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Sir Thomas of Calais, on several occasions, has delivered a shot that lands right where my ass and my leg meet. It is the only shot I have ever received that stops my fight right there and then.

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How does the over all blade feel?
Thanks for posting

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Oh sweet!

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http://www.combatcon.com/what-to-do/mar ... lass-list/
Is anyone going to Combat Con this year? It says Battle of Nations on the schedule but I don't know if that is what the American team is still going to do.

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Standing toe to toe would be my guess. Rather historical practice too.

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No prices listed with items is always a flag for me.

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THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE REALITY OF IT ALL. 1) I haven't been active around Tuchux for a while BUT I've never seen a Tuchuk do anything I haven't seen a regular SCA fighter do. 2) If it ain't okay, it ain't okay, no matter who does it. My experience has been that the SCA is very much a 'who do you kno...

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Last timeI went to Leeds I got a behind the doors tour, loads of fun.

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I will take pics soon, today is my B day and this past week has been super busy.

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15th century doublets size 42 chest.
And anything not sold will be posted with pics on Sunday

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This coming Saturday, July 6, we are having Pre-Pennsic Garage sale with some other SCA friends at their home in Ashburn, VA. The address is 42973 Thornblade Cir, Ashburn, VA. Starts at 8- goes through 11. ROman garb (male/female) Roman bling Viking bling (real beads from Rome) other mens garb other...

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Agreed. Squire to a Knight is an individual contract. Sometimes those contracts break and sometimes when that happens it can be messy, but stays personal. I have seen a few Knight/Squire breakups and they are always downplayed. Last thing anyone would want to see is an announcement in a Kingdom news...

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Squire's Tourney in 2006; I had spent the past three months setting up proceedures and training for a big government contract. My first opponent had a pole arm against my sword and shield. In quick succession I struck his left leg, hip and arm. As he was going to his knees I wound up and struck him ...

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Yup. I have light sensitivity and I don't wear sunglasses at events.

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So I am teaching escrima at my Dojang and I have been looking over various sources to augment what I am teaching. YouTube is just about useless as most of the videos involve katas (which is not our focus), focuses on what I already know, or is just plain bad. Oddly enough some of the best exercises ...

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What I did for a tourney years ago, was to make two matching pole arms designed to look like great swords. The hilt was made from hard foam and had padding on each end. The sword tip and pommel both had thrusting tips on them. Most everyone fought with them using the proper technique, only one perso...

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...In Meridies we call the person in charge of toilet paper, paper towels, porta-a-johns, etc. the nastycrat. Anyone have a period term that would apply? (No, Privy Councillor will not do.). Muckraker? Poopsmith http://cdn.okcimg.com/php/load_okc_image.php/images/0x0/0x0/0/6769442904193099555.jpeg_...

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But you cannot get them at the FMJ shop. All they have are some mugs, some t shirts, and a couple of jousting action figures (with exploding groin action!)

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The one thing the show neve seems to address is where you can get the cool sunglasses that Rod wears.
I am going to have to wait until I get back from England to findounout who won the overall tourney.

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I am not going to say it was aliens that provided that technology, but it was aliens.

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Aside from that, this last episode shows how crap the equipment is. Three nut-shots in one episode? Didn't these people even look at period saddles? Wow! Maybe the painted garbage can armour isn't really appropriate for a full contact, full speed activity? If it wasn't for the major coolness of the...

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Hopefully that will be included in season two

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I felt Mike had a number of things going against him in the show. I was glad to know he was not sent home after his first joust. But I recall that he was participating in practices with the rest of them for just such an occasion. The first nut shot was bad, but when the second jouster is riding away...

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I don't think saddle plates would have helped when the lance goes straight down on your twig and berries.

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This is the most ballsy episode yet.
Win or lose the black team should have been supportive.

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Honestly the actions on Full Metal Jousting should not constitute an R&D by the SCA. I also side with Mearyk in that too often people have a knee jerk reaction to call for the removal of someone from the SCA.

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This might become a "We will have to agree to disagree thing": It was for drama’s sake they blew this out of proportion. All horse riders know that sometimes you have to smack a horse! (whether it be with your hands, crop or spurs) The horse was crushing my little piggies, I had a split second befor...

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Rope did ask for Praetorian (which is my favorite horse BTW). When Praetorian started to get jumpy during training, they switched to Superman, but the joust Rope was back on Praetorian. From one of the early episodes my impression is that if the rider gets keyed up the horse will react to it. Now wa...

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Concerning the horse punch, before the episode I was thinking it would be something along the lines of while they were on the horses. I was not expecting what I saw, and had to watch it twice just because the first time around it didn't compute. I was more disgusted with the jousters reaction that h...

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Rod Walker wrote:Sorry guys, I can't give you the name. All I will say is the guy is a sociopath and douche of the highest order.

I both applaud and swear at your integrity in not telling us.
Well when we find out next week at least we will know your opinion of him.

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Well if Rod doesn't tell us, we are going to have to guess.
Landon Morris

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The time, cost and energy in getting one side to wear the same heraldry is just beyond the capacity of the SCA. There is nothing wrong with the tape identification and at least the decals are heraldic in design. (Although one year I stuck one of those damn Apple stickers on the side of a fellow squi...

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The second episode joust was a big surprise. I had thought that dinner theater jousting would be a solid ground for Jack but I guess he would not have been knocked out of his horse at all if he was not previously trained to lean back like that. When Jack knocked himself off of his horse after hittin...

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That would make a wicked coronation armour.

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Yes I have matched my knight's current persona.

Re: Single Most Painful Shot given/Received By You?

Re: Jians cutting

Re: Combat Con

Combat Con

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Re: B.K Enterprises?

Re: Tuchux banned from Pennsic?

Re: ARMOUR IN ENGLAND TOUR - somewhat disappointed, PICS GAL

Re: Local NoVA SCA garage sale

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Local NoVA SCA garage sale

Re: Why don't Squires exist?

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Re: Highlands war, and sunglasses

Two sword help (not rapier)

Re: What 'weapon' could be used as half-sword

Re: Tourney fencing(erics)

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Re: Where to buy helm tape?

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Re: Medieval Bat. Man Armor - Full Suit

Re: Matching my Knight's timeframe