The Armour Archive

Cunian

Pennsic, Aethelmearc Court Tuesday evening.

Cunian

A somewhat more optimistic new piece:

http://www.outsideonline.com/fitness/bo ... overy.html

Cunian

That seems like a good idea, since you are going to want something fast and temporary. Or any kind of extra padding that you can fit under, (or over as a temporary expedient). Breast leakage shields are an absolute necessity. Let down in the middle of combat can be - interesting. Just avoid hard edg...

Cunian

The Girls Club is currently back at http://www.createforum.com/thegirlsclub/viewforum.php?f=8&mforum=thegirlsclub It's kind of dead right now due to a not-really-successful move, but there is a lot of good info there anyway, and a few of us will read it if you post something, though - yeah - maybe n...

Cunian

I fought 3 or 4 years back with a pinched nerve, C7. Dunno how similar. I was able to fight okay. I took a lot of painkillers. There was one day, after the angle of a blow exacerbated it, that I was truly, truly miserable to the point of non-functioning. But mostly it was sort of okay, and mostly th...

Cunian

No haybales were involved. Just your random scruffy field that was not entirely flat. Oh, and a bunch of Atlantians bent on mayhem.

Cunian

I haven't looked at it closely. Essentially, I believe, it is cutting away a hole so that you can insert your hand under like a bowl. Not sure when I'll see him again, but you might look at it in that context and see something feasible-looking.

Cunian

You're going to want good hand protection - probably some type of basket- if you use a metal door handle. Otherwise you are just sitting your tender fingers on an anvil waiting to be hit. But you can modify a plastic balder hilt to sit as a basket, or make a leather or plastic flap/box type thing.

Cunian

Look at how the one you like is done. And you might consider not using a metal basket. It throws any balance there is right off. As with most things, people find solutions in lots of different directions, but I think the most promising thing is to try to copy the one you tried and liked.

Cunian

Last year went pretty well, and somewhere was gotten with all of my resolutions. If I can fight as much and get to as many things this year, I'll be happy. Aside from keepin' on: (1) I'm going to work at regularly breaking out of the pools or into the "out-of-the-pack" rounds of tournaments. (2) I'm...

Cunian

Don't get too frustrated with the stuff you know should happen, and you can't make happen. It'll come. My knight says it takes a solid month's practicing for each year you were gone before you start to feel like your feet are under you again. Do the rotator cuff and tennis elbow exercises before you...

Cunian

Hope your visa comes through, Lucas. I am sure a Rainbow Dash reign would be great fun.

Cunian

Having a husband who's fought a lot in both old butted mail and new flat link rivetted mail - There are far fewer waffle bruises with the flat links. Just that tiny geometry difference seems to make quite a difference.

Cunian

Have you tried swinging some of those cast iron frying pans? There's some strength training! I fight because I'm a grown-up and nobody's going on about how I'll shoot my eye out anymore.

Cunian

You say: You (a girl) have the same muscles that I have, you can build muscle but it takes a little longer. SO, if girl(X) and boy(Y) both train with the same program(BEST), you're saying X will lag Y by some muscle degree. But X wants to be the best. How do you suggest she beat Y? I'm saying she ne...

Cunian

You (a girl) have the same muscles that I have, you can build muscle but it takes a little longer. Ergo, it might be a good idea to go about it in a purposeful fashion. Ya think? That's really all we're getting at here. Training like a girl might mean training more and better, not wrapping your swo...

Cunian

Saying, "Go away, you can't get in armour and fight until you can bench your bodyweight, (or whatever).", would be belittling. Saying, "You're tagging people a lot but there's not a lot there. If you work on this, it should go a long way toward fixing that." isn't belittling. I think one issue here ...

Cunian

Having been invoked after a fashion, LOL... Yeah, basically anybody can hit hard enough- in an ideal situation. And one can go a long way toward creating an ideal situation with technique. BUT - if one's opponent is both stronger and knows what they are doing - it becomes a lot easier for them to ge...

Cunian

Sir Rauokinn's channel on youtube has a lot of great classes videoed.

http://www.youtube.com/user/rauokinn?fe ... sults_main

Cunian

1) Be disciplined with the background work on fitness/strength. Better. Still not good enough. Wish the nearby gym hadn't gone under and been replaced by a far pricier crossfit only thing. I do something everyday now pretty well, but it goes to hell when I get sick or overwhelmed with something. 2) ...

Cunian

Time Sanctified by Wieck is pretty good. Lots of pictures and texts, discussions of which elements are most appropriate to a given time and place. Still not cheap, but cheaper, and a pretty solid value.

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchR ... &x=58&y=19

Cunian

It's the repeat sub-concussive trauma that worries me a bit, (as a long-term kinda lousy but enthusiastic fighter type).

http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-07/o ... phalopathy

Cunian

Plenty of Bayeaux goodness on the web. Here's one:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bytype/textiles/bayeux/
Looking at the pictures, one can see plenty of legwrap type things, though all with the hosen tight sillouette, so not so easy to do over armour as the baggy pants/leg wrap thing.

Cunian

That should be about it. I'll repost where it may be more likely to be noticed by attendees.

Cunian

I'm fighting for Baron Drogo. Marie-Therese is also fighting, I believe.

Cunian

Actually, I believe there are women planning to contest for the throne of Atlantia this time. I've sent in a letter as, I believe, has Marie-Therese.

Cunian

I checked the school system calendar for the Ponte Alto practice, and the spring break is the week before, so Ponte Alto on Thursday at Lemon Road Elementary should be on as usual.

Cunian

Yeah, I was looking forward to fighting you, though I had nothin' the last few fights. If you search Ponte Alto on YouTube, I'm in most of the videos. Unfortunately, most are a year+ old. We have nobody filming lately.

Cunian

Seems to be back now.

Cunian

Apparently the whole Createforum domain is down. We started an SCA-The Girls Club group on Facebook to try to carry on and keep up with each other for now.

Cunian

Even for some kind of demo for the press - I dunno, but leaving your gorget off and your neck wide open just kind of sticks out like a sore thumb as an accident waiting to happen.

Cunian

It's very, very similar - different terminals.

Cunian

Is it the guy at the very beginning of this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8xomP3Z5Cg

Cunian

Steve does beautiful work; that sounds wonderful. Put the money where you need it!

Cunian

I was thinking greaves, since I would expect you to need more of a lead time on them than the gorget, but whatever is the current sticking point is really fine. Show me pics when you have something shiny!

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