Tag: all terrain

• WCoS Event – Snow Combat

  2025-02-01

  all terrain, all weather, altered terrain, event, snow, sword, wcos

  I hosted a Day of Combat at the Mt Hood White River East SnoPark at 4200ft elevation. It was a just about as perfect as it gets, with mostly overcast and a fresh couple inches of snow from the night before on top of a deep base. The around 20F degree temp meant no rain, just some occasional light snow flurries.

  Sparring participants were myself, Honorary Kaiden Dalton, Jesse B, Ferocitas, Bryce, Rakta Nadi, Chris, Miriam, and Aaliyah. Anne was an immense help in support capacity, logging matches and helping with gear.

  All sparring was bokken.

  We logged 9 last-standing melees, a couple 3v3v3 team melees, a 3v5 upper vs lower melee, a 4v5 with trainees as captains, and a 4v5 VIP protection melee (myself and dalton as non-combat VIPs).

  We wrapped up with 45 1-on-1 matches (best-of-3 format).

• WCoS

  2023-04-10

  all terrain, all weather, balance, full circle cuts, portland dojo, sword, wcos

  Class with Risa and Chris. Stretch and requirements. I reviewed Chris first, then paired Risa with Chris to go through their requirements while I soloed mine. We took some time to do a focus session on The Mantis then took a break. We started the second half with 100 continuous full circle cuts, then a few rounds of Refined Strikes. Finished with Balance 1 & 2. 

  It was a steady rain all class with a good bit of soggy, mushy areas throughout the dojo making for uncertain footing.