Pretty much anywhere within 2-3 hours of me is within what I consider an acceptable travel distance. Depending on tournaments and events however, I might be compelled to go farther.
So far out of the places I've been to I liked Eagleshire the most. It's down in Denton, Texas. There's a lot of experience down there and I could learn a lot.
Midnight Rain in Meeker, OK was...Okay. They did class battles all day and generally don't play the flavor of Amtgard that I'm most fond of. I plan on going there every now and again to try and instill in them the love of line fighting. I won't try and change them though, they're already having fun. I'll just try to warp them a 'lil bit so we jive a little better.
Five Banners, Tulsa, OK wasn't bad. I'm told that they usually field about 5-6 more fighters than they had today but that's cool. I showed up just in time for the class battle. I made a pretty immediate impression when I killed half their team and as a legged monk rushed in against their last couple doods. Later in the day we did an Iron Man tourney with retain wounds. I took first in it. I'm sure I would have had more consecutive wins if it weren't for the retention of wounds, but oh well, I still got the W. I'm a little disappointed with myself for how many times I died to a couple of the players. They were throwing shots I wasn't used to and I failed to adequetely adapt. I know the shots now though, and I'll be watching for em.
Met a dude named Sanyo who likes to travel around. I'll probably hit a couple various locations with him over the next year or so, it'll be cool.
I think I did a decent job keeping my hands in the box, and returning there after my shots. I still need to work on my body mechanics as a whole however. I'm using MC sticks now and my old style of throwing my shots using my shoulder on down tires me out quickly.
I need to work on my power generation and transfer as well as my footwork.
I need to stop fighting with my shield so much so I can develop my lefty shots.
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Hehe. It's good to see where the competition is, thanks for keeping this blog thing up, now I know where to go when I travel next summer. Already planned I'm going to head straight for Rising Winds from SD. Who knows, maybe I'll go ahead and say "Fuck It, I'm going to go see where Arthur is at and kick his ass." and give you a call. How's the MC sticks? I hear they are harder to break. Well, hope your doing well and I'll go ahead and see you at Rakis. Peace Jimmie Friggen Dean.
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