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On Sat 13th April Guildmaster Don Emrys and Lady Christine met and had great fun outside the lake house testing their skill in various styles. 

This is an attempt to continue on the fine fencing that a few of us were regularly doing outside of Wednesday night practice during the summer months...

We will be doing more of this outside the lake house (and inside) when weather permits, and we try to make it known but if anyone wishes to be involved please get in touch with us also! 

Today Katherina led us, with Anna, William de Cameron, Caterine, and Fina singing.

We think we've settled on a new version of Rustica Amorosa, and will feel no need to change it soon.

A return to the hip cut, maintaining initiative, some devices from the Low guard.

Warm-up: Same cutting drill as last time.

Hip cut as an exemplar of two tactics

In the previous lesson we tried two hip cuts, one starting with a lunge, the other with an Oberhau.  In both cases the cut was a result the inital cut being parried.  This is a device based on maintaining initiative, allowing you to follow an attack with another attack, while your opponent is restricted to parrying.

Today's singing was run by Katherina Weyssin, and attended by herself, Caterine de Vantier, Anna de Wilde, and William de Cameron.

Angela and I, with help from Wendy, tried a few of the grappling moves out of Meyer.

Ildhafn Council Meeting Minutes March 2013

In Attendance: Patrick Bowman (Seneschal), Shannon Wanty (Reeve/Herald), Eleanor Hall  (Marshal), Nora Czaykowski (Reeve-in-waiting)

Apologies: Chantelle Gerrard (A&S), Wendy Rowsell (Chatelaine), Katherine Davies (Webwright), David Robb

Absent:

An attempt to recreate the cord used to edge the ruffle on the shirt in which Nils Sture's was murdered in 1567.

Things we've known well in the past, but not done recently, or which our recent practice has taught us we need more work on.

Lesson: Some cuts.