CIC 2 Day 2

Today was a bit more active than yesterday. We worked on break falls and rolls in the morning and practiced teaching in the afternoon. Every student had a chance to teach a lesson to a small group today, and we planned a new lesson for tomorrow (for homework).

I haven’t led the class in a warm-up yet, but I’ve had one prepared for a couple days. I know I’ll get a turn, so I’m in no rush.

My teaching today felt good. I actually messed up the technique a little bit and added something that shouldn’t have been there, bit I’d rather add a step than leave out something important.

I slept like a log last night, and I expect the same tonight.

This morning I met up with my friends and did shoulder day. I forgot to take a photo of my set list, so I’ll upload it later.

I didn’t get the chance to fence or drill with another person, so I used the pell at Francois’ house instead. For those of you unfamiliar with pell work, a pell is a target you use for solo practice. In this case, it’s a 4×4 mounted vertically on a base and wrapped in rope with extra tape at the top. The rope and tape cushion the 4×4 so that hitting it doesn’t hurt your sword or chew up your target. Since the ceilings are high at Francois’ house, I was able to practice some cuts indoors with my arming sword.

Tomorrow I may get another 100 cuts in before we start our day. If we don’t have time, I’ll come up with something to do once we return to Pensacola.

Day 2

100 more lunges down. I feel like I’m actually getting worse at point control. I think it’s because I’m used to doing fewer lunges at a time. If this is the case, I should be improving my stamina in my t-rex arms, right?