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anotheranonWent to another competition this weekend, an E and under. Not a great showing, though not the Kickoff's definitive rout - I scored touches in all my pool bouts, though won none and finished last.
I was blessed/cursed with an opponent in pools and DE that fences the same way I do: slow moving defense with quick parry 4s. I fenced her last year and got no touches on her; she's not changed noticeably in style but I got 3 on her in pools and 4 in DE. Still, it was frustrating - one of those damn learning experiences.
Many people seem to assume that I have this amazing lunge - not so. Or, at least, not consistently. I've got the energy for about 3 good, upright lunges with recovery and then my hips and back get too weak to reliably pull me back. I've been slowly getting stronger, but the improvement is glacial and slight.
The footage Badger got of me last week is downright painful to watch, and not just because I look awkward - I felt as stiff and inflexible as I appear. No bounce, no stretch.
True thing: I love fencing but hate the repetitive solitary exercises that would improve my game: footwork, lunges, target practice. I don't like doing them at club because in theory I can do them alone at home, I just don't :P Brutal truth: at base, I am a fundamentally lazy person :/
So I'm going to start, and supplement with prophylactic back yoga instead of waiting until I hurt to stretch out. Today I did yoga and fifty lunges, plus some time in the fitness room. Tomorrow I'm doing it again combined with target practice on the wall (the laundry room should be ok).
And I'll put on music, 'cos it's so boring.
I was blessed/cursed with an opponent in pools and DE that fences the same way I do: slow moving defense with quick parry 4s. I fenced her last year and got no touches on her; she's not changed noticeably in style but I got 3 on her in pools and 4 in DE. Still, it was frustrating - one of those damn learning experiences.
Many people seem to assume that I have this amazing lunge - not so. Or, at least, not consistently. I've got the energy for about 3 good, upright lunges with recovery and then my hips and back get too weak to reliably pull me back. I've been slowly getting stronger, but the improvement is glacial and slight.
The footage Badger got of me last week is downright painful to watch, and not just because I look awkward - I felt as stiff and inflexible as I appear. No bounce, no stretch.
True thing: I love fencing but hate the repetitive solitary exercises that would improve my game: footwork, lunges, target practice. I don't like doing them at club because in theory I can do them alone at home, I just don't :P Brutal truth: at base, I am a fundamentally lazy person :/
So I'm going to start, and supplement with prophylactic back yoga instead of waiting until I hurt to stretch out. Today I did yoga and fifty lunges, plus some time in the fitness room. Tomorrow I'm doing it again combined with target practice on the wall (the laundry room should be ok).
And I'll put on music, 'cos it's so boring.
