Skirmishing tournament at swordsquatch 9-8-2024

This was part of our introduction into Skirmishing as a tournament style. Skirmishing attempts to simulate the sort of fighting you might see when two groups clash in line formations.
The distance is determined by stretching your swords out and placing them tip to guard. One side then places their back foot two foot lengths behind. Back foot remains on the rope.
Match begins with the designated attacker making a beat and a strike which must be parried and is not allowed to score. Then the defender can make their attack which must be parried before the first attacker can strike which must be parried... strike parry strike parry until someone lands a blow. Fight for two minutes or until someone lands two blows. If one side scores a point then the other side scores the score returns to zero.
I'm in the green and brown jacket with red gloves on the left. It's my turn to be monkey in the middle.
There were seven of us competing so number one fights everybody, then number two fights everybody and so on.
Scores are added up, I was sixth place (out of seven) with three wins and six first bloods.