fencing: handicap

[anotheranon]

I think I've had my first "sports injury" (or, at any rate, the first to impact my game).

Over the weekend I did deep lunges with weights to try and work on improving the depth of my fencing lunge, and I think I overdid it a bit: by the end of warmup tonight the inner thigh of my front leg was rather sore.

I powered on through drills and some free fencing, putting more weight on my back leg and focusing on bladework. Pro: bladework using my thumb and forefinger rather than my whole hand/shoulder is continuing to improve my game! Con: need to work on finger strength, because the blade keeps getting knocked out of my hand.

Drills: first lesson included straight attack and disengages from one line to another (Wikipedia's fencing terminology entry - wish it had pictures but is better than nothing). New bladework using only fingers requires a lot less effort than my old way of doing it.

Now to go shower and rub Icy Hot on stretched bits.

Comments

[kiya.livejournal.com]

Ouch. *grins* But sounds par for the course when working on fencing.

Quick question, are you still fencing out at RFA? Unfortunately, it looks like I will be looking for someone who is going out there semi-regularly that I might be able to hitch a ride with.

*sigh* That and I need to re-sub to the list and possibly post the request there.

The firm grip comes with time. I find I'm having to relearn mine as my beats tend to be rather "wimpy." Kind of ruins their effectiveness in beat-attacks. :)

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

No, not at RFA - my Weds. evenings are eaten by CCFC these days. I still need to find out what RFA and NIH's floor fees are (I know about their monthly memberships, but my schedule is irregular enough that I might not make "extra" fencing more than a couple of times a month).

[kiya.livejournal.com]

I know that NIH's is $5 a visit. Not sure about RFA, but think it might be the same.

How's the class so far?