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- Sat May 01, 2021 1:31 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: What's the latest best helmet padding available?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16190
Re: What's the latest best helmet padding available?
Dry foam is weak - 1/2" of even the best oily gel is insufficient in my opinion but 3/4" works but I prefer 1" on the brim/seats of pressure. 1" + 4 opposed chin strap points solid attached, is my recommendation - and and a scrum who knows mercy and honor the same. After a clash, nobody ever said my...
- Sat May 01, 2021 1:13 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Guard the Crest
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11416
Guard the Crest
Science is the light of the Evening star, when all others have gone out. Be constant. I will see you on the line.
- Tue Nov 12, 2013 4:27 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Southern Crusades War: Cats and Dogs Partying Together
- Replies: 0
- Views: 332
Southern Crusades War: Cats and Dogs Partying Together
Greetings Fellow Archivists, The Southern Crusades War in Atenveldt (held last weekend) was an amazingly fun time this year. Yes, it was hot, dry and rocky but if you are looking for some of the best war fighting the SCA has to offer then this is (one of) the places to find it. You won't hear "My Lo...
- Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:07 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Are my fighting days done...?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3317
Re: Are my fighting days done...?
See above. I really wonder about people asking for medical advice on the Archive.... Are there any actual doctors / medical professionals on here? I think this is more of the "has anyone gotten back on the field with these sorts of issues" question. I remember a Caiden baron whose proper name escap...
- Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:58 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Are my fighting days done...?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3317
Re: Are my fighting days done...?
Gurahl
You Sir, are an inspiration.
Regards
Avery
You Sir, are an inspiration.
Regards
Avery
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 2:09 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: [SCA] Best of Fencing/Rapier/Cut and Thrust Videos?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 504
[SCA] Best of Fencing/Rapier/Cut and Thrust Videos?
Greetings
I was wondering if anyone had some good topical links? I'd like to see what is going on across the planet, to the extent that is possible.
Kind Regards
Avery
I was wondering if anyone had some good topical links? I'd like to see what is going on across the planet, to the extent that is possible.
Kind Regards
Avery
- Fri Aug 23, 2013 3:12 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: The War Shouldn't Be Over in June
- Replies: 86
- Views: 7920
Re: The War Shouldn't Be Over in June
I certainly hope not, I'm hoping to camp down there again.Trystyn of Anglesey wrote:Oh, do we hate you now?DukeAvery wrote:...tell the bog people I am going to the Woods battle.
I didn't get the memo.
The only thing better than fighting against the bog is fighting with the bog.
Regards
Avery
- Fri Aug 23, 2013 2:05 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: The War Shouldn't Be Over in June
- Replies: 86
- Views: 7920
Re: The War Shouldn't Be Over in June
Well, here's my tentative plan.
1) Get back in shape.
2) Go to Pennsic and fight for the Middle.
3) Go to the Woods Battle, tell the bog people I am going to the Woods battle.
4) Find a narrow defile near our rez point.
5) Hilarity ensues.
Regards
Avery
1) Get back in shape.
2) Go to Pennsic and fight for the Middle.
3) Go to the Woods Battle, tell the bog people I am going to the Woods battle.
4) Find a narrow defile near our rez point.
5) Hilarity ensues.
Regards
Avery
- Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:49 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: The War Shouldn't Be Over in June
- Replies: 86
- Views: 7920
Re: The War Shouldn't Be Over in June
There's really nothing wrong with wanting an exciting and competitive war, one that isn't decided months in advance.
What do the tactics of disparagement say about the wielder?
Regards
Avery
What do the tactics of disparagement say about the wielder?
Regards
Avery
- Sun Aug 18, 2013 1:48 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: The War Shouldn't Be Over in June
- Replies: 86
- Views: 7920
Re: The War Shouldn't Be Over in June
Falcone One very effective solution I have seen at smaller wars is if one side is getting repeatedly stomped then some knights would cross the field to balance the sides after it was clear one side was dominating. Somebody gets to be the "winner" but the "losing" side doesn't have to suffer a dispar...
- Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:33 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Estrella Time!!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 551
Estrella Time!!!
Greetings Fellow Archivists It is time for me to knock the cobwebs off my armor, jog more, and get some weighted lunges in preparation for more epic spear fighting. This classic conflict is just around the corner and I'm excited. It is a little earlier this year so hopefully I won't end up getting h...
- Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:41 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Drills, exercises and pell design for power generation.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1252
Re: Drills, exercises and pell design for power generation.
Form, fitness, adjustable height single tire swinging pell. I don't aim for the tread, but the side-walls.
- Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:36 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Crown Tournament Formats and Rules
- Replies: 70
- Views: 4562
Re: Crown Tournament Formats and Rules
Any martial, including rapier, CA, etc..
Just let it be a fair contest free of shenanigans.
Regards
Avery
Just let it be a fair contest free of shenanigans.
Regards
Avery
- Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:47 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Training advice for improving force of blows
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1436
Re: Training advice for improving force of blows
Work on perfecting your form. Usually, this means getting some Paul time or work with one of the trainers he recommends in his style in your area. A mistake that is usually made is forgetting that attacks are whole body motions. It isn't the arm, it isn't the hip, it isn't the back, it is everything...
- Sat Sep 08, 2012 8:10 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Step-strike or strike-step?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1916
Re: Step-strike or strike-step?
With the slide step they can be done together.
Regards
Avery
Regards
Avery
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:15 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: West Crown, June 2012, FInals
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2375
Re: West Crown, June 2012, FInals
I select my equipment such that the issue will always be in doubt. If there is no doubt then the contest is over.
Congratulations
Avery
Congratulations
Avery
- Sun May 13, 2012 3:32 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic Battle Schedule
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1932
Re: Pennsic Battle Schedule
Sharing is caring. I'm perfectly happy with a fair 50/50 CA/non-CA split right down the middle. That said this schedule seems a bit CA-heavy. The Woods is CA-free (which traditionally one of my favorite battles), and the outside bridges on bridge day, but everything else has CA - unless I've misread...
- Sun May 13, 2012 12:47 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Top 5 - Spear
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3113
Re: Top 5 - Spear
Someday. I. Will. Be. On. This. List. That is my dream. That is my quest. That is my promise. I want the name Alexander Clarke to be followed by the words: Spear God. I Love Spear fighting. Priceless - this is how I started thirty years ago after being slain repeatedly by one of the Houghtons at th...
- Sat May 12, 2012 7:08 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Will the BoTN change the SCA:s HF game?
- Replies: 353
- Views: 31225
Re: Will the BoTN change the SCA:s HF game?
@Xager - thanks for the information. Welcome to the site. @Cailin - Sure! I haven't watched many of the youtube videos but the ones I have watched show an interesting problem (among many) in that how do you knock someone over without going to the ground yourself? When we look closely at the video we...
- Sat May 12, 2012 3:55 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Will the BoTN change the SCA:s HF game?
- Replies: 353
- Views: 31225
Re: Will the BoTN change the SCA:s HF game?
I could see rattan death-from-behind rules being modified to reflect the canonical methods of BoN knock-down. I am interested in the best video of the fighting and willing to pay a reasonable price to do so. I am interested in the specific methods used.
Regards
Avery
Regards
Avery
- Sat May 12, 2012 11:50 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Top 5 - Spear
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3113
Re: Top 5 - Spear
Avery, are you still in An Tir?... The gills didn't take. :) I'm living in Northern California these days, working for VMware. I take classes with Paul when I can (although not as often as I should) and fly out to Aten events to visit old friends and spear fight. I should get back up to An Tir some...
- Thu May 10, 2012 9:21 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Top 5 - Spear
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3113
Top 5 - Spear
Hey, you forgot one!
I'd like to put forward Duke Dahoud, whom I fought at Estrella this year and I found to be quite impressive. I couldn't get him, so I got everyone who stood next to him instead. Good times.
Regards
Avery
I'd like to put forward Duke Dahoud, whom I fought at Estrella this year and I found to be quite impressive. I couldn't get him, so I got everyone who stood next to him instead. Good times.
Regards
Avery
- Sat May 05, 2012 1:01 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Will the BoTN change the SCA:s HF game?
- Replies: 353
- Views: 31225
Re: Will the BoTN change the SCA:s HF game?
What happens next is the team comes home and talks to the rest of the SCA - and I can guarantee you that they'll be peppered with questions. Those that are not too good to hang out with the rattan crowd anymore. :D How that information will affect us is a huge question that will now play out. I will...
- Sat May 05, 2012 12:41 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: This! is why I joined the SCA
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2193
Re: This! is why I joined the SCA
Those were legendary times, and best news is that they are not over. Come to Estrella, where full speed charges, killing from behind, and pez-dispensing thrusts are the norm. I've got to say I think the two inch tips on glass spears has reinvigorated the spear game. Big thanks to whoever made that h...
- Sat May 05, 2012 12:12 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: An open letter to Team USA BOTN
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1835
- Sat May 05, 2012 12:07 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: I am grabbing my heroes and heading for Poland for BoN
- Replies: 64
- Views: 2612
Re: I am grabbing my heroes and heading for Poland for BoN
But you did, although you might not think so. It isn't the if, it's the how.
Congratulations.
Regards
Avery
Congratulations.
Regards
Avery
- Fri May 04, 2012 10:09 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Will the BoTN change the SCA:s HF game?
- Replies: 353
- Views: 31225
Re: Will the BoTN change the SCA:s HF game?
We'll be sorry to see you go, but we understand, now that you're in the big leagues and all.Nissan Maxima wrote:Its gonna be hard to go back to SCA fighting. It is the difference between balony sandwiches and ribeye steaks.
Regards
Avery
- Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:17 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Estrella numbers
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2203
Re: Estrella numbers
Oh, if it's telling other kingdoms what they should be doing time...in that case... get a pen.
- Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:06 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Estrella numbers
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2203
Re: Estrella numbers
I would offer my congratulations as well to the Kingdom of Atenveldt. The fighting was nothing short of legendary. I'm inspired to prepare some moves and stances I haven't considered in many a year. The Outlands, who always has done a great job in whatever capacity, upped their game yet again and it...
- Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:31 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Talk to me about Pennsic!
- Replies: 70
- Views: 2783
Re: Talk to me about Pennsic!
Southwest Airlines is having a 'bad air day' so I've got a little more time on my hands. Here is another story. I call it "The Best Day of my Life." When Licurgus was King of the Outlands, among other things he went to Pennsic and happened to have a dancing and drumming party. There I met a dancer, ...
- Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:16 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Talk to me about Pennsic!
- Replies: 70
- Views: 2783
Re: Talk to me about Pennsic!
I'm done packing for Estrella and only await the trip to the airport. Here is a story to past the time of my first Pennsic. For my first I was already a 'veteran' of Estrella so I had some idea of how a really large war ran. I'd seen close to a thousand fighters before, how different could close to ...
- Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:24 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: 2" SPEAR TIPS ALLOWED AT ESTRELLA THIS YEAR???
- Replies: 7
- Views: 773
Re: 2" SPEAR TIPS ALLOWED AT ESTRELLA THIS YEAR???
huh. I thought it went home with some Atenveldters and we sent a paypal payment to someone for it. Well, we'll figure it out. Sorry for any trouble.
edit - looks like I dropped the ball on this one. Stand by for remediation.
Regards
Avery
edit - looks like I dropped the ball on this one. Stand by for remediation.
Regards
Avery
- Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:56 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: 2" SPEAR TIPS ALLOWED AT ESTRELLA THIS YEAR???
- Replies: 7
- Views: 773
Re: 2" SPEAR TIPS ALLOWED AT ESTRELLA THIS YEAR???
Sweet. Hopefully the Ice Falcon Sport Spear I ordered for Pennsic but wasn't able to drive will have magically wended its way from Pennsic to Estrella!
The weather report is calling for 50s to 80s and clear/partially cloudy skies.
See you there.
Regards
Avery
The weather report is calling for 50s to 80s and clear/partially cloudy skies.
See you there.
Regards
Avery
- Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:58 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Seeking Private SCA Combat Training Partner(s)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1179
Re: Seeking Private SCA Combat Training Partner(s)
@Violen I wouldn't rule it out, but that is not the purpose of my post. My ideological differences with the western leadership are such that I am unlikely to be able to fulfill my end of a knight/squire relationship here in all but the most extraordinary of cases. But I may train, and help train oth...
- Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:08 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Seeking Private SCA Combat Training Partner(s)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1179
Re: Seeking Private SCA Combat Training Partner(s)
@Mark - Thanks Mark, I appreciate your support. It's what I can do. Part of my method here is that I'm starting a new job and I'll have even less time to train than before (but plenty of vacation time) - it is, however, flex time, so I can definitely squeeze in an hour here and there even during the...