Sunday, August 07, 2005
I have been syndicated.....
Thanks to sff_corgi, I have been syndicated on Live Journal. While I am really not sure exactly what that means, here is the syndication link:
Click HERE to go to the user page of the syndication account. Add this account like you would any other user, and when I actually post here it will come through on your friends page on LJ.
That way, if you don't get enough of me checking by here at blogspot, you can get me in your friends at LJ.
Scary, huh? Never knew I was so popular.... ;-p
Click HERE to go to the user page of the syndication account. Add this account like you would any other user, and when I actually post here it will come through on your friends page on LJ.
That way, if you don't get enough of me checking by here at blogspot, you can get me in your friends at LJ.
Scary, huh? Never knew I was so popular.... ;-p
Monday, August 01, 2005
So, I lost....
But I had a GREAT time!
Yesterday was our Baronial Champs Tourney. I fought in it; yes, it was the *third* time I have been in armor since I started fighting again, and I fought in a round robin tourney.Boy, am I beat...
It wasn't too bad. Not all of our fighters showed up (strangely enough) so I only went 0-5. Yes, I lost five out of five bouts. It was not really all that surprising. At least the guys don't seem to be afraid to hit me any more. No, I was not brutalized, but I did come away with a couple nice bruises, that have made sitting at work a challenge. I was pretty winded by the time the round robin was over (it was raining, it was muggy, and it was damn hot), but still went on and did pickups.
Yes, I needed to re-hang my shield (oh, I forgot to report on the new shield...), which I did Sunday, after the tourney, with Rafael (tanks, buddy). It will work better, I feel certain. I *did* throw blows (Duc Orlando and Sir Loric have both said I throw with authority, and that actually hitting something will come with practice).
I tend to stay just out of range, and let my opponent come to me, which Duc Orlando says is not necessarily the best thing for a new fighter to do. Sir Loric has worked with me more on some shots, and gave me a ton of advise (unfortunately we were not in armor) which I will try to take from my pell work to the field. I was doing well with my blocking (some of the better fightersonly got through my defense because by that point, my shield arm was so much lead, but that was in a large part as a result of the mis-hung shield). And I learned the faulds are what protect your butt, not tassets. ;-p
At least the Iron Rose Tourney (Saturday at noon) is divided up into fighters with more than 2 years experience and fighters with less than two years. Maybe I wont be the only goober looking, brand newbie out there. Then there is the Fighting Laurels Prize Tourney Sunday at 1 and the Known World Novices Tourney Sunday at 5. And that will probably be the sum total of my fighting for Pennsic, with the exception of possibly doing pick-ups in the morning the rest of the week.
Alas, my armor is now on it's way to Pennsic, so no more practice before I get there. At least now maybe I will get some sewing and jewelry work done....
Yesterday was our Baronial Champs Tourney. I fought in it; yes, it was the *third* time I have been in armor since I started fighting again, and I fought in a round robin tourney.
It wasn't too bad. Not all of our fighters showed up (strangely enough) so I only went 0-5. Yes, I lost five out of five bouts. It was not really all that surprising. At least the guys don't seem to be afraid to hit me any more. No, I was not brutalized, but I did come away with a couple nice bruises, that have made sitting at work a challenge. I was pretty winded by the time the round robin was over (it was raining, it was muggy, and it was damn hot), but still went on and did pickups.
Yes, I needed to re-hang my shield (oh, I forgot to report on the new shield...), which I did Sunday, after the tourney, with Rafael (tanks, buddy). It will work better, I feel certain. I *did* throw blows (Duc Orlando and Sir Loric have both said I throw with authority, and that actually hitting something will come with practice).
I tend to stay just out of range, and let my opponent come to me, which Duc Orlando says is not necessarily the best thing for a new fighter to do. Sir Loric has worked with me more on some shots, and gave me a ton of advise (unfortunately we were not in armor) which I will try to take from my pell work to the field. I was doing well with my blocking (some of the better fighters
At least the Iron Rose Tourney (Saturday at noon) is divided up into fighters with more than 2 years experience and fighters with less than two years. Maybe I wont be the only goober looking, brand newbie out there. Then there is the Fighting Laurels Prize Tourney Sunday at 1 and the Known World Novices Tourney Sunday at 5. And that will probably be the sum total of my fighting for Pennsic, with the exception of possibly doing pick-ups in the morning the rest of the week.
Alas, my armor is now on it's way to Pennsic, so no more practice before I get there. At least now maybe I will get some sewing and jewelry work done....
