Jade
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Day 1 (Tues): Just the short practice today but it was interesting and useful to repeat the drills we went through in Monday’s in-person longsword class.
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Day 5 (Sunday): had a first full read of “Flower of Battle” but no physical training.
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Day 4 (Fri): big practice
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Day 3 (Thurs): continued with Rapier Fundamentals – Gaining the Sword
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Day 2 (Tues): medium practice
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Day 1 (Mon): short practice
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Week 3 Reflection: Did not manage to bring big practice further forward in the week, will try again this week. Did manage to shoot another short assessment video, and am re-setting myself the challenge of shooting one per week.
Week 4 Topic: Dente di Cinghiara
Plan – cover big, medium, short practice assignments, shoot an assessment video, attend longsword classes and probably continue with Rapier Fundamentals.
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Day 5: (Sun): Big practice
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Day 4 (Thurs): continued with Rapier Fundamentals course today, focussing on movement.
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Day 3 (Weds): short practice
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Day 2: (Tues): worked on fendenti cuts, paying particular attention to mechanics.
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Week 3: Low Quadrants
Day 1 (Mon): medium practice
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I really like the idea of working on non-stop striking, Paul – think I’ll steal that from you!
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Day 5 (Sun): Big practice + coaching call.
I enjoyed diving into some rapier lessons for the first time, which had the appeal of new and immediate knowledge acquisition, but I also benefitted from having the training plans to work through, which kept me on target re. longsword. Next week I’m going to get back to working on assessments, shooting some videos, and trying to tackle the “big practice” earlier in the week.
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Day 4 (Fri): Medium practice