Monthly Archives: September 2010

Strained forearm progress

Posted on September 29, 2010 by xviiia

Strained right arm elbow ligaments not healing fast. Direct pressure on the anterior ligament bundle causes pain. Forearm muscles are also overtaxed: squeezing a ball causes aching; ordinary grip is fine. I feel I need to gently exercise these as … Continue reading →

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Aside: Left-handed rapier, Capoferro

Posted on September 24, 2010 by xviiia

Well, just because my right arm is being rested, doesn’t mean I don’t have another arm to bugger up as well.. er.. to use. ;) Now – I could train my left up with what I know so far; but … Continue reading →

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Strains, aches and nylon

Posted on September 18, 2010 by xviiia

Good news – the strained elbow and wrist ligaments no longer hurt more than the muscle. But that’s because the whole arm is now somewhat strained.. >:) Oh well – strains are not so bad, seems I’ve been overtraining without … Continue reading →

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Plays: Analysing and practicing

Posted on September 17, 2010 by xviiia

[draft] 0. Isolate a sequence of actions (if not solo then each part separately) from a form, play or assalto. => ‘drill’, ‘sequence’ ? Tabulate Practice Repeat and constant practice, follow training methodology.

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Kit: My sword simulator simulator

Posted on September 16, 2010 by xviiia

a.k.a  a stick, a rod; dowel even. So – predictably, even though I reined my enthusiasm in, using the nylon singlehander has strained wrist and elbow ligaments. However I was not about to abandon what I was studying (Dall’Agocchie’s form … Continue reading →

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Freeplay vs longsword I

Posted on September 13, 2010 by xviiia

..probably not (edit: absolutely not) a good idea this early on, but hey – I’m human >:-D Held my own relatively well against an 18m tactically adept Fiore longsworder. That said, I wonder how much of that was due to … Continue reading →

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Beginning to use the nylon arming sword

Posted on September 6, 2010 by xviiia

I’m finding it rather strenuous on the wrist and elbow compared to using the nylon longsword with two hands for Fiore techniques. Some of it no doubt is simply getting used to the simulator itself and to using it with … Continue reading →

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Kit: the sword simulator

Posted on September 5, 2010 by xviiia

Eventually I mean to get a steel training blunt typical of a sword of the era, preferably of a type depicted in the illustrations of the manuals of the period. For now I’m using the Rawlings Synthetic Sparring Single Hand … Continue reading →

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