The Armour Archive

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First, there is no negativity. Simply clearly expressed superiority. Quite akin to how a football team might express superiority within a High School sports environment to other sports (say, for example, the fencing team). Those in the more "dominant" activity (e.g., the one there first, a...

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Maelgwyn wrote:Max, I think you have a very good list. Mind if I quote it in another forum or two?

Both the compliment and the question are an honor, and it would be my pleasure.

Humbly,

Max Von Halstern

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Which Kingdoms currently have C&T?

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The red on black is awesome. (1) Is there a red belt; and (2) as I enquired first, do I have dibs.

I can wait if necessary, and won't be crushed either way.

Thanks!

Max

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How much you spending???

Max VH

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Glaukos the Athenian wrote:A lb of each weighs about the same...

Glad to see your squire's belt has started to show, amigo!

Max Von Halstern

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Actually, I believe *I* may have been the first enquiry as to the next redbelted version...

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Max, what would you like to talk about? I'd love to talk about anything we do in the SCA and it's combat, as long as we don't start a ruckus with it as it gets going. We can talk weapons, construction, technique, system, anything. I'm almost wondering if it's not a "beer" conversation bec...

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What have I learned in the process? That using my techniques I use in the SCA are useless against an armored opponent in a real life fight. To use a lot of the WMA techniques meant for an unarmored opponent against SCA fighters who don't take them makes it useless in an SCA fight. As both of these ...

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Awesome! If you'd like a bit of professional insight for the next iteration: (1) What Suzerain said about the titles and such. Trying too hard with the "cool" video editing software. (2) As a promotional video, it doesn't do much promoting. You really need some up-front explanation of what...

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Let me know if you make another red-belted version.

I already got yer paypal info...

Max Von Halstern.

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Reach out to folks in our WMA in SCA group.

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/wmainsca/

Max Von Halstern

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1. Over 60% of the SCA has been participating for over 10 years. Folks are NOT running away in droves. From the Core Key Findings summary of our Census Committee: "When asked why they stopped participating, top responses were lack of time/money, bad experiences with people/local group, lack of ...

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It's also not "political" anymore than any other discussion of how the SCA is organized/run, which would mean Max's thread on the census belongs in "political" if this does. Sheesh. There all y'all going again, picking on poor little-old mind's-his-own-business me. Max Von Halst...

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Outstanding.

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At the end of the day, aspire to win greatly. But how can I win greatly if your efforts to "equalize" the fight forestall my opportunity for a come-from-behind (or even from-very-behind) victory? The fight is fun and fair from the outset. Like Chess. If you make moves that lead to a tempo...

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Ok grownup, why don't you explain how fair and objective the award system is instead of throwing pathetic insults. Did you learn debate in pre-school? Are there specific actions members can take to guarantee an award? No Is there a standardized time for award delivery? No Does a small group of enti...

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Meditated on it a little more. I think what fundamentally bothers me about it is the three-fold theft it represents. Firstly, "giving" me a "point of honor" steals all meaning from any potential victory I might gain over you -- proven simply by the fact that you are "giving&...

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Hey, Look!

A Pennsic Chain Gang!

Give me that Old Time Justice!

Max Von Halstern

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Skutai. If you can hack polling systems so goodly, how come you ain't SIR Skutai?

Just sayin....

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[quote="shinyhalo"]No, I'm serious. Why should a small group of entrenched people get to make the rules of this game? Why not the paying members? I mean, it's not like the sca "leaders" have done such a great job that new people are flocking to participate. Fundamentally, because...

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That's just really far from what I know our fighters to be. If they do it, it's meant only with the best of intentions. Offense shouldn't be taken where none was given. I guess what I don't understand, even after reading both of your responses, is how someone could truly be offended by an action th...

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Liviatasia: I think it more certain than harsh. *Medieval* Chivalry (as opposed to Victorian conceptions of Chivalry) is an aristocratic warrior ethos providing a code of conduct through which warrior nobility can provide military service for the benefit of, rather than as a detriment to society. It...

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Like so many others, I absolutely can't stand it when somebody gives up an advantage they well and rightly earned. I do not understand the premise for those who think it enhances your honor by giving away an advantage you *earned*. I believe it is more of an unmeant insult than an honor. You most ce...

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What needs to happen NOW is a change to a true democratic rule. The SCA should make a forum. Only paying members get to register on it. Anyone can make a poll on a new/old policy/rule. If, after a year, if 75% of the votes go one way then it gets made into an official rule. That will help steer the...

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Leo:

*Selective* ignorance. Humans tend to filter out that which doesn't conform to what they would prefer to believe and filter *in* that which does support those preferences. A behavioral heuristic we're all born with and which is hard both to monitor and minimize.

My $.02.

Max Von Halstern

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How're you doing the black and white?

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Congrats!

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If I may suggest, I gained a great deal of control on that since I started using the sword made by Duke Paul, which I intent to model my future ones after. He carves the grip rather aggressively, so that instead of a round grip you have a rather narrow oval, close to the shape of actual sword grips...

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The initial basic thrust we taught in our Scholum was integrated with movement so as to ensure proper technique and sufficient "lock" to land a truly solid thrust: Inside Baseline Uppercut Thrust Drill: Swords are thrusting as well as cutting weapons and ability to thrust is an assumed par...

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I believe that for most, generally the best way to throw a solid shot -- thrusts or cuts -- is to ensure that you not only generate the necessary power and momentum from the body (using any of the possible axes for generating such momentum), but to LOCK that momentum into the shot to ensure the mome...

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I believe that for most, generally the best way to throw a solid shot -- thrusts or cuts -- is to ensure that you not only generate the necessary power and momentum from the body (using any of the possible axes for generating such momentum), but to LOCK that momentum into the shot to ensure the mome...

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EVERY new fighter crutches on a shot at one time or another. ANY shot that is used too much is a crutch... but, um....everyone has to start somewhere. You suck at a shot before you are mediocre at it, before you are good at it, before you are great at it. Not completely accurate, my friend. There h...

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I would suggest one of three (not mutually incompatible) routes: First, minimize the dysfunction. Thus, focus on replacing the most dysfunctional, uncomfortable, or otherwise inappropriate pieces first. While the more directionality one might have in terms of era and region for the rig clearly help ...

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It's it's cheesy and it kills you, you're still dead. If I'm dead and it was a cheesy shot it's still cheesy. We could do this dance all day. The point being this is an ART. Be artful and awesome at it, not a stinky piece of cheese. I've gotten some kills with cheesy shots. I died of embarrassment ...

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