ES - fighting in the West

[Bob Dewart]

That sounds like how we did it in the late 70's and early 80's.

Gilli
-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Marsh <llywelyn at home.com>
To: elfsea at Ansteorra.ORG <elfsea at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 5:47 PM
Subject: ES - fighting in the West


>I went to a fighter practice in Santa Clara, CA on Tuesday.  It was very
>interesting to watch the fighters from the West practice.  They usually
>practice "slow work", walking through a fight at one quarter speed.  The
>people I saw practicing were evenly divided between slow work without
armor,
>slow work in armor, and sparring.
>
>The usual style was much more open and flowing than you see in Ansteorra.
>Shields were much smaller, and moved around more.  The basic stance seemed
>to be with the shield under the chin and the bottom of the shield at a 45
>degree angle to the body.  The sword was held with the hand near the ear,
>and the blade hanging down the back.  It looked very strange.
>
>Llywelyn
>
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