Pamela Muir wrote: |
Hi Aaron, thanks for letting go. :D |
Uh huh... :wtf:
Pamela Muir wrote: |
I have a safety question. How flexible is it in the thrust? |
This is going to be somewhat hard to describe without actually feeling it. I'll try, though, and you can let us know how close I came here soon...
The blade isn't whippy in that it will thrust quite accurately. The last third of the blade is quite flexible, however. If you push the blade point to the floor, it'll bend 45 - 90 degrees in a nice curve through this area without tremendous force. Of course, practicing with safety in mind (and appropriate protective equipment when/if necessary) is of paramount importance. We haven't had any real concern over the thrust except to the unprotected face, and that can be scary with even a pool noodle. As such, we do always practice to miss in the thrust - an unfortunate training artifact, but we do actually like each other, so we tend to play a little nice in the sandbox.
Hopefully that gives some indication...
Had we been outfitted as you usually are (mask, gaunts, gambeson, possibly a gorget), at least a couple of us would be more than comfortable in stepping things up a notch or two - again, MY impression, not an official statement from Albion.