Adiantum Fight Practice.

Last night I went to Adiantum Fencing practice. For the first time in...I don’t know. Months. At least a few months. I had a good time, and I didn’t do any further damage to my shoulder. Fighting with my buckler-and-schlager style made my elbow ache, which is probably related. So most of the time I was doing Fiore-style longsword work against rapier fighters. Pretty damn good rapier fighters: including the current principality champion, Victor de Guerse. He it was who helped me clear up a problem I’ve been having with a particular play, which I use in both heavy and rapier styles. Thank you Xavier. I will try lying in Iron Gate instead of Boar’s Tooth, when executing (or trying to) that play.
Then I had a very interesting discussion with Miya, about Japanese and European styles. Since I find the comparison of Fiore with Musashi absolutely fascinating, I found that discussion equally interesting. Thank you my lady, for that and the ideas about Japanese dance. Now I have even more research to do.
As for the technical aspects of my own improvement, I think I need to get more upper-body-turn, and hence more force, into my parries, blocks, binds, and envelopes. The way I see and feel it, it’s sort of a tai-chi style twist, to put oomph into the movement without using more arm. This is something I’ve been drilling out of armor, and visualizing, and thinking about, for about a year now. If it ever emerges in actual full speed fighting, I will be very pleased.