This practice came about because Visc Sir Miles and Count Sir Alfar were coming up with one of Miles's squires to work with another one of Miles's squires who lives in Adiantum.
Having just completed my new center-grip heater, I was keen to try it out. However, I discovered that it was about 4-5lbs heavier than my previous shields. And being that my arm wasn't conditioned to that weight, I struggled towards to end of each of my sets to keep it in play.
Unfortunately I suffered substantial damage to my left thigh and knee early on, and persistently was smote in that same area. Also, it felt like I was shaking off rust, rather than truly gathering experience.
Visc Sir Gabriel, whom I am man at arms to, came, and we had a short set, though he had to leave early on account of work. I also had a set with Visc Sir Ambrose (An Tir).
Alas, that was the extent of my fighting for the day on account of the shield arm muscles' fatigue and the damage to my leg.
Set with Count Alfar (West)
Set with Deitrich (An Tir), squire to Visc Miles (West)
Set with Sir Morgan (An Tir)
Set with Visc Miles (West)
I feel that largely this practice was a good dive into using the new shield style and getting used to the weight.
