Nov 20 2008
Wednesday 19th November. The first group graduate!
A big congratulations to all who graduated this Wednesday!
Each pupil who had been attending the fencing club since September were given a short test to see how much they had learned during their time at fencing club.
They had to show me the salute, the en guard position, how to step forward and how to step back, 4 of the 6 cuts, 2 of the 4 guards that they had learned and how to riposte from a guard. In addition to this, they had to fence each other to the best out of three points whilst showing good control and movement.
Particular mention must go to Tulsi and Aatteeqa who’s bout lasted over a minute with thrusts, all 4 cuts and lunges being used. Excellent stuff! Also, Suraj for his very direct approach to fencing, all his 3 hits were done in under a second or two against Harris. Nathanial was also very good with his lunge, as poor Carl found out, Mphango’s moulinets were fantastic, even if she did show off a little!
So to Nathanial, Aatteeqa, Alana, Suraj, Saif, Ali-Asgar, Sarah, Harris, Tulsi, Mahnoor, Carl, Hunaina, Nadine and Mphango, well done and congratulations! I hope to see you all sign up again later on this year before the Lidget Green tournament that will take place in the summer. Keep practising at home and if you have any questions about fencing, please come and ask!
The newcomers who behaved excellently got a good idea of what they were going to be training in over the next 8 weeks and hopefully they will be inspired by what they saw.
Perhaps, they will be even better than the first group? We’ll have to see…
