I’m packing for my flight to Melbourne. I’ll leave on Tuesday and, thanks to the wonders of timezones and stopovers, I’ll arrive on Thursday.

Over the weekend, I’ll be teaching at http://www.festivalofthesword.org.au/ with two classes on grappling and a lecture on Bartitsu. One class will be on fundamentals drills for balance, stance, movement, etc., the other will be Actual Historical Ringen.

I’m looking forwards to meeting loads of new HEMA friends, catching up with a few old ones, and enjoying some classes when I’m not instructing.

After the event, the plan is to hang around Melbourne for a week or so, pop over to Adelaide, then head out to spend the first week of May touring Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Mixing being a tourist with as much HEMA (and/or BJJ) as I can find. If you’re a ‘Strayan follower and you’d like to say hi, drop me a line.