Haven't been practicing as much as I would like and I also missed out a stellar oppotunity for a lot of good pick-ups at the last war due to slightly excessive partying the night before.
My armor fits horribly as well. I am in a word, fat. I need to lose weight and I need to make new armor for Crown as well.
My last entry was February 19th.
February 26th - No real recollection of this practice. Assume I fought.
March 5th - Excellent practice. The gym seems like a positive influence (Shocking)
March 12th - Work interfered and I couldn't make it to practice
March 19th - Filmed a little. Didn't fight. Lazy.
March 26th - Tomorrow. Lets do this.
Goals:
New armor
Clean garage out, set up pel.
Still half considering setting up a bench, but as weather improves I think I will just see about adding what I have to the pel area and seeing if I can actually make time when I am at home to work on me. Training at home is something I typically have an issue with.
Showing posts with label Armor. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Friday, September 30, 2011
September 29, 2011
Practice was good. We did two drills. One was a frozen opening defense drill and one was an endurance drill.
I believe fighting endurance is important, I sadly don't think this is going to help most people, simple because we might only do it once, or maybe once a month, certainly not enough to promote a beneficial energy system adaption.
I continue to work on my opening A-frame stance. Still have an opening down the slot. Susceptible to a deep slot and a thrust. Much less if I am paying attention instead of looking for openings.
Much more success when I am patient. I said there is a line between being aggressive enough that your opponent is flustered and being aggressive in a stupid manner.
Spent a little time fighting the man at arms. He has come a fair ways, although I would like to see him generate more power in some of his shots. I need to see what he is throwing on camera or through someone elses eyes, as I think it may be a mechanically unsound shot. It lands and can at times hit me clean, but it has almost no force on it.
Also I have sort of half picked up a pseduo squire, the man at arms has been exceptional towards her, offering her the use of his old armor so she can try if she wants to. She has A&S goals more than fighting goals though, so he may need to be less exuberent about getting her out there. Still it is good to see him willing to lend a hand and help someone out. I have witnessed this on numerous occasions with new fighters as well who are not someone with a bond to the family.
Forgot the video camera at home. Hope to get a new sword made this week as well as copious amounts of armor repair done on Sunday.
I believe fighting endurance is important, I sadly don't think this is going to help most people, simple because we might only do it once, or maybe once a month, certainly not enough to promote a beneficial energy system adaption.
I continue to work on my opening A-frame stance. Still have an opening down the slot. Susceptible to a deep slot and a thrust. Much less if I am paying attention instead of looking for openings.
Much more success when I am patient. I said there is a line between being aggressive enough that your opponent is flustered and being aggressive in a stupid manner.
Spent a little time fighting the man at arms. He has come a fair ways, although I would like to see him generate more power in some of his shots. I need to see what he is throwing on camera or through someone elses eyes, as I think it may be a mechanically unsound shot. It lands and can at times hit me clean, but it has almost no force on it.
Also I have sort of half picked up a pseduo squire, the man at arms has been exceptional towards her, offering her the use of his old armor so she can try if she wants to. She has A&S goals more than fighting goals though, so he may need to be less exuberent about getting her out there. Still it is good to see him willing to lend a hand and help someone out. I have witnessed this on numerous occasions with new fighters as well who are not someone with a bond to the family.
Forgot the video camera at home. Hope to get a new sword made this week as well as copious amounts of armor repair done on Sunday.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
June 2, 2011
Survived Crown, didn't do as well as I would have liked, infact I yet again failed to get by #2. Squires the next day was ok, little different format, I went maybe 50/50, slow start and then a decent finish. I fought Squires with my small round shield, so with that consideration I guess it was ok.
Leg armor didn't work as well as I would have liked, so I have modified them again. They were just attached to kneepads and worked ok if I wasn't moving excessivly. However they slid around a lot if I did, or went to my knees. I have pointed them to the cuisse as well, so they don't slide. I have used them once at practice and they seemed to work out pretty good. They LOOK a lot better under my fight clothes as well. That is always a good thing.
Gorget was better after the modifications, but I was still having issues with it flipping up. Had one of the knights I know looking at it and we determined how to fix it, which I did back at camp. It is much better now, no longer flipping up.
Parties were ok, I had a fun trip out there.
This is the weekend before Coronet. We are travelling out to Cold Keep tomorrow. Seems like many fighters are not going, so it should be an interesting list. I am pretty prepared for it. Mostly packed, armor repaired still from crown. New baskethilts arrived in the nick of time so I can attach them to the new sword.
Seems a lot of people would like to see me win. I have had an immense amount of feedback on it. Still not 100% sure I want it right now. It would be cool, but I also have a lot going on. SCA wise, most of it will be done though. So we go. We fight and bring our best. We see what happens.
After this weekend there is 2 weeks left until my knighting. Gah. So not ready yet!
Ogedei
Leg armor didn't work as well as I would have liked, so I have modified them again. They were just attached to kneepads and worked ok if I wasn't moving excessivly. However they slid around a lot if I did, or went to my knees. I have pointed them to the cuisse as well, so they don't slide. I have used them once at practice and they seemed to work out pretty good. They LOOK a lot better under my fight clothes as well. That is always a good thing.
Gorget was better after the modifications, but I was still having issues with it flipping up. Had one of the knights I know looking at it and we determined how to fix it, which I did back at camp. It is much better now, no longer flipping up.
Parties were ok, I had a fun trip out there.
This is the weekend before Coronet. We are travelling out to Cold Keep tomorrow. Seems like many fighters are not going, so it should be an interesting list. I am pretty prepared for it. Mostly packed, armor repaired still from crown. New baskethilts arrived in the nick of time so I can attach them to the new sword.
Seems a lot of people would like to see me win. I have had an immense amount of feedback on it. Still not 100% sure I want it right now. It would be cool, but I also have a lot going on. SCA wise, most of it will be done though. So we go. We fight and bring our best. We see what happens.
After this weekend there is 2 weeks left until my knighting. Gah. So not ready yet!
Ogedei
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Few days
Found a few new videos Sir Raoukinn had posted that I had not seen before. HE Sir Sagan teaching a body and sword motion class and a practice vs training class. Watched that over the course of the week.
I have for the most part avoided pell work, giving my elbow as much rest and rehab as I can before An Tir Crown this weekend.
The Ceremony is one month away. Some projects are progressing. Some have yet to be started. I only made a few additions to the ceremony to "Mongolize" it. In general it's a pretty foreign concept, the ideas of king and oaths are not, so I can work from that side of things.
Made a few modifications to the armor prior to Crown.
Gorget: I believe the front flap on the gorget should stay down now. Took two darts out of it adding some shape to the leather
Arms: Riveted the upper light leather to the elbow cop at each edge, hopefully presenting a more unified defense.
Legs: Pointed the windrose knees to a set of knee pads. got a set of shorts I can wear under a set of cuisses, allowing the knee pads to sit against my skin and remain in position.
I have for the most part avoided pell work, giving my elbow as much rest and rehab as I can before An Tir Crown this weekend.
The Ceremony is one month away. Some projects are progressing. Some have yet to be started. I only made a few additions to the ceremony to "Mongolize" it. In general it's a pretty foreign concept, the ideas of king and oaths are not, so I can work from that side of things.
Made a few modifications to the armor prior to Crown.
Gorget: I believe the front flap on the gorget should stay down now. Took two darts out of it adding some shape to the leather
Arms: Riveted the upper light leather to the elbow cop at each edge, hopefully presenting a more unified defense.
Legs: Pointed the windrose knees to a set of knee pads. got a set of shorts I can wear under a set of cuisses, allowing the knee pads to sit against my skin and remain in position.
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