Fencing Club - Salle, Monday After Classes

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

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."

Comments

Arrive and Mingle

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Like talky meat.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

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

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

Fiona was here, excited to be back.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Azula was subdued when she entered the Salle. She had a lot to think about today but perhaps some physical activity would help.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[icecoldfrost]

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

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

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

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie was there and feeling a little less nervous than she had felt last week.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

Lion-o was feeling a bit less shy than usual and was looking around for people to talk to.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

Liz was there and mingling.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

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.

Footwork Drills

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Edmund demonstrated (http://www.fencing.net/drills/footwork2.php) a few drills for everyone. "You can have all of the wrist flexibility and skill in the world, but it won't stop you from falling over if you don't have the foot skills to go with it."

Re: Footwork Drills

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

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

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

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

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

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.

Re: Footwork Drills

[icecoldfrost]

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

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

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

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

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

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

Considering how awkward he felt after a massive growth spurt, Lion-o figured that some drills were a good idea.

Re: Footwork Drills

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

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.

General Sparring

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

For anyone who wants to give it a try.

Re: General Sparring

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

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.

Talk to Edmund and Algren

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Ed's here, but please wait until Algren pings in before talking to him.

Re: Talk to Edmund and Algren

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

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.

Re: Talk to Edmund and Algren

[shiroi_tiger]

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.

OOC

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Monday was not fun. Advice from the future: go back to bed and save yourself the trouble!