Jade
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Day 2 (Tuesday): Medium Practice
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Day 1 (Monday): Short practice
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Week 4
Focus: Multiple defenses
Plan: Follow short, medium and big practice training plans, complete the final Masterclass assessment, attend at least one online class and spend at least 20mins on partner practice
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I got 5 days of practice in, but I still didn’t get around to filming my last Masterclass playbuild. That’s a big target for Week 4.
Really enjoyed the online class I attended this week, will try to make it to more online classes moving forward.
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Day 5 (Sunday): Coaching call + big practice
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Day 4 (Saturday): Longsword class with Adrian working on low guards vs rising and horizontal blows
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Day 3 (Friday): Medium Practice
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Day 2 (Thursday): Short Practice
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Day 1 (Wednesday): Short Practice
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Week 3
Focus: Counter attacks
Plan: Follow big, medium and short practices, attend at least one live class and try to finish Masterclass assessment.
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Self-reflection:
Met my plan for the week, which is great. Need to get back into Masterclass materials and live classes next week though.
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Day 5 (Friday): Thanks for the support, Steve.
I did contact the armoury about the indoor trainer and they blamed the shipper and suggested I bend it straight. I responded that the shipper couldn’t be to blame because the box was undamaged and untampered with, and that I didn’t think I could correct the angle of the blade myself. Having argued thus, my frustration resolved the issue for me – I turned the trainer arch upwards and trod on it until it was more or less flattened straight. Then did Big Practice with my new longsword trainer – finally!
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Day 4 (Thursday): got off to a rocky start because my indoor longsword trainer from Purpleheart Armoury arrived with a big bend in it. Ended up doing Medium Practice with my regular longsword and also read Muhlberger’s edition of The Combat of the Thirty.
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Day 3 (Wednesday): short practice and read some Giacomo di Grassi, Vincentio Saviolo and George Silver to get a sense of their styles
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Day 2 (Tuesday): caught up on final hour of Sword in Armour workshop
