Push-pull-pull-pull-push was the lesson tonight with Ahren, but it was clearer than the last time. Start with push-pull; if coach stands, attack. If he retreats on the advance, retreat. If the coach starts attacking after you start, finish. If the coach starts attacking as you start, beat attack. If the coach starts attacking as you're finishing the retreat, advance with forward show, step back parry riposte. If coach starts attacking as you start your retreat, retreat twice more, step in. ...
I've missed two days of work since becoming ill late Monday and I think that was due to diet rather than catching some bug that no one else appears to have caught. We spent the weekend at a skiffy convention and just about every time I do that, I get sick. Given that the con suite has potato chips and soft drinks and I indulge in these at conventions and seldom at other times, I suspect I simply ODed on starch and caffeine. However, the symptoms Monday caught me off-guard as what ...
Well. The season schedule has been posted on our division web site and the first tournament is a week from Sunday. I am going to try to compete. I may get my head handed to me, but I was there 4 months from major brain surgery with complications and what was a ruptured artery. As close as I get to going against my pledge to not letting this thing beat me,I have to look at where I am as opposed to where I could be (dirt nap) and just celebrate my success. ...
Recent Comments
