Session 10-11-09

Pretty much a replay of last weeks session:
2 rds shadow boxing
2 rds sparring
1 rds GnP floor bag
1 rd heavy bag
1 rd focus gloves
2 rds freestyle footwork
We left out the grappling again this week, my shoulder is still sore and Matt is getting over a broken collarbone from a motorcycle accident. Instead we brought out [...]

Session 8-23-09

started with 2 rds of shadow boxing then some interesting combinations on the pads:
1. lead frontal>lead fouette to the kidney>rear fouette to the head
2. lead elbow followed by a rear knee to the thigh or a rear elbow followed by a lead knee to the thigh.
3. while lying on the ground [...]

Session 5-17-09

Just Matt and I today…Justin is on the injured list, and new guy John had a family thing. We will be back on schedule in two weeks hopefully.
We started by going over the saber material we learned from Randal last week. I retained more of it than I thought so that is always a good [...]

Session 5-10-09

We were paid a visit by our friendly RMA/JDP instructor Randal Gustitis this weekend. Saturday he and I traded navaja instruction for Cossack saber instruction and managed to play with axes and rapiers and everything in between, spending 4 or 5 hours in the LOD.

Sunday we started the training early at about 1 PM going [...]

Session 9-21-08

We got a new roof on our training area! Well at least half of a new
roof. Hopefully the rest will be on before our next session. No more
getting rained on or having to clean up puddles on the mats, no more
mushrooms growing along the wall! No more icicles hanging from the
ceiling in the winter!
Three of [...]

Classes at SCA Saxon Summer

Well saturday I taught two classes at the local Northeast Ohio SCA groups event called Saxon Summer. I taught right after the heavy fighting.
FIrst class…medival dagger and wrestling with a definite focus on wrestling in the manner put forth by Fiore Dei Liberi in his 1410 text. We discussed the 7 requirements for wrestling and [...]