Jeremy
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I really enjoyed this bonus. But I really had no idea what I was doing.
I feel like I did a good job leaning into the thrusts and getting all the elements of the poste in.
I feel like the second finestra was a little weak and out of place though.
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Pros : my concentration was good and intense. All elements are there as needed.
Cons: felt a little stiff in my posture when I re-watched it.
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Gioco Stretto Playbuild
1. In Posta di Donna, enter measure with a passing step and guard transition to Posta di Donna Sinestra.
2. Make a parry by roverso sottano to right Finestra.
3. Make a thrust in extended right finestra and end in Posta di Donna.
4. Make a parry by mandritto fendente with a retreating step to Posta Breve.
5. Volta stabile to track opponent as they circle to your left.
6. Make a half-cut mandrito fendente with a passing step. And then exit with two passing steps back.
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I think I got pretty smooth with this one. But I noticed I stepped too soon with my thrust and sottano. But my Fendente was in the correct order. I really need to work on sending my sword first every time…not just with Fendente.
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Gioco Largo Playbuild
1. In Dente de Chingaro enter measure and make a guard transition to Posta Di Donna with a passing step.
2. Make a full cut mandritto fendente to Posta di Donna Sinestra with passing step.
3. Make a mandrito fendente parry to Posta di Donna Sinestra with a sidestep.
4. Thrust to Posta de Longa with a passing step.
5. Make a mandritto fendente parry to Posta di Donna Sinestra with a triangle step.
6. Make a full cut roverso sottano to Posta di Donna with a passing step.
7. Make a retreating step to Dente de Chingaro then thrust with another retreaing step.
8. Exit by making a final passing step back back to Dente de Chingaro.
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From Post di Donna Sinestra I parry with a roverso fendente with a passing step into close range and a bind.
Keeping pressure to hold their sword down I quickly release my grip with my left hand and reach across and grab their sword grip between their hands to hold it in place.
I allow my point to fall back over my shoulder and ram the pommel right into their face.
I believe that I have all of the elements of this play in their proper order and I repeated it a few times at different speeds to show what I am doing. But the second time I took an extra step by accident. Otherwise I think my order and posture are good.
And then on the last iteration I attempted a full marital execution of the technique.
One thing I noticed was that I was looking down a lot in the first two because I was worried about hitting the Pell stand with my feet because I was barefoot.
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This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by Jeremy Overbay.
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What stood out to you?
The thing that stood out to me most was how flipping cool it was to see the scabbard used in the scholar’s assault.
Did you have any big “aha moments” in your training?
I am not sure I did this week.
What was most challenging?
The most challenging thing was that I was bedridden due to a medical procedure during this time and I wasn’t really able to train. But I could read Fiore, and watch videos…so at least I had something.
Did you meet your own objectives?
Not really.
What do you think you might do differently next week?
Get back to being more active and training more everyday.
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Share the title and author
Your main “aha” from the book
Who you would recommend read it
The Flower of Battle by Fiore de Libieri of course.
My main aha when reading it was just how direct Libieri is in sharing his martial arts secrets. It blew my mind.
I would recommend it for ALL martial artist….even Eastern martial artists.
A Knight’s Own Book of Chivalry by Geoffroi de Charny.
This guy was also the real deal back in the same era as Libieri. His book gets into more of the ideas of why to fight…when to fight…when to not fight and so on. He was very concerned with prowess and honor.
I would recommend it for anyone that is into the why’s and philosophies of martial arts.
It’s difficult to choose a 3rd book…Maybe the Demon’s Sermon on the martial arts, the Unfettered Mind. But no….they are a little too mystic and dense to get much sense out of them…but they are super cool and interesting if you have the patience.
I am gonna say…The Ill-made Knight by Christian Cameron.
It is historically accurate, actually has what I would consider accurate descriptions of 14th century battles, and stars some characters you will know well if you are interested in HEMA.
My big aha moment in this one was when William Gold first crossed wooden swords with Libieri and how it described Posta di Donna and how he cut fendente. I could really see it and it has helped me understand better how to cut.
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Cool! Thanks for giving me the heads up on this.
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It turns out I was looking at a different picture in my book by accident and I had to redo this one.
Here is what I should have done:
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https://youtu.be/JCWWUWBcEdE is my version.
I did more of a tutta volta of the sword from finestra into the fendente for a more largo feel.
Good job!