Blades -Brawling

Just Greg last night. So, I knew it was going to be a warm, dry, beautiful day so I planned on using what may be the last nice day of the season to do outdoor work, Greatstick and Singlestick/Saber. What I forgot was that Daylight Savings Time borks evening daylight hours in favor of morning. I'd rather have the evening daylight than the morning but the government didn't ask my opinion. Therefore, even though the garage door was open, we worked inside, beneath the cold glare of my fluorescent bulbs.

Brawling – First looked at the Head Butt again. Reviewed the three uses: modern, French Apache attack, and "Scientific Boxing" technique. Spent the most time on the mechanics of the modern technique. Then we went on to Slungshot. Looked at the commonly reported historic carry techniques then worked on deploying from the pocket draw in conjunction with initial attack technique. Next up was pairing the Slungshot with commonly reported history weapons pairings. This includes the knife, coat, and [redacted – I'm saving it as a surprise for the Seminar and book!]

Blades – Next up, BOWIE KNIFE!!!! Huzzah! 

Drill 1: Thrust on inside line and parry to the inside. 

Drill 2: Mandriti style thrust on outside line and parry/back-parry to the outside. 

Drill 3: Combine 1 2, Thrust inside, parry inside, thrust outside, parry outside, lather rinse repeat. Then footwork, parry, and thrust drill with the "swinging bar." 

Finally, SPARRING! WOOT!!!