Beltaine Part 1

Beltaine was a success. I was a little late showing up but when I did I was asked to fight thus I fought in my first tourney this weekend. Apparently there will be flak for me not being carded but I believe it should be discounted after I do get my card. Perhaps the experience I have will compensate for this and people will see that I am not a noob fighter. Although I do need more training because I need to know how hard to hit for it to register as a blow.

Let me explain.

The first battle was a bridge battle. A makeshift bridge was set up and I was paired with my lord Vic. We where pit against the other 2 teams of fighters to hold the bridge and defeat our opponents. Very simple. Mr. Rats (George) went down to my blows first. He went down fast. I parried his weapon with my left and with a flick of my wrist I snapped the other blade into his helm. However I fell right then to a arcing blow to the head by his partner which was meant for Vic. I fell in battle then but saved my lord Vic thus allowing him to defeat the enemy.

The second battle was well fought too. I went in for a parry again… this time the blow was not fully parried and I lost my arm. Dropping my sword behind me went in with one hand behind my back. Again I was hit by Vic’s opponent that was out of my visual range. I went down but Vic managed to take the rest of them out from his knees. Well done lad.

Next event was a Valhalla. Everyone against everyone. This one I fell to a few blows but I did score some good hits. One lad had a two handed sword and was no match for me..except for the fact I did not hit hard enough. I parried his sword far out to my left and I stepped into its range and fired on off into his left flank. I backed off then thinking he I beat him and won the round when he came at me scoring a hit off my helm that I did not expect. He then told me that my blow was too light. It was a solid blow but I will take his word for it.

The next round of Valhalla I was a bit dazed and lost a strap on my tasset. Thus I was out for the rest of the battles.

I tried to fix it but I did not have the tools needed to remove the rivets.

Apparently people will be getting flak for me fighting but I will stand by them. The rules where followed (other than me being carded) and the rest of the people had fun. No injuries were reported although Rats had a bloody hand. His helm came apart and flew off when he was charged. Truth be told his helm was already bashed up pretty good this time. He made it himself but it needs to be fixed better.

I will contend with anyone there at anytime. It was fun and I did enjoy the rush.

The events after I will speak about in my next blog.

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