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@vitalis how common even *was* the sort of grass cover we typically see today in medieval europe anyway...
hmm good question 🤔
the HEMA clubs I mainly go to are outdoors so I have more experience fencing on dirt or grass than I do on flat flooring. I think there is something to fighting on uneven ground that fencers that only practice at indoor schools miss out on adapting their footwork to. I also have to admit I have had pretty epic moments where we kick up dust as we slide around during a fight outside.
the HEMA clubs I mainly go to are outdoors so I have more experience fencing on dirt or grass than I do on flat flooring. I think there is something to fighting on uneven ground that fencers that only practice at indoor schools miss out on adapting their footwork to. I also have to admit I have had pretty epic moments where we kick up dust as we slide around during a fight outside.
@vitalis oh definitely
nearly all my practice was either indoors or at night and seeing a sword in sunlight was always so bizarre and disorienting 💀
nearly all my practice was either indoors or at night and seeing a sword in sunlight was always so bizarre and disorienting 💀
do you still fence? 👀
@vitalis not since the plague -_-;
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1never too late to pick it back up! maybe look into historical rapier fencing