Today instead of going to the park, I worked on some things I needed to do at home. If we’re being honest, I may have been avoiding practice, but I also made some money working on a dissertation and helped a friend with a sewing project. I think I’m better at actually helping (instead of steam rolling) when I’m busy, so it worked out well.

Nik just indulged me with some fencing games. We did the bean bag drop (timing & judgment), the rope & bean bag (timing), and the glove game (timing and distance). I also showed him some lunges, and he have gave me some feedback on placement of my back foot. My front knee is looking better.

Day 33

Last night I went to UWF fencing practice and did 100 lunges and the around the clock drill before gearing up. I fenced one on one with most of the students and had what I hope was one piece of useful feedback for each one.

Then we did a team melee and an every man for himself melee. I hadn’t done the latter in ages, and it showed. That’s on me. In the team melee, we went in with a solid plan, and I think it was a good one, but I don’t think it was the right one for that situation. I’ll need to think about tactics a bit more before Gulf Wars.

Day 25

I’m going back to the lunge drill, but I’m not following the drill pattern in the document. My back and shoulders were angry with me almost immediately. I’ll devote more time to stretching and warming up tomorrow.