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“Mark Wilkies and Tom Naylor from IHA, Scotland came over and stayed with me to train for a week before Sweden Open earlier this year. Both of them are skilled and dedicated fencers, and I enjoyed working with them alot.In this video I am coaching Mark as we spar. Mark is strong, fast and intelligent, the very best combination, and he impressed the Nordic scene by taking 4th place in Sweden Open longsword a few days later.This kind of one on one method is my prefered way of teaching, group classes are necessary but personal instruction where you fence, halt to analyze your actions, solve the problem you have spotted with impromptu drills and then move back to sparring so see if you are able to correct the problem is superior.If you want to come and train with me and GHFS send me a message on my facebook page, we are always open.”

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Eliisa practicing with legendary Axel Pettersson of Sweden. EHMS of Finland invited Axel to teach; seminar focused on Meyer’s longsword plays and how to learn fencing tactics.

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10 candles for the GHFS

Lots of stuff to talk about since my last update, but let’s start with today, the annual Green Heritage Fund Suriname volunteer day. GHFS runs on the goodwill of several dozens of individuals, helping out whenever and wherever they can. Some come in for just two hours every week to help prepare the animals’ food, others are interns for a couple of weeks or months, and a few almost make a full-time job out of it. It was a special edition volunteer day as well this year, celebrating 10 years of GHFS!

A few of us went birdwatching first however. Waking up at 5 AM isn’t my regular Sunday routine, but it definitely was worth it. It’s still pitch black at that time, but by the time we arrived at the Leonsberg jetty to embark, the sun rose in a glorious colorful spectacle. We went up the Commewijne river, but not before saying hi to the dolphins. At this hour of the day they were super active, jumping and corkscrewing out of the tranquil waters a couple of times!

About 45 minutes later we docked the boat at Katwijk, one of the numerous old colonial plantations, although they’re still harvesting coffee on this particular one. As part of the Guyana shield, right above the Amazon region, Suriname boasts a whopping range of avian fauna. I don’t think we saw any “rare” species, but the sights and sounds were none the less impressive: oropendolas, caciques, a peregrine falcon, crab-hawks, vultures, hummingbirds, cuckoos, tanagers, anis, jacanas, donacobius and a few other crazy bird names. Also: a telescope is way cool when birdwatching.

In the mean time the rest of the group had arrived, about 30 in total, and the remainder of the day was spent savoring tasty potluck treats, swimming, kayaking, dozing off in a hammock, and singing traditional Surinamese songs (not by me). What a lovely bunch!

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