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Hi Jeff & Mike --

Okay, then, it sounds like the "A" waster is the one to go with. I appreciate your help!

Cheers,

-- Kat

Hello, everyone,

I've been looking for a good first waster, too, and on the basis of Matt A's and Jeff G's suggestions (thanks, guys!) I'm pretty well set on the NSA waster. But I also have a question on sizing.

> George Silver wrote that a properly-sized longsword
> should reach about to ...

Hi, Jake,

> Once you complete that first mittlehau or zwerchau, pull
> the blade away from it's "final point" along the same
> trajectory that you cut, and keep on going around your
> head (sort of...the hilt stays in front of your face) in
> a "helicopter" motion, to land a strike with ...

Hi Leam,

> Hey, you've got Shane and the VAB guys nearby, right? In
> no time you'll be beating^H^H^H^H^H^H^H doing well!

Pffff -- more likely, I'll be taking your sig on as my own! ; ) Seriously, though, yes, I have met the VAB guys (well, I've met Shane, Matt, Cathy, and Joel) and they ...

Hi, Leam,

Ooops! Sorry about the misquote, there. New *and* dumb. ; )

But thanks for the clarification, and I think I'm getting a better visualization of what folk are talking about. Hopefully Jake will be on soon to confirm or deny what you and Jeffrey have suggested about "the helicopter". I ...

Hi, Jake,

I'm complete neophyte, here. Like Mike, the cut coming back from the horizontal cut after vom Tag feels awkward. Everything else intuitively makes sense, but that particular cut is the most difficult one in the bunch (so far) and it feels like the weakest. And perhaps that's its purpose ...