When you pick up a sword for the first time you will be slow and awkward. This is frustrating, but refuse the temptation to try and become a “faster” fencer. Chasing after speed is like trying to catch smoke. If you try and pursue speed, all you will accomplish is haste. Haste is the enemy of 1st class fencing.
Speed is a lie the untrained mind tells itself when it sees an action it cannot follow. The truth is a combination of timing, control, and fluidity. Fluid motion, even done slowly, will always arrive before a hasty strike. Control will allow you to move without wasteful motion that will slow you down. Timing will eliminate the need to move fast almost entirely. There is no need to get somewhere fast so long as you get there at the right time.
Tip for mymutuals who engage in bladed armed combat
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“6 months from now I will be in a different situation.”
Speak it into existence.
A better situation
A healthier, more peaceful, positive situation.
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“We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.”—
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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I hate California, I want to go to the east coast. I want to go where culture is like, New York, or Connecticut or New Hampshire.
This movie is me
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“All art is erotic.”—
Gustav Klimt
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“When people were in serious trouble they went to a witch.* * Sometimes, of course, to say, “please stop doing it.”— Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (via witchinblue)
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“Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, and misses you. Because one day, you might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars.”— Nico Lang (via purplebuddhaquotes)
“When people are ready they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can’t make them change if they don’t want to, just like when they do want to, you can’t stop them.”— Andy Warhol (via purplebuddhaquotes)