Today we had our Dangerous Class for Boys. Friday School had the day off yesterday and my guest instructor teaches math at our local community college and wasn’t available on weekdays. But he got together a group of members of the college’s fencing club and did a three hour class on fencing for the boys.
They did a fantastic job! Rick started out by teaching the boys the history of swords and fencing. Next he did some demonstrations of both fencing and fencing lessons. Then the boys got suited up in all the gear and got to do 2 hours of learning to whack (sorry, touch) each other with swords. Needless to say, by the end of class they were all pretty worn out and really STINKY!
he showed them how to fight with both a sword and a dagger
now that’s dangerous!
fencing demonstration
fencing lesson demonstration
getting suited up (now the fun begins)
Rick told the boys it was just like putting on a straight jacket
Thankfully none of the boys knew how to put on a straight jacket :o)
almost ready… (Hobo is waiting for his gear)
now that they have their weapons the fun really starts
Advance…
Retreat…
en garde… (the chorus line)
paired up and ready to fence
Zack and Joel
Andy and Will
Andy got to fence Rick at the end of class and LOVED it!
Thank you so much to Rick Swee and the fencing club at LCC! Rick is truly a gifted teacher and the boys had an absolute BLAST!!!
3 comments:
Wish we lived closer to you, my boys would love doing the things you're doing with yours!
I'll see you tomorrow, so we can talk then....
Dave said, concerning the lack of coverage for your rally (which, if we had known about it, we'd have been there with bells on!) "maybe I better give the Daily News a call!"
He's going to give the Daily News a call tomorrow!!!! YAY for Dave!
I'll see you tomorrow.....
I would love to take a fencing class. I have always had an interest in it. In high school I wanted my school to get a fencing team so I could join.
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