A good, full evening (even though my knees were complaining, so I taught from the couch).
Present: Caterine, Katherine, Anna, Ludwig, William, Katherina
More Ringeck.
New postures: Alber (fool) -- point down in front. Pflug (plow) -- hands at the hips, point at opponent's face. Langort (longpoint) -- arms extended, point at the opponent.
Scheitelhau (vertex or scalp cut): A vertical descending cut with the long edge. Tactical considerations: 1. The target can be easily and rapidly changed from left shoulder to head to right shoulder; 2. This is cut with the longest reach, so it is possible to "over run" the oppenent (ablauffen), hitting without closing the line.
This is the start of a project blog that has been a long time coming!
About two years ago I managed to buy about 7 metres of a cream coloured silk satin from a bridal dressmaker who was selling the business, I really liked the silk as it's a very rich shade of cream and based on this I decided it needed to be made into a dress worthy of the material.
After some debate I decided on a dress based on Titziano Vecellio (Titian)'s Portrait of a Lady in White, 1553, Venice
The first class of 2012 went well, with good attendance and lots of dancing in spite of the sticky weather.
Present: Katherina, Anna, William de Cameron, William de Wyke, Caterine, Katherine and Amalie
First hour, simpler dances:
First regular practice of the year!
It was great to see some new people, and some just new to Wednesday fencing.
Anyway, the first project for the year is German Longsword. Sources: Ringeck, Mayer.
Parts of the sword: long edge (Langeschneide), short edge (Kurtzeschneide), point (Ort), weak (Schweke), strong (Stark).
Cuts: Oberhau, Mittelhau, Unterhau.
Stances: Vom Tag, Ochs, Zornhut. Weight is generally forward, making it easy to move the back leg. The odd one out is Zornhut, which is depicted in Meyer with the weight well back.
In Attendance: Angela Wells (Seneschal), Shannon Wanty (Reeve), David Robb (Webwright), Patrick Bowman (Herald), Nicola Haliday (Marshal), Phil Mason (Constable), Al Muckart (SCANZ), Katherine Davies, Liz Brodie (via Skype), Roger Win (via Skype)
Absent: Chantelle Gerrard
Meeting Open: 7.39pm
Caterine de Vantier is cooking the feast at Canterbury Faire in February, and has enrolled several other members of the Barony of Ildhafn to help her; William de Cameron and Katherina Weyssin as hall stewards, Anna de Wilde to manage plating and presentation, Ludwig von Regensburg as kitchen help. This is where we're keeping our notes - all the odds and ends that several of us need to be able to consult.
[who, what, where]
Some of Ildhafn's fencers are participating Auckland Museum's "Summer Nights" program over the next few weeks. These are our planning notes.
Ildhafn Council Meeting Minutes December 2011
In attendance: Angela Wells (Seneschal), Chantelle Gerrard (A&S), Patrick Bowman (Herald), Nicola Haliday (Marshall), Matt and Katherine.
Absent (apologies): Philip Mason (Constable), Shannon Wanty (Reeve), David Robb (Webwright).
Meeting opened: 8pm
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