Fencing Club - Salle, Monday Afternoon

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Zayne and Azula's special training swords were left at the end of the regular training swords as Edmund addressed the group.

"This is our fourth meeting. Coming back this often takes dedication and I hope these sessions are useful for you. If there's anything in particular you'd like to learn or practice or have discussed or demonstrated here, please come and talk to me. As I promised last week, this time we'll move into basic attacking drills." He demonstrated. "Beginners and anyone wanting to join in, have a try and once you get the hang of it, try incorporating your footwork. It's best if you partner up and practice against each other to get a feel for where your opponent will be. You'll have to get used to having someone across from you anyway. Those with experience, if you spar today try to focus on disarming your opponent."

Comments

Arrive and Chat

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Socialising is half the fun. Edmund disagrees, but let's not listen to him about that.

Attacking Drills

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Go it alone or pair up and try to move together.

Open Practice

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Trying to focus on disarming. It's a lot harder than it seems!

Talk to Edmund and Algren

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Edmund's here, moving throughout the room, but please wait for Algren to ping in.

OOC

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

I hereby declare Mondays illegal! No Mondays for all!

Re: Arrive and Chat

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was listening intently, and imitating Edward as he went through the drills, at about half-speed.

Re: Attacking Drills

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was doing the drills -- extend, attack, lunge-- and looking for someone to mirror as she practiced.

Re: Arrive and Chat

[icecoldfrost]

Emma had been tempted to spend an extra day in the City, but the fact fencing club was today had been enough to lure her back.

She wasn't exactly social, but she was there, and might or might not bite.

Re: Attacking Drills

[icecoldfrost]

Emma ran the drills a few times, letting the familiar footwork soothe her.

Re: Arrive and Chat

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

Lion-o wasn't the most social person, but he was willing to chat if people came up to him.

Re: Attacking Drills

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

Lion-o was entirely too happy to be doing attacking drills.

Re: Talk to Edmund and Algren

[shiroi_tiger]

Algren was here as well, his sword at his hip, standing with his hands clasped behind his back near the doorway. As always, he was watching the students like a hawk, yes. Just to be on the safe side.

Re: Arrive and Chat

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie wasn't quite in a social mood today, but she was there.

Re: Attacking Drills

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie was practicing the drills, surprised by how much easier the footwork was for her.

Re: Arrive and Chat

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

As usual Rose was running just slightly late, and she slipped into the salle as Edmund was talking.

Re: Arrive and Chat

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Azula was looking forward to today. Edmund promised a practice sword for her and she was curious about the quality of the sword.

Re: Arrive and Chat

[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

Liz was there and ready to be social.

Re: Attacking Drills

[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

Liz went over the drills, going over them several times until she got a comfortable feel for them.