When you pick up a sword for the first time you will be slow and awkward. This is frustrating, but refuse the temptation to try and become a “faster” fencer. Chasing after speed is like trying to catch smoke. If you try and pursue speed, all you will accomplish is haste. Haste is the enemy of 1st class fencing.

Speed is a lie the untrained mind tells itself when it sees an action it cannot follow. The truth is a combination of timing, control, and fluidity. Fluid motion, even done slowly, will always arrive before a hasty strike. Control will allow you to move without wasteful motion that will slow you down. Timing will eliminate the need to move fast almost entirely. There is no need to get somewhere fast so long as you get there at the right time.  

Tip for mymutuals who engage in bladed armed combat

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This is true for plenty of other things too!! When you’re learning anything that involves moving your body, don’t forget that quality of movement is more important than speed!

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast

THEYRE LYING JUMP AT YOUR OPPONENT JUMPSCARE JUMPSCARE BACK FOOT FORWARD AND LEAP AT THEM!!

send them to HELL!!!

Vision I had

💘 gale and @midnigtartist's lovely dotty in 50's-inspired fashion! 💘

By @ kevin_penrose.

does anyone have a facebook account that wants to vote for my cat Sweetums and make him win ten thousand dollars

Vote Sweetums!!! Help him and his extra toes win 10k because imagine how funny it would be.

you get one free vote every 24 hours but if you want to skew things even more in his favor you can pay for extra votes. I would never ask you to do that though. just the free vote.

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EDIT TO ADD: SWEETUMS PHOTO 📸

her eyes were the sickly green of the sky before a tornado, and to his horror he discovered she could throw cows around just as easily

to his horror? weak shit. outta my way gayboy im boutta get it

all of our trobles seem so small from up here

Do you want to be politically pure in theory or help your neighbor. Is it fruitless to help your neighbor because there's no Perfect Pure way to do it ?

Honestly I would rather be politically pure. Your neighbors would never help you, so why help them?

Youre who this post is talking about. Individualism and elitism is not going to help the revolution and grassroots activism and mutual aid.

When the pandemic hit this old church lady joined our tattooed queer leftist mutual aid group bc her church soup kitchen closed. We shrugged and told her she was welcome as long as she didn't proselytize.

That woman never gendered me right once, but she shut up about Jesus long enough to feed people next to us bc she cared more about action than ideology. She also had a whole network of other church people who helped contribute $ to ingredients. We provided more and better meals together than in our "correct" silos

That's how any of us get out of any of this

Good tags.

dry humping in its specificity as a term implies the existence of wet humping

not my best work

everyone quit reblogging with "investing" and "making this blow up". that only happens to blogs that are already big. my posts sit squarely at 2 notes apiece and so it shall remain

even the overwhelming majority of Republicans do not support invading Greenland (X). Even if you live in a very Red area call your reps and tell them you want Congress to issue an order to the military not to invade a NATO power. Remember Congress controls the military not the President.

DO REVENGE (2022) + Letterboxd Reviews

Amnesia (2016) by the outstanding German artist Rolf Ohst

Broke: Imma kick your ass

Woke: You are invited to join me on the

I didn't go all the way to Yorkshire for 72 notes

Official silly sign

i think something is wrong with my shaders

Protestants are so fucking lame what do you mean the Pope threw a rave?

nothing’s felt real since like 2012

FUCK it was in parallel australia