Will, Jessi, and Mike went to the local tournament Sunday; Jessi was fencing left-handed because of the way Frederick bashed her hand, but she still almost beat Will in the 8, and Mike took Will out in the gold medal bout, so tonight they were all doing their best to beat one another. Jessi beat Will by one touch with Ahren refereeing, and the two of them were hilarious afterwards, Will asserting that he won when it mattered and Jessi pointing out that she did it left-handed.

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The workthing has still been superbusy.

We started a new drill Monday. Push-Pull. Advance on coach with a threat. If coach retreats, lift the blade and retreat. Begin again. If coach doesn't retreat, lunge to hit. A few repetitions of that, then coach throws a parry-riposte in. Next time, disengage to hit. And it's a trip around the tactical wheel.
After class, Coach Jake glared at me, "We need to work on your lunge. It's so loud." Must remember to land the front ...

I feel pretty good today. Just a few twinges here and there. Rare for the day after a tournament, especially for a tournament where I drove two hours each way, with seven hours spent at the venue.

Mike, Jessi1, and Will told me they had a good time at the Liberty Fencing Club Sabre Open. Jessi was 5th, Will was 2nd, and Mike was 1st. The event went from a B to a D, unfortunately, so Mike couldn't re-up his B (he's down to a C these days, I think) Will beat Jessi by 1 touch ...

The first time I saw these, I thought they were plantar warts but they're not, they're tumors that grow inside on the plantar fascia and they simply look like the beginning of a wart.

I had the same problem a couple of years ago, used duct tape for a while, and eventually the problem lessened such that I didn't notice them. Two weekends ago, I drove to TN and fenced three events and then last week, I drove 3 hrs. north to fence two events.

If I succeed in finishing ...

I motored down to the Baltimore Fencing Center for the Choco Therapy Open, as planned, and got there with plenty of time to spare. I warmed up with Brooke Sirico from DCFC, who is a nice fencer, and felt that even if that was the only bout I got with a woman it was worth it.

The foil event was still in pools, though, and they finished up the pools and much of the DE's before they started the sabre. Jamie Met was there to referee, and he's a solid sabre ref, but that was it, and we ...