Elizabethan Mafia

I made it out to practice last night.  I had a great time and it was good to be out for the first practice of the year.  I’m rusty as usual but I was pleased to note that my old bad habit of pausing doesn’t seem to have returned and I didn’t have any issue following up with second intention attacks.  The problem I was having was judging my distance with those second intentions in the lamp light so several of them ended up just barely too short.  I’ll take that problem over plenty of others though…it’s a lot easier for me to fix.

It was cold but I layered a long sleeve shirt under my usual armor and an over sized sweatshirt over it and I stayed pretty toasty for the duration of practice.

I fought Jama with rapier and buckler, Percy with rapier and dagger, and Wistric with rapier and dagger.  When we have light again in the spring I’ll start video taping my fights for later review and analysis.

It’s OMG!!!!! cold down here in sunny NC.  As an example it was in the teens last night and it’s not expected to really get any warmer until after Christmas.  I’m beginning to expect a very long, very unseasonably cold winter.  Ugh!

In NC it’s hard for us to find indoor practice space.  Most of the indoor spaces available charge fees for use and while their cost might be reasonable for one or two practices they are rather expensive for a regular weekly practice.  So while we continue to chase down leads for indoor practice sites (and we are almost always chasing down a new lead) we’re left with practicing outside during the depths of winter and heights of summer.

I’ll be honest, I’ve been a bad Provost lately.  I’ve been a slacker with my drilling and irregular in my practice attendance.  But I’ve decided to turn that around.  In addition to rededicating myself to regular practice attendance (which may have to start next week if we really do get snow Thursday-ugh!) I’ve decided to set up some space at home for drilling.  Currently my plan is to set up an area in the guest bedroom but I may need to move it into the master where there’s more space.  I’m curious though as to how many of you have set up space in your homes for drilling?  How much space have you set aside?  What did you include in your drilling area?  If you have them I’d love to see pictures.