Because of the holiday weekend we had a small turnout. Those attending were Thoromir, his two daughters, Rodney, Scott (a first time attendee) Daryl (an old time stormvaler like Thoromir).
Thoromir has nearly completed his armor!! He has made his knee cops but not finished the leg armor. So he wore padding and taped on his knees so we could fight. Thoromir did very well for not having fought in many years. He is developing or remembering techniques he can use as a lefty to be very effective. We fought several rounds until we became tired. I don’t believe Thoromir will have any problems getting back up to speed and re-authorizing to fight.
Daryl borrowed a helmet that I had previously loaned to Thoromir and we had a discussion of what it would take to put him in armor. He lives in Holland MI and so will not make it out locally very often. I will try to put him in contact with the local group and between that, Thoromir and myself we should be able to put him in armor sometime this fall. He begged off putting on armor on Sunday claiming allergies. I think he really just didn’t want to put on someone else’s sweaty armor.
Scott was interested in watching the fighting before deciding if it was something he wanted to do. As the practice ran long I did not get a chance to put armor on him or even ask if he was still interested after having seen Thoromir and myself fight.
Rodney attended but was the only fencer. I am not sure if he was disappointed or not. It has been nearly a year since he has last fenced and he needs to attend a practice or event to keep his authorization current. If next week we get no fencers I will put on my fencing gear and go a couple rounds with him for the practice.
This coming Sunday Sept. 9th we are on for fighting but I must cancel Sept. 16th. It is both the day of the revel and I have a previously scheduled appointment that will take most of the day.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
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