After the usual warm ups we moved through the two main pieces repeated at each training for a little while now. 1805 cutlass drill and the medieval guard form that Paulhas developed. Repeating these at each training session has started to have see them become ingrained in our minds saving us considerable time and effort as we prepare for their relevant shows as well as helping to limber up the limbs through their application.
After training we made our way through the basic 5's for the weeks chosen basic competancy piece. Although familiar to everyone on the room it was felt high time to give them a dust off as we seek to prepare for Peterborough's medieval festival at the end of the month.
With two new members joining us for this week we spent some extra time going through our sword and dagger drills, however given their veteran status in the livig history world they had them 'sussed' within moments and soon started to ad lib and come up with variations on the theme.
Some time was spent with some of the members learning quater staff techniques based on the stav techniques one of our member's has learnt.
Training for Peterborough saw Steve and Paul come up with another phrase for their 'wager by battle' fights with John and Graham adding a slightly shorter phrase to their sequence.
As ever, McDonalds was visited after training to undo all the good we had done during the training session.
As ever after training