Spear at Queen's Gambit '23 - Just the Fighting

Here's all of my spear matches from Queen's Gambit 2023. I have elected to provide this without commentary, but might follow-up with highlights on individual exchanges I want to break down. This was an invitational tournament that I finished with 5 wins, 4 losses. Though between my W/L and total score, I was still able to place 5th overall. It was the last tournament in my three-tournament sprint and I was pretty drained at this point. There's one match where I'm practically asleep at the wheel - curious if you can guess which one. I think I was pretty dehydrated at that point, as gulping down a couple Gatorades improved my performance markedly after. We don't get many opportunities to practice polearms in an adversarial capacity, so this is always a welcomed opportunity for experience. I had the distinct pleasure of fencing several subscribers over the course of the weekend, and meeting several more. I thoroughly enjoyed my matches with you all, and look forward to the next! The tournament operated on a Swiss pool system. You'd have three fights, and then your position in the pools would be rearranged based on your current W/L ratio. Pools would be resorted three times. The advantage of this over a traditional elimination bracket is that you're guaranteed a tidy sum of fights, and they'll be fights at your skill level, so you're getting better bang for your buck if your objective for the tournament is self-enrichment. Fencers could elect to carry a thrusting dagger as a sidearm. Scoring worked like this: 2 Minute Matches, first to 4 points 3 Points = Thrusts to the head and torso with either end of the spear 1 Point = Any other valid hit Points would only be awarded if the fencer could land the hit and withdraw, or control the opponent, without being struck in return. #spear #polearm #fencing #hema #martialarts #tournament