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• 21:25 XKCD is right - there are people who are *wrong* on the internet!
• 23:05 I'm thinking of imposing a "no internet" weekend. It's too easy to waste time here.

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Happy birthday to patgreene!

rapier/SCA musings

I went to the local SCA practice for the first time in.....2 weeks? 3? Awhile, at any rate.

We still do not have a rapier marshal, so there can be no bouting, but one of our number (well, the only other one - it's mostly a heavy practice) has developed a very good pell for practicing "finding" of the sword and hand/dagger parries.

This is NOT a bad thing. I got to sort out how to use the dagger when defending in prime and got a semi-decent workout (did not follow with sport fencing because my eyes were bothering me - damn pollen!) Besides, the SCAdians are a friendly group and chill to hang out with.

However....*sigh*:

( me thinking aloud - damn this got long... )

Perhaps I should be more patient, hmm?

Meanwhile, it's very fair to say that due to interest/circumstance I've definitely prioritized my sport/modern game over the historical forms*.

*I'm aware of a practice with some historic manual focus one shire over... on Sundays. I've not attended because I feel like it would be disloyal to my usual historic club, which also meets on Sundays, albeit Substantially Further Away :/