drills she was used to and she followed his demonstration perfectly. It took her a few go's to get it up to speed and make it natural, but she enjoyed that.

Re: Footwork Drills

[identity profile] azuldragon.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
This was a different set of footwork than she was used to, she committed Edmund's footwork to memory before attempting it herself. She wasn't perfect but for someone who was never exposed to this sort of footwork, she did remarkably well.
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Re: Footwork Drills

[personal profile] icecoldfrost 2009-09-14 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Emma took the drills slowly at first, then again, trying to find her footing after over a year without practicing. Her movements gained in speed and accuracy, and Emma grinned to herself.

It was nice to know all those years of lessons hadn't gone to waste.

Re: Footwork Drills

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, drills. Waaaay familiar. These were new patterns, though, a couple of them, so Dinah had fun learning them, attack, attack/lunge, guard, and backwards, concentrating hard on the thing Arthur was always dinging her for.

Re: Footwork Drills

[identity profile] awesomebigsis.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Ellie was paying close attention to, trying to remember everything. Because she was so new to this, it took her awhile to figure it out.

Re: Footwork Drills

[identity profile] lordofthecats.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Considering how awkward he felt after a massive growth spurt, Lion-o figured that some drills were a good idea.

Re: Footwork Drills

[identity profile] cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com 2009-09-15 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Zayne most certainly needed to practice his footwork. As he went through the drills, he was clearly pretty nimble, but he just didn't seem to have the balance to make the drills look good.

Re: General Sparring

[identity profile] stocksgrrl.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Turtle wondered if she could just go ahead and post a big old NEWB sticker on her forehead as she held a practice sword and wondered if someone might want to take pity on a poor newbie. The only reason she was even thinking to spar was because she knew that if she didn't practice, she had no chance of ever really getting decent with a sword.

Re: Talk to Edmund and Algren

[identity profile] guardianborn.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
Rose had meant to stop by last week, but she'd gotten distracted so after finishing her training with Dimitri and getting back to the school, she made her way down to the salle to check it out.

Not that she was sure she had enough energy to do more training today, but some could be found if necessary.

She edged her way around the salle to Edmund, giving him a quick smile. "Having fun being in charge," she teased.
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Re: Talk to Edmund and Algren

[personal profile] shiroi_tiger 2009-09-14 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
Algren was there, arms crossed over his chest as he kept an eye on the students and their footwork, and made certain that those who chose to spar weren't idiots about it.

He wasn't going to give people much credit today. He'd woken up with a post-bowling hangover.