back in the saddle

[anotheranon]

I took my week off like a good girl, so I loaded up on anti-inflammatories tonight and hit the strip.

I fenced a good two hours without any strange incidents. My feet are tired but not sore, and I'm icing right now. Also I tried out a blade I cut down for pistol grip and refitted with a different socket, and I was pleased to find that it worked :)

Mostly I worked on my disengages - when and how. When trying something new it's hard for me to get into that "one with the Force" place, but the tradeoff is self-satisfaction when I do it right, and I DID get a few.

All in all it was a relief to fence for the first time in a month without fearing that "stepping on a small but cranky electric eel" feeling!

Also practicing not moving my upper arm around so much. I find I get the best feedback at home, in front of a mirror, so this is something I can do fairly often.

Not sure when I'll next compete again. I have Stuff(TM) for the next couple of weekends and want to have a few physical therapy sessions under my belt first anyway.

One of the Stuff is this historic fencing shindig Sunday (scroll down, should be obvious), but only if it's not a gajillion degrees in the shade :P

Comments

[fencerchica.livejournal.com]

The "manly arts" day sounds really interesting! I remember seeing the fliers last year, but I had a tournament and couldn't go. Perhaps if Sunday isn't too wretchedly hot and I can talk my long-suffering girlfriend into coming with me, I'll come by for a bit.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

If you can't make the Sunday demo, MASHS has practices in Annapolis and Baltimore every week </promo mode> Being both a fencing and history geek, this was a logical progression for me, though I don't get to do historic fencing often.