The Armour Archive

kelly powell

I really cannot see a sca person involved in a real fight dropping to a knee or giving "point of honor"....At worst they may not go in for the coup de grace and try to limit the violence(not kicking somebodies ass hard enough gave me a 4" scar on one of my temples....I did not install enough fear & ...

kelly powell

I wasgoing to grind the roots flush and polish down the dentine....I thought they would turn into nice rounded rectangular buttons.

kelly powell

Question answered...thank you.

kelly powell

Have i ever hit anybody with a club? I aint telling!

kelly powell

Cool, i have a hard time layering nuances with words and they come out to black and white at times....I truly meant a period of self exploration.....sort of "my secret garden" with clubs

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kelly powell

And did I not say that new fighters have the opportunity to fight higher caliber fighters?....I apologize for not also saying "and asking for instruction"...it was a assumed...and you know where assume gets us.....Seriously man could you explain to me where you got this "brushed off " stuff from. I ...

kelly powell

Wow blaine, :x does this mean you are angry or constipated.....I'm sorry if I did not go into the depth nessacary when I said they are left on their own.....From my experiences in two kingdoms after a person is taught the basics(this may be where the disconnect is...by basics I mean the fundamentals...

kelly powell

So instead of rivets they are tied onto a jacket....still seems more like a coat of plates then lamellar. Wasn't korean armor kinda like this?

kelly powell

Vitus: I would agree with your statement that the ranks system runs off weaklings and so forth only if you agree if it is done properly...I'd go into further detail, but I'd risk sounding like a whiner...people do fall through the cracks and some people are either fast tracked or are the product of ...

kelly powell

Good point on the goob factor....I wish i could verbalise accuratley the strange training of a person fighting in the sca.....Unless they have been picked and chosen by a high level fighter and brought in to the game, most of us start out in the "goob pool".....We are given instructions in the basic...

kelly powell

First a question then a comment.. Question: When test cutting do you single strikes and concentrate on form(like a lot of ema people tend to do) or do you do a series of cuts & thrusts to learn how not to get your blade stuck in a target? I hope that made sense....I am envisioning something along th...

kelly powell

Hey all,....Deer season is fast approaching and I will have access to a lot of deer parts(I'm hunting this year and I make jerky for other hunters) Anyways, I allways thought that I could make buttons from deer teeth....some dremel tool action and drill a hole or two....anyone try this?...is it doom...

kelly powell

Question...the plates look riveted to a coat...would this be lamellar or a coat of plates?

kelly powell

but there is the chance of sticks and pool cues.....

kelly powell

The golden triangleof the green boot! there, I've established my credentials as a sca cheerleader and acolyte supreme.....Back to business....yes people are jc bashing.....I've noticed though, that many people who did not partake in this had their comments ignored....So who's fault is this? Like I'v...

kelly powell

FOUL! CORWIN, 2 MINUTES IN THE PENALTY BOX!!!!! And to answer your question: Only if you had 9' spear tips on both ends.....

kelly powell

"WE ARE DRAGO...PREPARE TO ASSIMILATED...."

kelly powell

Rock on! A person from ARMA ! Mr. Pleasant, could you please explain why someone who tried to join your orginization was denied membership they say is due to a former membership to the SCA? Hypothetical situation: I run a kenpo karate studio...My partner(who is a duke in the sca) and myself decide t...

kelly powell

And fearghus wins the award! I may of not been clear in my posting...Quarterstaff fighting would be that weapon vs the same.....maybe some differances in size....As for documentation, yep, silver talked about lengths...and he made many allusions to the staff and "traditional" lengths.... I did not m...

kelly powell

A nine foot hardwood pole bound in iron or brass at the ends.....and traditionally the early models were fairly thick....were they not? I think they could give most armoured guys something to think about. unless you were keeping them around 6' I do not think rattan would be a good choice....anything...

kelly powell

I know a lot of arguements against them were along the lines of"you could break somebodies neck"....hence why we cannot do butt strokes with pole arms....my answer....have helmets that are connected to a shoulder or chest piece......yes it would look stupid and probably would hinder the hell out of ...

kelly powell

DAAHHH!! I LIKE CHEESE!!GIVE KELLY MATCHES! I am an idiot sometimes.

kelly powell

Since we have been digging up dead horses and flogging their mummified carcasses....What is your opinion about allowing quarter staff combat in the SCA? I'm thinking a seperate gig...in other words it would not be a weapon you could choose for tourneys or melees.....Is our armor up to snuff to do th...

kelly powell

$$ problems will not allow me to go......I need to find a way to go next year....I MUST make the mecca that is pennsic.....maybe I'll have my food trailer by then and merchant it.....or man-whore myself....

kelly powell

American retired martial artists? I can see one these guys fall into a alzheimers induced delusions and uses his new found skills to drive the iv needle deep into a orderlies eyesocket....It would be awesome if these old guys decided wtf and started duelling....I mean, if ya got one foot in the grav...

kelly powell

Wasn't the axe a fairly popular melee weapon in japan during a certain time? You cannot doubt it's effectiveness....I used to know the japanese name for a pollaxe....I'll have to google it.

kelly powell

Cool, thanks for taking the time to explain. And you are right about the bounce aspect with rattan.....I've been using buckler alot and have been trying to work on angling the blade so as to direct their sword during a block/parry or to try and trap their blade between my buckler and their shield......

kelly powell

Please do not get me wrong...I've had great times and experiences in the sca....Part of wat I am going through right now is having to make some people understand that just because I put up with a lot of what I consider free loading and allways compromising or acquiessing to certain people to minimiz...

kelly powell

BKILLIAN....Please do not take my remark about another notch in a knights belt as too literal or specific....I stand behind what I wrote, but please season it with some salt.....The gist of what I am saying is that people who played 20 years ago were allowed more liberty in their play....they were t...

kelly powell

Jester: Could you go into a little more detail about "slow is strong and fast is weak" and oppose slow with fast etc,etc.......Something is just not connecting there.....please elaborate some more and I'm sure I'll grok what you are getting at.

kelly powell

I know we are talking about fighting, but in defense of the sca and whether or not what we do is "historical".....I've learned how to make armor, the reasoning for how armor evolved and the same with weapons.....I've learned how to cast bronze and silver....to make leather starting from a green hide...

kelly powell

God, I really am having a hard time with this.....While there are I think 4 recognized sca schools of fighting, for the life of me I cannot recall their names.....Sword and shield wiseI'd have to call the style I use counter punching....I'm a lefty and rely heavily on the principle that a opponent i...

kelly powell

and I stated that sca people should ground them selves with learning routines and practicing set moves until they are reflex...I am not saying the othe wma training is wrong...just that some may have a touch of inbred to them....fighting the same peole over and over leads to bad things....fighting t...

kelly powell

Thanks...if I'm going to be a bastard, I'll at least try to be ahonest bastard.....You will noticed that I edited....I'm allso a lazy bastard and decided I did not want to go to war with some of the lifers......probably too late....but hell I fight like cats and dogs with some of these dear friends ...

kelly powell

And I am saying that you can say your book says this or that, but the truth of the matter is you are fighting a prescribed technique with prescribed moves and counters.....it is not a slight or a slam but the truth....it is like sca people who only fight local....you get so used to knowing what shot...

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