Well its nearly Friday. My cough was killing me this morning so seeing as I had a few free periods first thing I headed down town to pick up some meds. Feeling much better now. Just out of the shower after a hectic fencing training. Only a few of us there tonight but I had some good bouts all the same.
Considering fencing is the only sport to which I’m in any way commited I’m surprised I haven’t mention it more often. For those of you who don’t know what fencing is wikipedia describes it as:
“In the broadest possible sense, fencing is the practice of armed combat involving cutting, stabbing or bludgeoning weapons directly manipulated by hand, rather than shot or thrown (in other words, swords, knives, pikes, bayonets, batons, clubs, and so on). In contemporary common usage, fencing tends to refer specifically to European-originated schools of swordsmanship and to the modern Olympic sport which has evolved out of them.”
Fencing for me is a great way of getting a bit of excercise and in my opinion its almost as much a mental workout as it is a physical one. Your mind must always be alert looking for any weaknesses in your opponents defense through which your blade might slip.
I took some fencing photos and my fencing master Tim took the photo of me fencing against my team mate markus.
Me & My Sabre…..
Me lunging an attack at Markus (taken by Tim)
I was just messing with the reflections in the windows in the room where we fence.
And tomorrows Friday!! wohoo 
