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Murdock

Yeah Aidan, plus it probably helps that you barley ever hit anyone with that log

heheheheheheheheheh

Hope you had fun at Lex's.

Murdock

"The guys out there with belts, a helm and bodybracelet....and not much else. Start nailing THOSE guys with powerful bows and crossbows......once they start bitching, we've got an "in" to get rid CA." Ya know they're already out there and they already do. No need to wish for more. As for our bow wei...

Murdock

"4) Try to get the Society EM to accept the "plate as proof" rule. Again, good luck" Well from what i've seen the current SEM is no fan of CA he might be somewhat eceptive. HEck that migt even make up for the APD decision! (APD is for abominable plastic do hickey http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smi...

Murdock

Fake or not

spoof or not

trool or not

this is almost as funny as the ninja website

Murdock

holig schiza!

Murdock

True story I was at an event up in TN. This combat archer is one of the few guys alive after we breach the door of the "fort" I run up to him and he starts back peddling and notching an arrow. I say something like "buddy i'm gonna have to whack ya!", he shoots at me at about 3 feet, then draws anoth...

Murdock

I have to wear a close faced helmet, i'm ugly and i make goofy faces when i fight.

I also have horrible perifreal (sp?) vision anyway, so it doesn't make much difference to me.

Murdock

Aidan it's a bare bones military tent, imo.

Your a Templar, sounds fine to me!

it's big and looks hellanicer than a nylon earth pimple.

Murdock

Well it was supposed to be the "Offical ninja webpage"

the one posted on off topics a while back

but link dead is appropriate to i guess

Murdock

"Using those secret ninja Fiore moves he takes on a secret identity." Fiore ninjas flip out and kill peopel all the time!! Fiore ninjas are cool, and by cool i mean totally sweet! facts about fiore ninjas 1)Fiore ninjas are mammals 2)fiore ninjas fight all the time! 3) the purpose of the fipore ninj...

Murdock

Hjalmr has a great point about tearing up armour.

If the pics are stil up there are tons of pics of Cap a pie on the ST Olaf site

Otto Von Teich also has some of me and him fighting.

If i can figure out how to post them i have some too.

Murdock

"I think we should meet up.
Where? When?"

Well i think Angus has a marvelous suggestion!

The Pas Friday at 9:00 AM

come one come all!!

I figure a lot of yo fellas will come to fight in it anyway.

please
pretty please????

Murdock

Imo i don't like em.

But either always do it or never do it, the inconsistancy looks hypocritical.

BTW Vincent, ya need to hold back less, tell us how you really feel about things.

Murdock

Jasper, was this at the practice we had two weeks ago or at Manuvers?

The person being thrusted per the rules here in Meridies should have taken the first one, assuming he saw it amd knew he was thrusted. Should have taken #2 for sure.

Murdock

Why does arc make me think of this site

http://www.bol.ucla.edu/-rahjr79/ninja2.htm

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Murdock

Partha is an old friend of mine. Got my first armour from him.

He's usually at Gulf Wars if you can't get in touch by then and your going then look him up.

Murdock

"Still, there's those damnable plates in the Manessa Codex; if it weren't for those I'd dismiss this whole book out of hand"

Which plate in Manessa? I didn't see it in my cursory look throught my copy.

Murdock

Otto???? Your going to go ???

COOL!

I'll be there same time as Aidan, i'll be the not quite as short as Aidan guy in the barbute.

Remember the Pas Friday 9:00 am
The Breakfast pas!

Murdock

I've tried 4 times to reply to this and the thing keeps booting me out or not recoginzing my pass word an i loose the whole huge reply. I was trying to reply to every one individually. OH well I have never tought of the humidity problem, i think that, the angular helmets, aluminum shields and my inf...

Murdock

"I will now only accept blows that move my armor/limb, injures me(ouches and owws), hits me with a WHAM, or make me think "wow, what a blow" -basically an undeniable shot!" Don't over compensate. Your bottom rage of; moves your arm good or you go "that was unpleasant" when hit, sonds about right for...

Murdock

"If it was a scorpion, wouldn't his weight need to be back instead of forward?" No, just as throwing punches in boxing. You can throw the same punch with either foot foward, you just have to know how to twist at the hips. I've always been taught that blow force, wheather in boxing, arnis, SCA, kenji...

Murdock

"if that was the case we'd expect to see more non-lethal techniques in the book" That was my reasoning as well, I33 is full of blood and guts compared to some other FB's. I assume he's trying to kill the opponent, but it may be otherwise. Until the trans lation we don't know, heck it may be a draw c...

Murdock

I thought it might have been the rattan too but i've got multiple sticks from multiple sources. Everything from police lanthi (sp?) rattan to competiton rattan bo staves, to furniture store stuff, to stuff from event vendors. It all breaks, it pulps a little at the tips and then, snap. Maybe it's my...

Murdock

A stoning, a stoning!!!!

this is some funny $hit,

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Murdock

Hey Bertrum

If he's coming to Gulf Wars, maybe one of the numerous St Olaf Guys attending could pick it up for ya.

Anything for a bro.

Murdock

Arc if you really want to fight someone off the board it's not really fair to send Clay, he makes Triple H look puny. We'll send arguably our smallest guy, he even uses the motto "I am diminutive and my sword arm is slow". Plus he's near by. What you say guys? Should we let Vitus have the child? Tha...

Murdock

I seem to break rattan like crazy. I mean i break at least a stick a month. When i'm fighting alot maybe a stick a week. They seem to break about 8 inches from the point almost every time. I am looking at about 9 broken sticks since Last Spring Crown, and i've thrown away at least as many or made th...

Murdock

"She didn't have any specific references to women's armour, but talked about women fighting in the 100 year war in France."

She must mean Joan of Arc, but every depiction i've ever seen on Joan she was in mens armour.

I don't think she was as well endowed at the person the breastplate was built for.

Murdock

"The idea of the SCA being a blanket org for all sword weilding eras is, as we can see, a successful idea, but I think that there should be divisions by era, or war. I think I make sense here, but if not, just thump me on the head to reset my brain." Make s a heck of a lot of sense. SO much that tha...

Murdock

" Or are you just trying to get everyone into white harness, Murdock? " Man that would be soo nice, real armour everywhere, all shiny and aahhhhhh...... Oh wait zoned out for a second. I'm sorry but you should be hitting hard enough to cause at least bruising on an area covered by noting tougher tha...

Murdock

Thats a little clearer than mine, great! so Bob, your saying it's basically trap the arm to the shoulder with the left, by a Fiore boars tooth lift then step back. If he puts the fulcrm of the throw on the elbow he could possibly break it as well. If the right foot is back i think you may be right. ...

Murdock

I think i am looking at it. If it's the same picture, it looks like the guy on the right has the guy on the left in some kind of single arm trap or elbow lock. He's throwing someting that looks alot like a "scorpion shot" from the SCA. Of course the pic is fuzzy and for all i know the caption is "gu...

Murdock

It should be a blow that you believe, on your honor, was representative of a blow capable of injury through the assumed armour.

IE you should go "ow" or at least "glad i have armour on, that would have hurt pretty bad."

Nasty bruise on an unarmoured spot seems about right.

Murdock

I'd have to agree that mean is the biggest factor in combat, followed closely by smart.Big can help but it is by no means a cure all. You get some huge guy that thinks he's indestructible because he's a building fighting someone he has already dismissed as a threat because of their size. The big guy...

Murdock

I see where many people are coming from here. Having been hurt in real fights, i know you can fight with multiple broken ribs, broken nose, cracked sternum, broken fingers, collar bone ectectectect. Often not even realising any pain until hours later. So the force level requierd to actually incapaci...

Does anyone else smash their stuff?