3/22/13
Today was a day for pirates to swang thar swards, ARRRR!!!!!!!!!
As mentioned previously, the handle broke off one of the swords in our previous session, so I'm holding it from the blade and using it as a short sword until I replace it. Several times you'll see my sparring partner WIDE OPEN, but because I'm unaccustomed to the length my killing strikes miss him by a significant margin (such as at :58, where I actually do hit him, but with a long sword would fully skewered him, or at 1:57, where I don't hit him at all).
This is just a few minutes of us sparring. We also go through several pre-sparring routines that weren't filmed. I'm still showing him some offense/defense techniques. Sometimes I have to correct him on really LOL stuff, like reminding him to hold the sword with his top hand close to the base (inorite), but he's catching on fast. We also spend long portions of the session trading off spots where one of us only attacks while the other only defends. Tough maintaining defense form instead of constantly retreating, and defense gets more than a little awkward using the short sword. Huge swaths of my body are uncovered unless I adjust what would be basic defenses for a long sword.
3/23/13
The Spartan Challenge
Round 1
Run for 7m
100 pushups w/in 2 minutes (took me 45s)
100 crunches w/in 2 minutes (took me 1m)
Round 2
Run for 7m
75 pushups w/in 2 minutes (took me 35s)
75 crunches w/in 2 minutes (took me 45s)
Round 3
Run for 7m
50 pushups w/in 2 minutes (took me 30s)
50 crunches w/in 2 minutes (took me 35s)
You're supposed to run minimum full mile w/in 7 minutes each round, but I average 3/4 mile.
You're also supposed to do situps, not crunches.