Tonight, while waiting for some friends, I pulled Cado out of my trunk and reviewed my requirements once through.
I was also toying with an idea for sparring regarding timing. When you make a flurry of cuts (i.e. several consecutive cuts), at some point your either kill them or pause long enough for them to come back at you. If you feign a pause just long enough to think they have a chance to come back at you, but you are really just preparing your final attack, then you might be able to slip in a killing blow before they can switch back to defense from their offensive action, and hopefully before their strike has fully developed. I wish I had some sparring partners to test this and work on it.
Tag: wcos
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A day of combat was held in Davis, hosted by Mike Mac. In total we had 11 melees, 5 scenario battles, and a number of pit fights and some one-on-one sparring.
It was a good day. In some ways too good. The weather was just right, the ground was level and plain, in short, the conditions were near-optimal. Even as such, as my battle tallies will show, I have much to work on in live sparring. My averages are still relatively dismal considering me degree of training. I intend to go into a new round of intensive training in the art of the Western Circle come mid-spring, with the intent to achieve my next rank, Red Rope, and to ultimately open a new branch of the Western Circle here in my area. We shall see.
Match Results:
1-on-1 Win Lose Kill Notes 1 Ohma Taage Leg
Melee Win Lose Kill Notes 1 – Taage Barrier 2 Mike Mac Taage Leg 3 Kris Taage Head 4 Tina Taage Leg *5* Taage Tina Dagger (Lockup) (Melee Winner) 6 Green Mike Taage Head 7 Taage Nathan Thrust Kris Taage Thrust (Lockup) 8 Taage Ben Head (Back Attack) Mike Mac Taage Leg 9 Brennan Taage Torso 10 Taage Faith Leg Richard Taage Leg 11 Taage Gordon Shoulder Kris Taage Leg
Scenario Win Lose Kill Type 1 Gordon Taage Dagger (Lockup) Two Teams 2 Taage Tina Thrust Two Teams Taage Will Thrust “ ? Taage Leg “ 3 Will Taage Head Two Teams 4 ? Taage Thrust Four Teams of 4 with Innocent 5 – Taage Team Innocent Died Four Teams of 4 with Innocent *6* – – (no death or kill) Fortress Assault (Attacker) 7 Taage Bennet Leg Fortress Assault (Defender) ? Taage Thrust “