#daneaxe

Today’s fencing was done with spear, axe, and sword.

Fencing spear against spear for a change, I had much luck with this, using Fiore’s spear fencing methods. Quite happy with it, need to work on parry-riposte, and not overreaching.

Axe fencing was a bit harder this time, ended up absorbing blows on the shaft that made me loose my grip, and found it hard to follow up with double handed strikes, rather than sneaky one handed strikes. Again, need to work on parry-riposte making use of the axe head to pull and push.

Of all things, longsword was where I struggled most today. Fencing my primary partner, I was on edge, flinched from strikes, which let him hit me, and kept entering into range doing the wrong thing. The only success I found was right at the end, landing a perfect thrust, more from fortune than skill.

Proof that even a seasoned fencer with a primary weapon, can have an off day. All said, it was good to work with new weapons, and to have some fun using a series of knightly arms. ⚜️