1st Day of Spring
01-Sep-07
It was a beautiful warm day but we had promised to fence indoors at Knox College. We had decided to make an exception to our rule of not coaching beginners, to help out the college students who had showed enthusiasm but were having trouble attending beginners’ classes at Claymore on Sundays.Some of us had never been to Knox College and the view (see photo gallery) of the building from the car park was impressive.
Inside, Cameron Hall proved to be an ideal venue for visual fencing – elegant and old-worldy, so the event got off to a good start. Tony took the coaching session – simple lunges from quarte, sixte and octave. Following this we fenced in a round-robin, using and practising the activities from the coaching session – as far as possible. Bouts to conclude the time helped to explain and practice skills in judging and presiding.
The Museum Café was the venue for lunch – good food, good company and good conversation