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2 hour session today..
This was the only picture we took!
Working hard at The Station Gym in Sheffield!!

Then 76(s)miles including a cappuccino too!! Nice!!

Good session as usual at The Station Gym here in Sheffield -
www.thestationgym.co.uk/

At my Medieval Combat class..
(See video!)
We are now doing an hour on Saturdays and an hour on Tesday evenings..

Himmy at the gym, group shot with fellow combatants, route recording apps, cappuccino at Starbucks...

That's me fighting Luke one of the expert trainers.. (He's in the shorts).
We are trying out a new bit of kit called a 'Buckler'
Luke is good - I am not!! He wins! He got some good punches in with that thing!! Ouchy!!
Medieval Combat class at The Station Gym in Sheffield..
www.thestationgym.co.uk/

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -

A buckler (French bouclier 'shield', from Old French bocle, boucle 'boss') is a small shield, up to 45 cm (up to 18 in) in diameter,[1] gripped in the fist with a central handle behind the boss. It became more common as a companion weapon in hand-to-hand combat during the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Its size made it poor protection against missile weapons (e.g., arrows) but useful in deflecting the blow of an opponent's weapons, binding their arms, hindering their movements, or punching them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckler

Ah! Good to battering each other again..
I'm in the shorts!
(Still got two bruises from last week's session!!)

At The Station Gym in Sheffield!!

Manor Knights, Medieval Fighting classs!!

www.thestationgym.co.uk/

Two times speeded up video of my end of today's training at The Station Gym in Sheffield.
Great sparring session with Fin for last few mins..
I think he won on points here!!
I was a bit tired today!! (no excuse really though!)
Oo just thought of another excuse!! - I am 30 plus years older than him!!
Good hard session again.
Doing this as part of The Manor Knights, Medieval Fighting club!!

Good hard session again up at The Station Gym today..
Me and Fin ready to spar once more..
Doing this as part of The Manor Knights, Medieval Fighting club!!

Up at The Station Gym again today for my Manor Knights Medieval Combat training but for the hour before we do that, we do a 'Fighting Fit' class.. This is to help with increasing our stamina that we need for the fighting with swords and shields!! This class also uses bits from various different mixed martial arts to help us in terms of being able to fight in different ways.. Or to give us tools to use in any combat situation!
What we are doing here is 2 mins at each 'station'. Three times round!! So 2 mins continuous boxing the bag, 2 mins punching the pads held by Luke with him saying which to hit and what type of hit, then 2 mins kicking the pads held by Ben plus kneeing him in the guts as well.. Absolutely knackering I tell you!!
So a short bit of video and a collage of doing the stuff!! :)

Up at The Station Gym again today for my Manor Knights Medieval Combat training but for the hour before we do that, we do a 'Fighting Fit' class.. This is to help with increasing our stamina that we need for the fighting with swords and shields!! This class also uses bits from various different mixed martial arts to help us in terms of being able to fight in different ways.. Or to give us tools to use in any combat situation!
So a short bit of video and a collage of doing the stuff!! :)

Just back from Scotland..
Need a bit of a workout after sitting in the car all day yesterday!!
Got one as well - Phew!! Knackered!!
I'm in the orange teashirt!!
Video at twice speed!!

Medieval Combat practise for the Manor Knights of the Station Gym in Sheffield!!

Speeded up to make it 30secs!!
Just a one minute session here..
I am in the blue jeans..
Cool sparring to finish of a knackering two hour session at the Station Gym..
Medieval Combat practise for the Manor Knights of the Station Gym in Sheffield!!

Some 'two onto one' sparring to finish today's session at the Station Gym, Manor Knights, Medieval Combat class!!

Doing a bit of two onto one helps with you developing your stamina.
Helps your peripheral vision in terms of trying to be aware where any attack is coming from.
Also being aware of trying not to end up inbetween the two opponents, (as you can hear from Ben on the video!) Keeping moving, trying to use one of the opponents as a shield to the other..
It is very tiring indeed!!
Whole thing was only 90 secs. But that seemed agaes!!
A slight pause from getting stuck by the mirror and dropping my sword at one point gave a few seconds of respite to catch my breath!!

We also had two onto one against H and F..!
Phew.. 😁😅

Today's two hour session included a bit of sparring at the end.. Nice!
Before the fun came a lot of hard work exercising!! Phew!!
I am the one in the shorts!!
(Slow mo - at 31secs - of a cool shield punch and a wack on the head!!)

Good (hard) two hour session down at The Station Gym today!
Phew knackered now! But great fun too..
www.thestationgym.co.uk/

Some sparring at the end of our session..
Trying to remember what I had learned!!
Some video screenshots from yesterday's 'Medieval Combat' training class at The Station Gym

Sheild in ribs! That's gotta sting!!

Some sparring at the end of our session..
Trying to remember what I had learned!!
Some video screenshots from yesterday's 'Medieval Combat' training class at The Station Gym

Some sparring at the end of our session..
Trying to remember what I had learned!!
Some video screenshots from yesterday's 'Medieval Combat' training class at The Station Gym

Some sparring at the end of our session..
Trying to remember what I had learned!!
Some video screenshots from yesterday's 'Medieval Combat' training class at The Station Gym

He was taking it easy on me though!!
Some video screenshots from yesterday's 'Medieval Combat' training class at The Station Gym

Some sparring at the end of our session..
Trying to remember what I had learned!!
Some video screenshots from yesterday's 'Medieval Combat' training class at The Station Gym

Medieval Combat class at the Station Gym..
Little sparring session to finish!
Hard work and ouchy!!
Up at the Station Gym in Sheffield..
www.thestationgym.co.uk/

Screenshots from the viedo here -
flic.kr/p/2qeNbDB