ES - fighting in the West

[Lady Simone]

That was the way we did a lot of  Fighter Practices in Lonely tower before I
moved to ansteorra, so people could train while building thier armor. It
also is a good technique  to help learn new weapon styles, and work out
problems with shot mechanics.

> 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.
>

It's what I was trained in. Getting used to the tigher stance used in in our
dear kingdom at times has been confusing. my body want to thow shots the old
way.
I can say that the way we fight down here is more feirce at times than up
north and out west.

Simone

> 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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