Greetings from Australia!

Hey, what's the camera policy? I imagine lots of people want to take photos, but on the other hand cameras can be pretty immersion-breaking.

There are no limitations on camera everybody likes having pictures to remember things . The only thing is that you carry your camera at your own risk.

I will take pictures and Marijane (an other Lion) also. Both of us don't fight so we go on the battlefield and we follow the lions.

My basic rule of thumb against the average fighter when it comes to amount of force is this:

Try to maximize your speed but do not follow through on your blows. In otherwords, use just enough force to strike as fast as you can. Once you hit, draw back rather than powering into it which also (in theory) allows you to get back into a defensive guard as swiftly as possible.

The main exception is when attacking an unarmored or lightly armored head, I try to swing lighter because people tend to be more sensitive on the head. Also on the off chance if I do hit his face by accident I won't hit hard. So in that case significantly lighter than maximum speed.

As Hector says if people are not complaining you should be okay, we Quebecers tend to not have any trouble expressing ourselves. if people think you are hitting too hard they will likely tell you directly before long. If you guys want ee can do some practice bouts to get you calibrated before we send you into the main melee.

Yes, please! Some training for calibration would be invaluable, I suspect.