Yay! Just passed grading for the Longsword 101b and 101a class (which completes the basic core course). Not quite a perfect grading, but 95% plus ok, and slightly wide ending positions on the cuts and some uncertainty about technical terms in German being the biggest faults.

My friend who started with 101b turned up and she passed grading on that segment too, but everyone else failed to turn up... not sure why.

She'll go on to do 101a now while I'll continue with refining the techniques and extending them with more devices to use from the Zufechs and in Kreig.

Just splashed out on a new Regeniye Federschwert, and have some custom gloves from Poland on order. Need a Gambeson before I can free spar with the steel, but I can do drills with it solo or (very controlled) with a partner already.