My class page at Salt Lake Open #HEMA competition is now up!

I've stalled in my montante writing project, but the goal is to finish it by the time I leave for SLO!

After class, I practiced jumping with the mangual and continuing to move and be steady. Jumping once is easy; I wanted to practice several jumps in one flourish.

These movements are in line with Viedma's and Figueyredo's montante rules, applied with a mangual.

#HEMA #montante #mangual

Connected to my montante writing project, I've resolved to read more broadly.

Books in English on Jogo do Pau are a little difficult to find, and some are out of print. A few are $20-30, one was $150, and this specific copy is listed for the typical "fuck you" out-of-print price.

#HEMA #montante

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#HEMA

Imposter syndrome is real, but I'm at 2k words. The other 350 are notes and outline fragments.

I haven't made as much progress on the Montante project as I would like. But! I finally got a job after ~4 months of being unemployed.

While I dream of never working, the truth is hard; being unemployed is horrible for my mental and physical health. I anticipate much more productive days ahead!

This is a Japanese Beautyberry that I did in a root-over-rock planting. I did some serious work on it, so it didn't fruit this year.

This coming Spring, my plan is to make some pretty serious cuts so it gets less "leggy".

Getting busy writing the outline for my montante booklet/overview/intro. I've sat around just thinking about it for too long.

My goal is to have 50% of my draft done by the 1st, not counting diagrams/pictures.

#hema #montante