Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.

[vg_ford]

Today was a reminder that I am:

A. Not as young as I used to be.

B. Woefully out of shape.

Went to fencing practice this morning - got my arse handed to by Jack the Black and several others, although I did get in some good shots. Got to play with this adorable little buckler Jack has. It's a change from my big silver monster, let me tell you. I still think I like my wooden buckler best, though - just need to fix the handle (currently a leather strap, but I think I'm going to put a metal door handle on it). I also got the velco to (FINALLY!) finish up my armor, so I hopefully will not be wearing duct tape next practice. :p

Then we went home, and showered, and met several of my work friends for bowling. The six of us bowled 3 games (Argus made quite the good showing - he used to bowl in a league and brought his own ball and shoes), but despite being a really bad bowler, I did not totally disgrace myself. I got better as the games went on, and Argus and I are talking about maybe joining a league together. It might be nice to have an activity to do together that doesn't involve the SCA... :p

So now onto Dreams - goal today is another 1k.

Comments

[kim-richards.livejournal.com]

Fencing sounds like so much fun.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

It is! It takes the best of the lightest touch combat (which is what I enjoyed about Amtgard combat) and combines it with a real blade. Also, the people I fence with (especially Jack) are a lot of fun.

Hopefully someone will have a camera when we finally have our rigid parry death match - he's got one of those foam Hulk hands that crash every time you hit it, and I have one of those Sting swords that does the sound effects when you swing it. :p