SCA Fight--bloomington

This is a video of a couple of clips of my friends and I fighting at an SCA practice in Bloomington.

Gabe--white and red
Thomas--green and black
Dustin--black and white

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[SpartanOfAmerica1234]

i seen a couple in Texas, yes there are.

[kittymime]

great vid is there any in texas?

[Dagarbers]

Thank you very much for the advice. I will keep all of this in mind and hopefully you will see a difference on any future videos that I post. lol

[Owen Flewelling]

transition to another "style" of fighting as things dictate. The only thing that all succesful styles of fighting(SCA or otherwise) have in common, is control the center line. If you can control that invisible line between your chest and your opponent you control the fight and you are in the best place to win. Thats the whole stategy behind combat. But remember, there is no "right way" of fighting, just the "right way" for you.

[Owen Flewelling]

I sort of float between styles. I do'nt stick ridgedly to any of them. I learned to throw shots from any position, and so in the course of a fight I am able to throw a shot and almost any moment no matter how I find myself situated. Against some fighters I might start out with a high guard, against others I use an "A" frame, others (especially lefties) I close up and bring my sword back quite a ways. Majority of the time I fight sword leg forward. But at any point of time in the fight I can

[Owen Flewelling]

There are as many different styles as there are people who fight. its my view that there is no perfect style, because they all have strengths and weaknesses. Many of them are regional as well. The only advice I can give you to is try everything a couple times, but don't change a thing just because somebody said its better. When people offer me advice, I try it a few times practice it a bit, but if I can't make it work, then I tuck it away and go back to what I was doing.

[Dagarbers]

I pretty much walk around all day then doing pell practice. lol I can't help it sometimes I just find my self going through the motions of a strike without realizing that I am doing it. Sadly I can't have weapons on campus and the rattan counts so I can't practice with it but I go throught the motions pretty much everyday. What really confuses me though is that I have seen so many different types of styles from so many different people that when I try to do a move they say there's a better way

[Owen Flewelling]

I am up in Eastern Canada. Not really much of a group... a few members, but we don't have any sort of regular practice. I mostly just go to events and try to stay in shape for them. "Pell practice" can be done without an actual pell. I know when I started I just used a corner of a building at the house. Just throw your shots really slow paying attention to correct body/shot technic. Don't throw the shots hard...just slow so you can build muscle memory. Only need a couple min a day.

[Dagarbers]

I am practice in Bloomington whenever I am home and not working. I go to college three hours away close to fort wayne but somehow i pissed off one of the fighters there without knowing it and can't really go back there. So as of right now bloomington is the place to be for me. I don't have a pell since I am in college and when I am home (still 19) my parents do really approve of that stuff around the house.

Where do you practice at?

[Owen Flewelling]

I was just going by the date of posting. :D Where about's do you practice? There is nothing like having some experienced fighters show you in person, proper body mechanics. Ever use a pell for practicing on? I had to learn things the hard way without many teachers in my area. So starting out I found my pell was invaluble.