The Armour Archive

DukeAvery

All conflict is resource based. Is all social conflict resource based as well? I believe so. In this case the resource is the event itself. A sufficiently strong sca king can punish a whole war field by forcing mixed sides. Units will go to great lengths to avoid this, and this was one of the method...

DukeAvery

Only a united chivalry can tame this fire. It is greater than any one kingdom, but not the purvey of the Board of Directors. New accords must be forged at the war-regional level by the diverse hosts of the Society. There is precedence for this - it was done with the DFB protocols at one of the first...

DukeAvery

Priming the pump for Monday eh? Good call!

DukeAvery

6 and a half looks like a good guess to me.

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I'd pay attention to the grips shown in the tapestry as well.

Regards

Avery

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Forearms are legal and arguably the wrists. You could aim for them and for gauntlets to batter when used as part of a blocking strategy without breaking the written rules I believe. I would not advise it however. As a lefty I spend a great deal of effort avoiding my opponent's arm as an unfortunate ...

DukeAvery

Here it has been necessary to offer rebukes to peers of the realm. I view these men however, yourself and myself included Sir Richard, as victims of a poorly kept field. Thus, I offer my own chastisement to the Chivalry of the Society - "Our field is poorly kept. It is within our power to do an...

DukeAvery

Interesting stance. I use many hybrid stances myself to (hopefully) disguise my intentions. I don't think I point my feet at my opponent with sword and board, only spear. What stance do you use when you are only going to get one lick in and it is against a thick opponent? Regards Avery http://sphoto...

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However hard a man can throw sword forward, he can throw harder sword back with proper technique. It is true he may not usually need that power by virtue of his form, strength, and good graces, but it is equally true he may miss that power in certain passes. In one of the San Jose practice tapes the...

DukeAvery

I'd be surprised if Ansteorra would join in the tube ammo as we have the safety record to back up our use of shafted ammo as well. Well, I'm not convinced it is all the safer for spectators anyway. The Calontiri believe so. Maybe they are right. What about a heavy crossbow with shafted ammo ban? Th...

DukeAvery

But kingdoms like the West and Caid will never willing go for a shafted ammo ban and they have the safety records to back it up, spectator issues aside. But if you can get the Outlands, Calontir, Artemisia, and Ansteorra behind a tube ammo standard at Estrella it would also greatly reduce the specta...

DukeAvery

Greetings I was asked why I use the sword back, resting on the shoulder guard. This style seems to have fallen out of favor while I was disinterested in such matters. Properly done, the shoulder is actually tensed back and only very lightly resting on the shoulder prior to power generation. First, w...

DukeAvery

As the world's leading authority on being shot with heavy crossbows with felwalkers I can tell you that past a certain point, every bolt is an insult. But I know most of you don't mean it that way so I walked away from the thing I loved most, sca spear fighting. I don't condone Balin's rants, but I ...

DukeAvery

The advice given to me by someone I trust in such matters was to "go as hard as you can for the 20 or so minutes". I do this every other day ideally and cross-train with it - elliptical, bicycle, and sometimes jogging. On the other day I do intervals with something like kettleball or rope ...

DukeAvery

It is difficult to be certain, but it looked to me like Sir Kerrigan beat you on wind. Your fight went on in a nice long exchange (looking great, but I can't offer any more thoughts because of the camera distance) after which you appear to be out of gas. I try to do a 40 minute cardio workout every ...

DukeAvery

Today there is a wealth of information easily accessible and well reviewed that wasn't so 30 years when this (sca) party got started. I myself am only just becoming familiar with the vast number of ways a landsknecht could dress - and why, and enjoying the process, not sweating whether I'm up to som...

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Your observations aren't very fair to some of the living history sub-groups that are developing internally or the vast work done by our laurels. I myself and pushing my friends (gently) to prepare and deliver living history quality demos. I'm a bit incredulous that you'd claim to have studied the wh...

DukeAvery

Bacon apple continues to crush the opposition in world pie tournaments everywhere.

DukeAvery

The SCA venue allows you to explore high levels of force and intensity at a danger level equivalent to that of American high school sports. It does this very well, but a baton isn't a steel sword, and may be said to only roughly approximate the handling of one. All these studies and arts are valuabl...

DukeAvery

Excluding the medievel accuracy aspect this argument between WMA and SCA fighting reminds me of "Kung-Fu is better then Karate argument", which in turn brings me back to child hood with the "Batman would wine Spiderman" any day argument. Both SCA and WMA have there pro's and con...

DukeAvery

I'm excited - knowing at any moment droves of highly historically accurate fighters are about to swoop down on the sca and kick all our asses. I mean, if you're good with a real sword - how hard could baton fighting be? I can't wait. I shall need a new hat for the occasion.

Regards

Avery

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You speak truly, but in a strange twist of irony Southern Crusades in Atenveldt often provides me with more spear fighting opportunities than most other events many times its size in one long CA free day (Either Friday or Saturday). That's gold. Regards Avery The level of barely veiled animosity in ...

DukeAvery

The level of barely veiled animosity in this thread should be obvious to any objective observer, and I assure you this had been going on for decades. Please ask your local leadership for effective methods of sharing be explored, such as those used by the West (Alden Wars) and those used by Atenveldt...

DukeAvery

As a forlorn effort at a re-rail, it is the pairing of heavy bows with shafted ammo that concerns me.

Regards

Avery

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Long live the People's Oligarchy of the West (POW) !

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Apple bacon pie is the most delicious of all.

DukeAvery

Here's what I wear with the maille... m Step 4 is particularly useful, given that your armored lines do not cry out "I've got sport armor on underneath". I would want myself to have more wrap around protection on the elbows. Can you link what sport armor products you're using here? Regard...

DukeAvery

Great thread! I've always looked favorably on maille in the sca (you guys that wear it are crazy badasses ). I've always joked that it is a pain amplification device for baton sca fighting. Until now, I didn't think it was possible to achieve a very protective (as in walk away from a bridge trainwre...

DukeAvery

The secret of a good event is to make it fun for everyone - serve as much and as many kinds of pie as you can. To do otherwise, especially in a volunteer group, is to cut off your nose to spite your face.

I call it the doctrine of the first party.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

Turns out there is plenty of melee fighting in the sca without having to be shot at. Just say "No" to non-consensual missile fire and "No" to 100% CA venues. Sir Johnathan has made a heartfelt and sincere attempt to reach out. If you get nothing else out of it, get that. Regards ...

DukeAvery

To armor effectively against the very highest force levels in sca fighting, you'll want some kind of plate. Collar bones, short ribs, shoulder points, forearms, knees, wrists and elbows should be heavily protected. But as a royal peer I just may get hit harder than most as well. YMMV Regards Avery

DukeAvery

My apologies for the derail. If you want to see Calontir like CA at Estrella, that seems to me an achievable goal with Atenveldt and the Outlands as principals. Calontir can field great salespeople and the Outlands and Calontir are pretty close as such things go. Get the right Aten and Outlandish ki...

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LANDDDDDSHHHHHAAAAAAAAAARRRRK!!!!!!!!!!!!

DukeAvery

You could be on a ship that sinks. Unlikely, but plausible. I'm just having some fun.

DukeAvery

From the peanut gallery -

While I agree that staying out of the water reduces your chances of being eaten by a shark by several orders of magnitude, I cannot agree that it is "zero".

DukeAvery

One of my recent sca list fights has caused me to rethink my giving up of my shield when I unintentionally arm my opponent, which in the past has been my consistent custom. One of my opponents, who is a friend, actually was angry with me for dropping my shield. For those of sufficient sca fighting r...

[SCA] Sword on Shoulder with Shield