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- Tue Jan 21, 2014 1:13 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Helmet liners (rugby style)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 921
- Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:01 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: So who won Pennsic 43?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 6149
Re: So who won Pennsic 43?
Doesn't matter. Did you get up there and fight? Yes. Was it fun? The same scenarios every year? No. Did you test your prowess? With the same dwindling number of allies & opponents every year? No. Did you behave honorably? Then you won. There is no risk if there is no hazard. If one risks nothing, n...
- Mon Nov 11, 2013 11:36 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Calontir Crown List
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1555
- Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:47 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Atlantian Crown List
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3698
Re: Atlantian Crown List
Get back to work, Ms. Rosado.
- Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:21 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: The War Shouldn't Be Over in June
- Replies: 86
- Views: 7509
Re: The War Shouldn't Be Over in June
They already do that. It doesn't help.
- Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:54 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: I need to up my game
- Replies: 70
- Views: 3817
Re: I need to up my game
Lochinvar is spot on. It's not supposed to be easy.
- Thu Jul 18, 2013 9:01 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Calontir now has C&T
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1269
- Wed Jul 17, 2013 5:11 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Fiberglass-coated shield for sale
- Replies: 0
- Views: 444
Fiberglass-coated shield for sale
Cleaning out my closet! This shield was fabricated by Vitus, given to me, claimed by my Lady, stuck in the back of a closet & never used. It's fiberglass coated over plywood, primed & ready. No holes, even! It weighs less than ten pounds and is approximately an inch thick. $100 & it's yours. Direct ...
- Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:59 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Knighting of Alejandro Ramirez Mendoza
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1589
Re: Knighting of Alejandro Ramirez Mendoza
Upon reading this title I was all "WAIT WHAT"
Congratulations to the new knight!
Congratulations to the new knight!
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:47 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Starting up in Heavy Rapier - seems to be a blade issue
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2004
Re: Starting up in Heavy Rapier
I know what Coeur d'Ennui means. I am an expat Calon. 
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:36 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Starting up in Heavy Rapier - seems to be a blade issue
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2004
Re: Starting up in Heavy Rapier
Where in Calontir are you?Rhyance wrote:As I am in Calontir, I cannot learn by attending the local rapier practice because there isn't one.
- Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:22 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: List legal my @$$.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2687
Re: List legal my @$$.
Buck-*** starkers, baby!
Oo, I think I can hear the lawyers convulsing!
Oo, I think I can hear the lawyers convulsing!
- Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:48 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: List legal my @$$.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2687
Re: List legal my @$$.
Heww yeh. I'd do that.
- Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:54 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Drills to improve relexes and balance
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1730
Re: Drills to improve relexes and balance
Fascinating!
- Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:15 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Drills to improve relexes and balance
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1730
Re: Drills to improve relexes and balance
Sure. I'd be really interested to see just how much the average joe could train fast-twitch muscle. I think you & I have a difference in perception on how genetics plays into it. My out-of-my-butt guess says that people can be twitchier than we think we can, because we're originally hunters, and hun...
- Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:51 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Drills to improve relexes and balance
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1730
Re: Drills to improve relexes and balance
Couple of things - (A) I said it is hard to improve actual neural performance, did not say it cannot be done (B) I looked at the thread you linked, where Jester is talking about how to test whether more successful fighters process visual information faster. I don't think processing visual informati...
- Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:31 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Drills to improve relexes and balance
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1730
Re: Drills to improve relexes and balance
Reflexes. It's hard to actually improve your neural performance to achieve actually faster reaction time. It's fairly easy to improve your hand eye coordination and information processing to achieve a net reduction in time between initiating event and response. Huh? When you put your hand over the ...
- Sat Dec 22, 2012 1:48 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Too heavy for the armour
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2122
Re: Too heavy for the armour
http://kotv.images.worldnow.com/images/19126511_BG1.jpg Shane Hamman Since 2007, he holds every American weightlifting record in his class, including a new American record at the 2004 Olympics with a clean & jerk of 237.5 (523.59 lbs :shock:). Weighs 350 lbs. Can do a standing backflip, and hit a g...
- Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:02 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Visual Cues in Martial Sports?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1884
Re: Visual Cues in Martial Sports?
I sometimes go back over my notes and say "Did I ever get an answer to that question?" and go look at the latest developments. On this front the 'discovery' of the article was an interesting development as was the development of open source eye-tracking hardware and software. Ok, yeah. I remember w...
- Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:46 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Visual Cues in Martial Sports?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1884
Re: Visual Cues in Martial Sports?
Jester, didn't we talk about this a few years ago?
(don't read that as "you're a moron we already settled this" read it as, "my brain-fog is telling me that there's discussion on this somewhere")
(don't read that as "you're a moron we already settled this" read it as, "my brain-fog is telling me that there's discussion on this somewhere")
- Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:49 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Kydex Corrazzina?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 901
Re: Kydex Corrazzina?
Kydex is acrylic-polyvinyl chloride. The important part of that name is the 'poly' bit, which means that it's a mnemonic thermoforming plastic. To sound less pedantic, it has a memory. ;) It has a tendency to go back to the shape it was originally poured in, unless you get it hot enough to almost re...
- Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:22 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Basic Bell Helm SOLD
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1639
Re: Basic Bell Helm
i dunno, i think i look pretty good as a blonde
- Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:16 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Basic Bell Helm SOLD
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1639
Re: Basic Bell Helm
Make me an offer!
- Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:08 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Basic Bell Helm SOLD
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1639
Re: Basic Bell Helm
Big. It fits me and my head size is 'husky SCA fighter'. The ruler in that pic is 12".
- Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:06 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Basic Bell Helm SOLD
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1639
Basic Bell Helm SOLD
Cleaning out my closet a bit. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8344/8219583008_9668b8716a.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8063/8219583336_6b2a2d2c74.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8488/8218502569_7fe06378cf.jpg Simple, basic, maintenance-free stainless steel spun top. Never been used - sat in the ...
- Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:28 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Strength vs Power
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2445
Re: Strength vs Power
Initially many women will hold back from hitting hard until they have some emotional cue that allows them to get into it. "That pell just kicked your cat." "That pell is a sleezeball who won't take no for an answer." "The pell is that ex that you hate." etc. You will be amazed at the difference.. I...
- Mon Nov 12, 2012 12:34 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Strength vs Power
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2445
Re: Strength vs Power
I don't disagree with the sentiment, Alejandro -- prior to the thyroid issue, I crosstrained regularly with basic bodyweight exercises from gymnastics, and am no stranger to a squat cage or deadlifts (prefer romanians). But we've had a lot of threads this year on power, with a lot of folks saying ~...
- Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:38 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Strength vs Power
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2445
Re: Strength vs Power
Preamble: I am a scrawny mofo, having wound up with really bad hypothyroidism, and having used paleo to drop my "early marriage weight." I can look in the mirror and see ribs under my pecs. Having just started to get some energy back, after the doc put me on triple-dosage meds, I did pushups with m...
- Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:41 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Looking for Baron Alejandro
- Replies: 7
- Views: 727
Re: Looking for Baron Alejandro
Dante, go fuck yourself.
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:10 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: SCA beautiful line of armour by ArmStreet -wester etched set
- Replies: 205
- Views: 17143
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:27 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: SCA beautiful line of armour by ArmStreet -wester etched set
- Replies: 205
- Views: 17143
Re: SCA beautiful line of armour by ArmStreet -Demi gauntlet
It's 2mm (14 ga) steel plate attached under the chainmail and around neck. We just finished similar type helmet with such sort of protection, I'll post pictures in few days when I got photos Mikael, Thanks for responding. I'm excited to see those pictures. Please also post details about the eye pro...
- Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:18 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: SCA beautiful line of armour by ArmStreet -wester etched set
- Replies: 205
- Views: 17143
Re: SCA beautiful line of armour by ArmStreet -Demi gauntlet
Mikael, For this piece; http://armstreet.com/catalogue/full/turban-type-combat-persian-helm-helmet-armor.jpg the description says; "Internal face mask and side/back internal protection plates to meet SCA standards available upon request" Can you detail what that internal face mask & protection is, p...
- Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:02 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pics to inspire a fat guy
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3178
Re: Pics to inspire a fat guy
Oh, he is. Why? 'Cause when you first fight him, you're all "HAH! A big fat slow guy. I got this." And then he starts moving and you're all "OH SH...*whap*:WHUFF: Good!"Aaron wrote:Irish,
That rocked. It's obvious you are having a lot of fun.
-Aaron
- Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:10 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pics that would inspire new guys. (UPDATE 8/31/2011)
- Replies: 598
- Views: 178273
Re: Pics that would inspire new guys. (UPDATE 8/31/2011)
STRAIGHT TO FIRST PAGE.
....as soon as I have a talk with JT about this picture size thing.
....as soon as I have a talk with JT about this picture size thing.
- Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:44 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pics that would inspire new guys. (UPDATE 8/31/2011)
- Replies: 598
- Views: 178273
Re: Pics that would inspire new guys. (UPDATE 8/31/2011)
That's pretty rad.