Training was a little more sedate this week as preparations for the British Museum came to a head with much logistical discussion and fight preparations being done during the session.

Additions where made to the warmup this week; after the initail mobility warmup and stretch we ran through basic static falling techniques and then managed to just about do the sword drills one and two as part of the warmup along with the daga against sword drills learnt last week. All of the techniques came from Fiore's work.

This was followed swiftly with an introduction to shield hits.  Shields can be used as a very effective tool to get a crowds attention and really sell some savage attacks with big noises and interesting techniques. However, it all starts with managing to strike your opponents shield in the correct places with the correct, directed force. We flew through an inventory of sweeping, direct and downward shield strikes. Finally we all had a go at being hit in the face with the shield from a stationary position; learning that for about every 15 feet the crowd is back from the piece you can move back about six inches from the final shield position for safety's sake.

After a short break practices where made for the British Museum's Hadrian Exhibition with those not attending going through daga plays and soon proved to move with startling speed and accuracy.

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