[Bob]

Week 3

• Reviewed Marrozzo Assault Workshop
• Single stick Partner Play Worked on middle and lower key locks
• Worked on Posta DiDonna vs high attacks, thrust

Week 4

• Reviewed Lichtenauer composite 30-34 Looked at various interpretations and worked on partner plays
• Attended HEMA class worked on Durchlauffen running through and hip throw practice

[Bob]

Week 3

• Attended zoom discussion group on Lichtenauer composite 80-82 on overrunning
• worked on double stick video
• video self assesssment on Flourishing
• Submitted video assessment on Five ways of winning vs seven blows

[Bob]

Week 2

• Longsword /sidesword footwork (on Pell)
• Retreating gather step(feint) ;Passing step Mendritto
• Bicorno drill (yield into X cut )
• Attended Dagger workshop with local HEMA group (Meyers 4 positions ; several plays from each
• DTV drills-single hand thrusts
• Flow drills
• Reviewed measure and footwork
• Reviewed scholars assault
• Video self assessments

[Bob]

Week 1

Practiced and videoed various double weapons

• sidesword /Messer
• axe/ Rondel
• Kukri/Sheath
• Bayonet/sheath

Worked on DTV daily drills

• Flow with direction change
• Reviewed self assessment video

Attended and reviewed Sunday workshop

[Bob]

Week 3 September

• Worked on Scholars Assault Longsword
• Reviewed Rapier vs LS workshop
• Partner play

1. singlestick video self assessment
2. Sword in one hand (Bob Charrette -Armizare )

Started physical therapy on hip

• some of the excercises/stretches have helped mobility !

[Bob]

Posting video single stick from couple weeks ago partner hurt his right hand so we did playbuild left handed

https://youtu.be/PsuAjMsmKIg

[Bob]

Week 4 September

• Reviewed Empathy powerpoint
• Worked on Gioco Stretto
• Videoed Thrust from larghissima , largo and stretta ranges; posted to assessment link

[Bob]

August week 2

Scholars Assault –

Partner play

· Single sword play – focus on flow of plays

· Single stick –plays of the single sword

Review of single sword guards

[Bob]

Week 3 August

• Reviewed self assessment video on Scholars Assault
• Reviewed Fiore Sword in One hand -compared Pisani Dossi to Getty plays
• Started to read manuscript on Sword and Buckler in Masorah Figurata
• Partner Play -single stick Left hand) – video play build

[Bob]

Day 5

– Scholars Assault -videotaped partner drill – application of porta di ferro mezzano thru posta breve contra-caviatone; into bicorno

[Bob]

Thanks Jade ! We pulled a play from Codex Wallerstein for that one .

Experimenting with it also against other weapons.

[Bob]

<div>Was traveling last week…Just got back to training .</div><div>here’s a vid from early May </div><div>Partner Play Sword and dagger </div>https://youtu.be/iieZgGCfcLA

[Bob]

Partner Play Dagger

https://youtu.be/2yyaaRhl4Ik

[Bob]

Week 3 reflection

Victory laps was able to achieve my goal to include more conditioning in my work out this past week preparing for “Springeck” event, which included prizing challenge for four candidates from NJ and Wisconsin. Aha able to spar with multiple weapons , fought with the Rondel vs bayonet, employed measure and tempo in free play as well as using Codex Wallerstein plate # 45.

<b style=”font-size: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;”>Correction This week I will be traveling to Florida. Will come up with some sort of stick, Dowel or cane to use for contingency training , and try to incorporate meditation. Will be mostly reading and posting videos this week.

[Bob]

Reflection Week2

Victory Lap Did an AM workout 6 days

Aha -tried apply armored Poste to Dagger

Corrections – Need more conditioning drills