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it seems our coordinators have become somewhat detached... that's a shame...

P.S. I'm still the oldest one here... and also the Creator and a member of the Airborne Forces.

Although it's obvious that it's Neyra and Arandor.

More likely Kosha. And the muscleman is definitely Mortulus.

by the way, those who want to reminisce…

let's recall this topic… let’s get acquainted

oh my god… that was 6 years ago T_T

How much time has passed.

Yesterday, I was in Sudak at the Genoese Fortress. There was a folk crafts festival called "City of Masters." In general, there wasn't anything particularly special at the festival, but the fortress itself was lovely. I chatted with Andrzej (he's been teaching recruits there for ten years; I've been there twice before, and he even remembered me!). Of course, I fought like a chicken, barely attacking, because when should you attack if you haven't had time to block – he's already performing the next attack. And all of this without any fancy moves – just the simplest attacks (left/right, upper/lower, as well as sideways with a step – a total of six) and blocks (no need to explain this). You can't thrust – the swords are made of cornelian cherry wood (the hardest wood in Europe), and it can pierce a person through and through. At the end of the first one-minute fight, I desperately blocked almost all the attacks. I just couldn't attack myself. As soon as I attacked, I immediately got hit on the head. Well, not on the head, but on the body. Because the point isn't in the block that I was doing, but in dodging the attack and making a counterattack, and I was just blocking. And I wasn't moving much. And I was doing it awkwardly. And I also get tired.
The second time, it went a little better. And the third time, with no time limit, I even switched the sword to my left hand when my right hand got tired, and, surprisingly, I fought not much worse than with my right hand, even though I've never trained. However, this is probably because I don't know how to fight well with my right hand either.
Andrzej is ambidextrous; he switches the sword from hand to hand several times during a fight.
Overall, it was fun. Now I have a creative crack on my watch, which I, idiot, didn't take off, and also a sore right hand (how did I manage to block with the guard missing?!). The guy said to find him on VKontakte, and he'll recommend something in Moscow related to the subject.

Nowadays, there are plenty of fencing manuals available – just pick any one, choose a couple of moves you like, and practice them for an hour or two each day.

Yes, I really wanted to do that once. First, I need to learn how to do at least ten pull-ups :D

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And do thirty push-ups in half a minute.

I would like to learn how to do at least ten pull-ups.

Here you go. Read it before you go to sleep. It might help.

Speech error? Well, I don't know, maybe.
No, thanks, I don't need bodybuilding.
Andrzej said that my strength lies in endurance. But it needs to be developed, and it isn't developed in me. I will never become a strongman; rushing into battle in armor with a halberd is not my thing, but theoretically, I can endure for a long time. He is the same.
But I need to build up my strength, otherwise, my arm gets tired just holding the sword. 1.1 kilograms.

My arm just gets tired of holding the sword. It weighs 1.1 kilograms.

That's because you lack practice. Practice swinging something heavy for about six months.

Do you know how to fence?

I watched a video of myself fighting, and I looked like such a clumsy deer.

It's more about FENCING than fighting.
I know how to HIT.

Imaris, in October, the Therion will come.

I don't want to fight, I want to hang out. :)

Yeah, I want to go. He's in St. Petersburg! And I'll be in Moscow. And it's on Friday. But I'll go. :)
Are you going too? Great, we'll meet up. :)

Isn't it going to be in Moscow?:) I'll check right now.