Good but not great is how I'd sum this one up. Inconsistent might be even more accurate. To begin with pools were a mild disaster. I'm classed pretty poorly in the states so I got stuck in a pool with Graham which is always tough. He whooped me pretty badly but I still went 3-1 in my first 4 matches. My last 2 matches were pretty terrible, got edged out by a tall french-gripper because I didn't start the match well and then got worked by a lefty in my last ...
Today, I'm off work so I cleaned up the house and took a carload of stuff to Goodwill (another load will go shortly) and went to the gym to work on better defining that small abs definition I've built thus far. I started with stretching in the locker room and moved to light upper body workouts that wouldn't stress the rotor cuff and then 30 minutes on the ET followed by 3 sets on the seated leg press 3 sets on the leg extension 4 sets of 100, 105, 110, ...
I'm still thinking about the question of what an attack is. A scenario came up yesterday, that added a new fold to my thoughts on it. Both fencers start at the same time, right off the word fence. Both made advance lunge. Fencer on the left makes perfect direct attack, hand first, point direct to the target. Fencer on the left is extending, but is holding his point above the opponents shoulder level untill he's nearly completed his lunge, at which point he drops the point on target. ...
So next Sunday is my first competition as a returning fencer. As our club is new and there is no regular open bouting, my once a week adult class is about all the training I have gotten since I started in October 08. I have been supplementing by doing footwork, blade work with a dummy and cycling. Today however I joined the clubs teenage class as they open bout the last half hour of a two hour session. Unfortunately and hour and 1/2 of intense conditioning and footwork had me beat (have ...
OK, sort of a fencing post. My chair got here yesterday. It is amazing how something like that can get you totally inspired all over again. I can’t wait to get this thing to the club and then finished for me. Not just a spare chair that is set for either hand, not the right height, etc. I am so looking forward to competing. However there is that continued period of no license I must endure. I got a letter from the DMV telling me that because another seizure was reported, the suspension continues. ...
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