The Armour Archive

DukeAvery

I was taught and am in complete accord with "Don't break your toys." As to data, I am sure ours is flawed. Just in my own case, I have a torn ACL, a broken arm, a chipped tooth, a broken nose and 12 finger breaks that I have suffered in this game that wouldn't be in the data because I wou...

DukeAvery

... If you are going to have CA, you need a way to keep the spectators 'safe', so you either make them back way up, or you put up a barrier. You've made my day sir - thank you. I see that there are two major types of wars - "over yonder", and "in the round". Each have different ...

DukeAvery

Please be nice to the volunteers (even if you feel the need to flee treatment) . I broke my wrist at a Queen's Champion and fought two more rounds. I didn't know it was broken, and one of my "special forces" friends tortured me between rounds doing some kind of painful treatment. "It'...

DukeAvery

Share evenly.

This can be at the per event, per fighting day, or per battle level. In my experience, when there is not sharing sustained and vehemet social conflict arises.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

This is worth calling attention to - here we have a society wide standard (knee fighting) the perceptions of which are influenced by local conditions (indoor fighting surfaces due to enviromental conditions). I draw attention to this, because if you pay attention to other inter-kingdom issues this p...

DukeAvery

Greetings Fellow Archivists Inspired by Count Jonathan's excellent HIT HARD TAKE LIGHT thread, I would unearth another phrase from the sca's past/present which I found to be very useful, and indeed, pivotal in the sca's success. Feel free to share your thoughts - either in support or why you think i...

DukeAvery

Your Grace

I shall start another thread that we may explore the nuances of my statement, which I agree is not as 'qualified' as it should be (or perhaps even rephrased) which may be to the benefit of a handful among us.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

Thanks for the link. 2 limbs as a kill favors me against most sca fighters because I am particularly adept at leg strikes with s/b. So, in general, such a convention would allow me to advance further with less work - at least for a time. Roger that about crown - although I think it interesting to fi...

DukeAvery

Don't break your toys went and in glove with hit hard take light. Again, advice meant for advanced participants. It means, simply, that you can unload on a 300 lb dreadnaught class duke in a categorically different manner than a 150 lb newbie to cause the same amount of bruising. Ask the physics/med...

DukeAvery

What say you to 2 limbs count as a kill, wounds not acted out for our great weapons play? We can test it at practice but it seems to me it would improve the aesthetic of the play in that great weapons from knees or armed is particularly ridiculous. Just a thought however to improve the fun. While I ...

DukeAvery

That is very kind of you, Your Majesty. I note your squires are quite skilled and polite, which speaks well of you and your household. Bring what you desire is agreeable to me. If you will permit me a small jest - would you mind being staked to the center of the eric? j/k Otherwise, I should hpe we ...

DukeAvery

This statement was 'party line' during my Caiden days in the 80s and early 90s. It was intended for high end aspirants who, fighting on the aggressive edge, usually couldn't go wrong calling anything that hit with any authority. On points of chivalry you will find many fighters who seek 'safe harbor...

DukeAvery

Avery, I'll be at Bellatrix for the foreseeable Wednesday's, we can work greatsword technique there if you want. Uther is actually a monster greatsword fighter himself. I hope to take you up on that friend. As to Uther, I don't doubt it, but you should see some of my landsknecht friends (who I look...

DukeAvery

...I don't even like mocking these people anymore- it is incredibly vulgar for me to do so. It brings me dishonor with most anyone who overhears me. ... This is true, and something I stuggle with cyclicly. I saw one of my Ladies of the Rose this weekend (my mother) and she instructed me that even t...

DukeAvery

With respect, I declare for the old ways. Great fighters do not use big shields without being otherwise handicapped in a number of ways.

I hold the line.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

Duke Licurgus has already accepted, and I have high hopes that King Uther will do so as well. Both of these stalwarts have expressed interest in great swords, so I better get busy having never practiced seriously with one in my life. Regards Avery I believe that Count Thjothrekr (I believe the shor...

DukeAvery

I tried a 26" round once but it was too easy. My most successful squire (so far) was 6' 2" and I made him fight with a 24" round for a long while. He really wanted a little larger shield because he kept getting beat up no matter how hard he tried - and campaigned for a 30" oval, ...

DukeAvery

I wrote this for a polite squire and thought I would share since the the words ring right for me. As it is that each fighter travels a unique path to unlock their skills and chivalric demeanor, the proper shield size a fighter should use is highly dependant on a wide variety of factors. New fighters...

DukeAvery

Masterful. I think you are going to fool some marshals.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

Feel better? Sadly, I had to stop reading after the 2nd invective (or what I percieved as such), so the rest of your otherwise interesting rant is lost to me. That said, I would happily give you or other fighters counted blows should we ever meet on the king's field. I'll even offer counted blows un...

DukeAvery

Well, if this hypthetical roman had seen the new Spartacus, I can't imagine he couldn't be talked into small rounds. Fond as I am of An Tir's crown shield law, something similar to which Caid once had (and I approved of), I don't think it would go over very well in the West. I should think I would v...

DukeAvery

Oh and many thanks for the number of positive responses I've recieved. Please be patient as I need to acquire and construct a number of rattan weapons, reinforce sections of my armor, and get a mouth guard. A knight of the old school never strikes to injure, but mass weapons do tend to hit a bit har...

DukeAvery

So I hear that it is a time of new customs and systems - so "mine" (an old idea really) is in good company, is it not? We all know why the Bellatrix Fighting School considers smaller shields a greater display of skill - it is obvious and I decline to ellaborate. If it is not I sincerely su...

DukeAvery

Ok here is a funny story. I was at a GWW and I thought I hit some guy who blocked my shot into his jibs, twice. I got annoyed and after the fight decided we were gonna have a talk. Now one of our mutual friends saw me looking around and asked if I was looking for that guy and I said yes. His eyes go...

DukeAvery

I really must be selectively blind. I saw nothing wrong. I did see some great rigs! Me neither. Good shot calling can be hard. At this last crown I fought a knight who butt wrapped me a bit before I slew him. I asked him about the shot and he could offer no real opinion. I had to stop and think abo...

DukeAvery

Interval training (I can be more specific about what I'm doing if anyone likes) and thinking about breathing evenly and deeply is helping me (Paul's suggestion from West Crown). Like hydration, I think we perform best when we're on top of things. Thinking more about my breathing, even as I type this...

DukeAvery

... Some guy did say to me in the field, Hey I hit you three time, you're dead." I didn't feel even one, but I left the field anyway, which was probably wrong of me... No I think that is right in a field leader, in that if one such is percieved as being thick the field can go and will thick wh...

DukeAvery

Fascinating Spock.

I could fill in a good part of the rest of the known world in symmetry. I see more 'mountainous' shapes as aggregates are influenced by nearby curves.

I shouldn't have said 'so what was wrong with that?' way back when. My bad.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

I'm not against entertaining the notion that the phasing down of knee fighting might be in the long term interests of the SCA, but there is going to be groups in various kingdoms who will view knee fighting as a royal franchise - something granted of the king (and with it an implicit mandate to enjo...

DukeAvery

To say something is silly is to deride it. Shame is a poor tool if for no other reason that it tends to splatter badly.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

Dare to care! Well done (oh and check that helmet padding - I'm sure that got done already but just a friendly reminder).

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

I have become a supporter of the custom that the sca crown may limit the forms of the crown tourney they preside over. Thus, many different weapons forms may (and should) have their day.

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Avery

DukeAvery

That is truly amazing. This is giving me cool ideas as I've wanted to augment my armband with knotwork.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

I turn out to be eerily effective inspiring a select few. I don't know exactly why, it seems to have to do with my ability to focus (which can be hit and miss, and hence why I call myself a mood (sca) fighter. sca combat can be a great confidence builder. When you help people unlock their potential ...

DukeAvery

Side mounts and center-grips have different advantages and disadvantages. As an example, I recall finding myself right next to the king of An Tir and decided I wanted a piece of him. Normally, I don't aggress with my spear against shieldmen, preferring them to come to me but this time I broke this r...

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