TritonsGuard
11-29-2020, 01:51 AM
Greetings everyone. Hope you all are doing well.
I grew up in probably the least likely place you might expect to find a mer, the middle of the dessert. However, out there in the summer, the water is where you want to be (any place else and the sun starts to make that angry sun on that one level from Super Mario Bros 3 look friendly), so I spent a lot of time in the water growing up. I've always liked swimming.
I have loved merfolk since I was 4. It's very common here, but The Little Mermaid is what introduced me to mermaids. As a kid, I was open about it, but after my peers teasing me constantly (including my older sister), I kept it to myself.
What I like about mermaid and mermen is the thought of living and exploring a vast world that is beyond our reach, and doing so by basically flying threw it. Having a tail of my own to swim through the seas with speed, agility, and grace is a breathtaking dream of mine that I hope to one day make real.
I am a bit of an unusual merman in the way I swim. When I bought my first monofin, I discovered that many of the principles that we use without a tail can be a hindrance while wearing one. Many of you probably found this out too. After all the dolphin kick is not humanities first choice. However, there is far more. For example: I found sculling and using one's arms for propulsion is very tiresome while underwater, and using them for turning requires quite a bit of effort. These and other issues created by falling back on what I normally did took a toll on ho long I could stay under water. To that end, through experimentation, I developed a new style of swimming that would compliment the monofin, and through that a tail. I based it on my observation of dolphins, aerobatics, and historic fencing principles. There is also a mindset that goes with it. It encourages being as gentle as you can with the water, and only using the muscles needed at any given time. One day I hope to teach it, but as I am writing this, we are still landlocked in Corona Virus land.
Although this is my formal intro, I have been on Mernetwork for years. In that time I have seen some pretty neat things.
Look forward to meeting any new faces.
See you in the water sometime.
I grew up in probably the least likely place you might expect to find a mer, the middle of the dessert. However, out there in the summer, the water is where you want to be (any place else and the sun starts to make that angry sun on that one level from Super Mario Bros 3 look friendly), so I spent a lot of time in the water growing up. I've always liked swimming.
I have loved merfolk since I was 4. It's very common here, but The Little Mermaid is what introduced me to mermaids. As a kid, I was open about it, but after my peers teasing me constantly (including my older sister), I kept it to myself.
What I like about mermaid and mermen is the thought of living and exploring a vast world that is beyond our reach, and doing so by basically flying threw it. Having a tail of my own to swim through the seas with speed, agility, and grace is a breathtaking dream of mine that I hope to one day make real.
I am a bit of an unusual merman in the way I swim. When I bought my first monofin, I discovered that many of the principles that we use without a tail can be a hindrance while wearing one. Many of you probably found this out too. After all the dolphin kick is not humanities first choice. However, there is far more. For example: I found sculling and using one's arms for propulsion is very tiresome while underwater, and using them for turning requires quite a bit of effort. These and other issues created by falling back on what I normally did took a toll on ho long I could stay under water. To that end, through experimentation, I developed a new style of swimming that would compliment the monofin, and through that a tail. I based it on my observation of dolphins, aerobatics, and historic fencing principles. There is also a mindset that goes with it. It encourages being as gentle as you can with the water, and only using the muscles needed at any given time. One day I hope to teach it, but as I am writing this, we are still landlocked in Corona Virus land.
Although this is my formal intro, I have been on Mernetwork for years. In that time I have seen some pretty neat things.
Look forward to meeting any new faces.
See you in the water sometime.