Lets start with a Shout Out!
Kyu Nakama had his play off's for PSAL this past weekend. The Brooklyn Tech Knights made it into the 2nd Round! Not a weak achievement...beating out some heavies. But in the meantime, Kyu Nakama won 2 and lost one, scoring a crazy 18 touches. That's an average of 6 touches per match compared to his average of 3.3 during the season! When asked how this happened, he commented "Well, they kept doing the same thing, so I exposed their weakness, over and over and over again. As for the last match, the guy was good."
A pearl of wisdom from our own Kyu in retrospect of the season. "Our martial distance is much closer than the atheletic one." Hmmm. Food for thought. In the Atheletics, a whipping attack from a distance outside to inside might score a touch (light a light, an depress that little button on the tip of the blade) but in the martial application the same move would only serve to perhaps pin prick the opponent. To do damage, we must be closer, and so, we must learn how to defend at a closer distance.
This hearkens to Master Gallo, Magi's Beth, and Sarah and all the ladies of Pyri. The distance of the heavy sword they practice with is even CLOSER than the Fioretta! BY AT LEAST three feet/arm's length. Think about it for only a few seconds, before you cringe.
This week, we've added two new sections to this newletter to explore the activities in our extant Sala D'Armi's. The Elemental School (Where we outline the Forms Demonstration work we are doing), and the Sala D'Armi at La Scuola d'Italia!
Enjoy! Here's looking forward to your continued inspiration and support.
A-Lei!
Lou Gasco
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