Kyle & friend at practice
Now what to do?
Nezumi at weapon practice
Before heading off to Renewal we had a Lion Azure gathering (at an inn at Drum Hill) to socialise and so some of us could get a little well needed practice in. It all went rather well despite the occasional bit of rain. There were effectively two groups of us: the Lion Azure and the Fight School, a group that train with live weapons, the two groups joined through Nezumi who belongs to both.
It was a mixed weekend, part training weapons practice for the Lion Azure, part real steel practice for the Fight School, and part mass face stuffing on gorgeous food of both Western and Oriental natures. Nezumi taught many of the basic weapon skills to get us back up to speed.
On the Lion Azure side we practiced with everything from single dagger to multiple swords and pole arms. Many techniques were tried, some even appearing to be useful. Certainly the polearms proved to be devastating weapons, virtually unstoppable if using anything else. Handguards on weapons were also found to be exceptionally useful in single combat as attacks to the weapon hand were greatly favoured as a disarming technique.
The Fight School group had a small tournament between them on the Sunday with a total of three winners - Mary, Marion & Jasper all came out equal first.
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Kyle & friend at practice |
Now what to do? |
Nezumi at weapon practice |
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Jasper v Marion |
Mary v Marion |
Mary cutting the Lion Azure fancy |
