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We under appreciate the fact we are able to see who is calling and choose to answer or not nowadays, rather than pick a phone up off the wall for a mystery each time.

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I’m so glad I have him to go annoy when I’ve had a bad day.

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Andante

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Écuries Neliann

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Afra when she wants a treat 😁

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Karabek

Akhal-Teke  stallion

Dacor stud farm

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Fiore’s Sword in One Hand

General Principles

Rule of Five Things: Never fail to do one of these things; strike, break, bind, disarm, throw.

Five Elements: Beat, Break, Cover, Exchange, Villano

Six cuts (fendente, sottano, and mezzano, both sides), five thrusts (high and low from each side, straight)

The Guards

I allocated the Five Elements to each guard based on its likeliest opening action in bold, and the others ranked by my opinion (colored by other 15th and 16th century sources that shared similarities with Fiore). From left to right, their order expresses my thought on likeliest to least likely (or just tactically unique and not likely to be used often, such as a falso mezzana beat from right to left out of Breve, which could only really be used against an extended sword).

Posta di Donna (top left, middle); strike, break, exchange, villano

Posta di Donna La Sinestra (bottom left); strike, break, exchange

Posta Breve (top left, right); exchange, villano, break, cover (inside or hanging), beat (falso mezzana)

Posta di Coda Longa (top right and bottom right); beat (falso or roverso), break, cover (outside or hanging), exchange

Dente di Cenghiaro (bottom middle); beat (falso or roverso), exchange, cover (outside or hanging))

 Important Bridges to Stretto

Inside cover, left hand reaches over and grips (Two Hands, Largo 9th Scholar)

Inside cover, blade grab (Two Hands, Largo 2nd Scholar)

Outside cover, elbow push (One Hand, 9th Scholar)

Hanging cover, left hand reaches under and grips (One Hand, 8th Scholar)

Punta Falso; mezzana but just a light tap, dip under, halfsword thrust other side (Two Hands, Largo 16th Scholar)

The other plays of the sword in one and two hands should just be integrated as seems fitting. I’m really liking this, and thank you to @blarpus for igniting a revisit to the sword in one hand.

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before sunrise

by Denny Bitte

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thank you for being here for the last 8 years pony man

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I race the sun home in the morning, and the moon up at night. Anything can happen, and anything does. There’s just today - and then there’s tonight. And tonight is wonderful. - The Poker House

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raise your hands if you support summer and her constant hay naps

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lost for words

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Waldi didn’t know what to think of this weird looking horse 😂