Karen
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Thanks for these reflections, Ivan and @steve.frey
I agree with you both. I got taken out 3 weeks in by a health issue, but I learned so much over the last 6 months and am grateful for the course, experience, and classmates. I came into this not knowing anything about longsword and barely anything about swordfighting in general, and now it has become a major part of my life. And so much of what we learned has been applicable in other areas of my life as well, the whole experience has been very valuable.
Thanks for being on the journey together!
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I practiced writing it up:
P1: PdD
P2: PdF
P1: mandritto fendente
P2: parry with pass back
P1: cavatzione
P2: volta stabile with pass forward
P1: retreating step, cavatzione
P2: tutta volta, yield with passing step, roverso mezzano
P1: volta stabile, passing step back, expulsion, thrust
P2: retreating step and pass back, tutta volta to end up on top
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Oh I like the idea of using tool dip!
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Practiced my Gioco Largo and Gioco Stretto forms today, and attended Quintin’s class tonight. We focused on defending via parry’s, deflections and collections. It was lots of fun and great to practice. Learned a cool little whipping motion to collect and shed the sword.
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Daniel taught me the Gioco Stretto form today, and we practiced some of the things that Quintin taught. It was fun and productive 🙂
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Daniel and I attended Quintin’s beginner longsword class yesterday, and it was great. We worked on how to gain and recover the 3 advantages in the bind. I highly recommend attending his class, we’ll definitely be back next week 🙂
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I’ve kept plugging away at things this month, and am currently working through the ‘receiving Gioco Stretto modules”. Slow going but going!
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Self-assessment:
I’m more aware of my stance throughout the form, and so I’m deeper and wider than I used to be.
I feel like there’s more intention in my movements since I understand a little better what they are for. My movements are also more fluid and there are fewer pauses and stutters.
To work on: my edge alignment isn’t always great, it feels more like swinging a stick than a sword.
The last breaking the thrust is awkward (and in that the advance step went a little funny) and I’m still trying to figure that one out without hurting my wrist in the turning.
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Above I see several people say that a parry and thrust is due tempi, and others that this is contra tempo. If an attack is during the opponent’s attack, is it always contra tempo, even if it involves a pass forward after the parry? In Jade’s video the attack during her recovery is very obvious, so in that case I would say yes to it being due tempi, but for the other ones I’m confused whether they are contra or due. What is the defining difference? The number of actions, or the moment they are performed?
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Thanks! 😃
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Thank you for both the praise and the suggestions for improvement!
You’re right, making that small change in the last breaking made it much easier.
(I thought I had replied but I must have only thought about it, sorry)
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I don’t have any tips or advice, since I’m far away from this form yet, but I just wanted to let you know that it looks beautiful. I love your fluidity and intent, it looks like a dance 🙂
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Hahaha this was amazing! I love how you did that.
Primo tempo 😃
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That makes sense, thanks 🙂