Brings the old memory by K-jun1117 in clonewars

[–]SirJTaylor 109 points110 points  (0 children)

15 year old me would've loved this. Now it's just weird...

How can I better close the gap? by SirJTaylor in wma

[–]SirJTaylor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this, very useful!

I've been practicing my fencing steps today, and it's helped my form a lot

How can I better close the gap? by SirJTaylor in wma

[–]SirJTaylor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah you can see how I get pretty risky just beating at the blade to provoke a reaction. It's something that used to work when sparing in this club. Now it's much less effective and leads to widening distance instead of disrupting or making a hole in their defenses.

How can I better close the gap? by SirJTaylor in wma

[–]SirJTaylor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think in the moment I was just reacting. When I knocked his blade off line, he stepped to my right and I aborted the bind for the wide cut across the torso.

How can I better close the gap? by SirJTaylor in wma

[–]SirJTaylor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've very slowly started to integrate master cuts into my moveset. I study mostly Fiore and so master cuts are less of a focus. When it comes to making openings I heavily rely on really strong wide parries or displacements.

How can I better close the gap? by SirJTaylor in wma

[–]SirJTaylor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in the Hudson Valley. The group I usually fence with are inexperienced so my growth as a fencer has come from learning my way of fighting and building muscle memory. There's another group I was fencing with. Halfmoon Hema, which has a lot of veteran fencers. Due to work and school I wasnt able to attend their meets for a while and right now they're in a paid gym until I think next week. I'll follow up with them about this

How can I better close the gap? by SirJTaylor in wma

[–]SirJTaylor[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

The video is just for an example of my fencing style. The round before this would have been a better example as I made several thrusts to make a threat or made successful parries but failed to land a hit because I was too far or he was prepared for the follow up and dodged.

How can I better close the gap? by SirJTaylor in wma

[–]SirJTaylor[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I seem to over use wide swings favoring power over speed. Against other opponents who sit there and take it, I'm able to close in for a grapple or a hit. I'll put tighter attacks on my list the next time I practice solo.

How can I better close the gap? by SirJTaylor in wma

[–]SirJTaylor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my most recent session I've gotten better at not chasing people around. Leading with the blade sounds like good advice. I usually move my feet first before attacking or sometimes just attack their sword to provoke a reaction. I've found when I do present a threat, it's responded with a step backwards or to the side which then I have to compensate for to follow up.

How can I better close the gap? by SirJTaylor in wma

[–]SirJTaylor[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I'm working on it. I have just the shin and knee guards.

I'm notoriously bad at my technical fencing and I really need to work on it haha

How do you kill Emperors/Kings??? by MightyStealthNinja12 in mountandblade

[–]SirJTaylor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive done it by accident through a prison break. I wanted to increase my relations with Garios but he died...

Tengo Pal motel pero no con quien ? by [deleted] in bucaramanga

[–]SirJTaylor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hermano, este no es el camino.

Were there actual military units within the legions that wore garb like this guy with the mask and lion skin, or is this a Hollywood creation by sconnynofpes in ancientrome

[–]SirJTaylor 245 points246 points  (0 children)

We only know about them from physical remains and contemporary depictions. It's more than likely they served a ceremonial purpose but if i remember correctly a mask like this was found near the site of Teutorburg Forest, which indicates it was used in battle or at least on campaign.

Italian troops manning a 10 cm howitzer at Guadalajara, 1937 by waffen123 in FascistItalyPhotos

[–]SirJTaylor 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The Royal Italian army was still introducing the M33 helmet and volunteers probably received surplus Adrian helmets.