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10th Annual Fort Knox Demo
Sep. 14th, 2011 11:19 pmHard to believe we've been doing this for 10 years... I've made most of them... missed last year (stoopid werk), but this year more than made up for it.
Arrived just after dark on Friday, just in time for Max & Mickel to start the fire, and start the Relax before Saturday's craziness. I did have the brilliant idea of trying some long-exposure shots with my fantastic, awesome camera, which came out so neat looking... Next time, I shall have to remember the tripod, so I don't have to pray for the camera to stay balanced on the signpost. A windy evening, it sounded like we were on a ship, with the creaking of wood and gentle flap of the Taj canvas... lovely weather for sleeping, though.
Morning was bright, clear, and cool. Perfect, perfect weather. A leisurely breakfast, coffee, a game of hide-the-mundania, and we were ready for the interested masses. Lots of fencing, since there were only 12 of us. Great fun. Perfect fencing weather. I got to play a lot with Jehan, which was wonderful. We set up next door to the Taj outside the fort, and did more fencing between our "official" demo sections. Loved it.
My shining moment, though, was a brilliant death-from-behind on Jehan during the afternoon demo! Unfortunately, he happened to be on my team... oops... I knew it was too easy; I'm awful at giving out DFB... Apparently, I was tired, and needed water, so I sat down for a bit. He had his revenge during the roman melee immediately afterward, I deserved every second of it. I think I've been forgiven. We laughed later. :-P
Pack-out was quick, dinner was lovely, and homeward bound was a good direction to be going post-event.
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| 09-10 Fort Knox Demo |
Arrived just after dark on Friday, just in time for Max & Mickel to start the fire, and start the Relax before Saturday's craziness. I did have the brilliant idea of trying some long-exposure shots with my fantastic, awesome camera, which came out so neat looking... Next time, I shall have to remember the tripod, so I don't have to pray for the camera to stay balanced on the signpost. A windy evening, it sounded like we were on a ship, with the creaking of wood and gentle flap of the Taj canvas... lovely weather for sleeping, though.
Morning was bright, clear, and cool. Perfect, perfect weather. A leisurely breakfast, coffee, a game of hide-the-mundania, and we were ready for the interested masses. Lots of fencing, since there were only 12 of us. Great fun. Perfect fencing weather. I got to play a lot with Jehan, which was wonderful. We set up next door to the Taj outside the fort, and did more fencing between our "official" demo sections. Loved it.
My shining moment, though, was a brilliant death-from-behind on Jehan during the afternoon demo! Unfortunately, he happened to be on my team... oops... I knew it was too easy; I'm awful at giving out DFB... Apparently, I was tired, and needed water, so I sat down for a bit. He had his revenge during the roman melee immediately afterward, I deserved every second of it. I think I've been forgiven. We laughed later. :-P
Pack-out was quick, dinner was lovely, and homeward bound was a good direction to be going post-event.