Lots to report on this week...

Last Monday I had Chris and Guv out and we worked on some Russianstyle striking and tons of footwork followed by about a half hour of mountain axe work...just the basics, angles of attack, stances andsuch.

Thursday Chris and Guv again. This time we spent much of our time working on the uppercut and going through some variations plus lots of footwork. We ended with an introduction to singlestick using the Regimental Broadsword method.

Over the weekend Randal Gustitis was out and on Saturday he and I worked through some various things including broadsword and sabre using several manuals to pull from, Russian Buza a traditional method of fisticuffs and dance...really very interesting.

Sunday, Chris, Guv, Matt and Justin joined Randal and I for our main weekly session....

I turned it over to Randal as a guest instructor. First we went over the dagger section from Meyer in great detail. We spent about 3 hours on this. Then it was time for some Buza and Randal repeated the private lesson he gave me on Saturday, which is great at least for me as far as retention goes. He will be running the same classes again at the RV weekend less than a month away.

For a closer look at Buza go here:
http://eng.buza.su/