The Armour Archive

Diglach Mac Cein

Marshal's courts say that you do not trust your opponent and that is very sad. What if the opponent is a combat archer? Personally, I'm not commenting on this particular incident. However on the whole, the process of the marshalls court at Pennsic DOES work. Either mediating misunderstanding that e...

Diglach Mac Cein

Balin -

There are some fine, fine decaffinated products that taste just like the ones with caffeine. Please try a few.

Diglach Mac Cein

This - I have been part of a marshal's court before. I have faith in that system. Having faith in that system does not mean that you agree with every decision that comes out of it. I was not present for this year's marshal's court at Pennsic, so I have no opinion of the matter, but allow me to relat...

Diglach Mac Cein

Let it go folks, the issue has been addressed.

Given the target being discussed... maybe not the best choice of words?

Diglach Mac Cein

Wow. I'm wounded. Really. . Did you post this while watching iCarly or something? This reads like something my 13 year old niece would send. LOl and they would do what again LOL "Balin you have to go to marshal's court"Dun dun dun " Nah tell to suck eggs" ..."he said what we...

Diglach Mac Cein

Did you post this while watching iCarly or something? This reads like something my 13 year old niece would send. LOl and they would do what again LOL "Balin you have to go to marshal's court"Dun dun dun " Nah tell to suck eggs" ..."he said what well he can't fight anymore at...

Diglach Mac Cein

Don't go to Pennsic then.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Pennsic rules.

Balin50 wrote:Eh just go to the Crown the last word skip the mid lvl dudes, or accept the apology (since no one was hurt) and move on. Glad we do not do them out here. As for the "rules" where i did not find it in here:http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/docs/marshal_handbook.pdf

Diglach Mac Cein

Well, marshal courts are thankfully rare, so you might not have run across one before.
But it has been available as a recourse at every Pennsic I've been to - since Pennsic 14.

Right there, in the rules.
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Diglach Mac Cein

Yeah -

Sorry Balin - but Marshalls also make sure people are following the rules. And enforce the rules for those who choose not to. To think that this wouldn't be necessary, especially at an event the size of Pennsic, isn't very realistic.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Amazing that folks get to spend a week doing stuff we LOVE, and then focus on the WORST things that happened.

Especially the he said / she said stuff.

I too, feel the worst thing about Pennsic XL to me was that I missed it.
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Diglach Mac Cein

Very cool. I love seeing photos of your job.

Diglach Mac Cein

I understand spooning is OK on occasion....

(Too good of a straight line to pass up.)

Lucan Rex wrote:Please let me know if the cupping was done by any Eastern fighters so it may be addressed.

Diglach Mac Cein

Boy - I do have to say - a left-handed fighter, ESPECIALLY a novice often throws a wrap aroudn the shield to hit the leg - often the lead leg. When a right handed fighter bends he knees to block it, it can often result in a cup shot. Usually, experience teaches the lefty to lower the point to avoid ...

Diglach Mac Cein

V, the QUALITY of the work you do - especially at the prices you charge, makes whatever wait there is worth it.

If people want stuff faster, charge more. You gotta put food on the table.

Diglach Mac Cein

2x4 uprights? Nope. 4x4 uprights? Better. Bridge battles are a different beast. If "rugby tactics" were less common than they are, I could see a system with a rail and the like. You have to take that into account - both the damage to the railing, and potential increased injury to fighters. .

Diglach Mac Cein

Awesome kits, Nissan.

I'm still working on improving my one kit - and you have three really cool ones!

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Diglach Mac Cein

TRAIN, don't just spar.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Pennsic HAS a fort - but for town battles / broken field or the bridges, maybe.

There are storage facilities nearby. Trick would be how long it would take to switch from a town set up to a bridge, and then clear them for the field.

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Diglach Mac Cein

If anybody's got any better ideas, I'm all ears.

Getting a helm that fits must be a real bitch...

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Diglach Mac Cein

By nature, I'm a "brawler" I suppose. But like Cathal and Brian, I try to play outside of my opponent comfort zone.
Dictate the flow, temprement and tempo, then change when your opponent isn't ready for it.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Yeah, pricey. Fit the bill though, might give us a starting point on alternatives. Plus you could get them printed in a "wood" or "stone" pattern to improve the look at a distance. I recall a couple of Pennsics were the buildings in the town battle had sheet walls - IIRC, the bot...

Diglach Mac Cein

They used to do the mine at Blackstone with 2x4s and HEAVY black plastic sheeting (like the kind used for landscaping). Stood up reasonably well.

I miss the mine fight. It was fun.

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Diglach Mac Cein

http://www.sportsgraphicsinc.com/Side-Liners.html

http://wallpaddingsolutions.com/sideline-barriers.php

Eh?

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Diglach Mac Cein

Ah, more plastic barrels on the field... (JOKE!)

With all the road construction in Ohio right now, we should use orange barrels... A 9' wide bridge would be like driving down I-75!

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Diglach Mac Cein

Exactly. I also throw it less as a "snap" (baseball pitch) and more like a "punch". My doc is a sports med specialist, with all kinds of neat toys (through Ohio State University) - the flat snap is very much like a baseball pitch, with a heavy ball that we hang on to - a practice...

Diglach Mac Cein

The rule was put in place a couple of years after the last Pennsic Quest - apparently some camps were holding fights in camp, tossing out the SCA rules, etc.... And in one case, the fight rolled into someone's tent. Also, there were some complaints that bouts in public areas blocked up traffic, espe...

Diglach Mac Cein

1) Yup - I'm a lefty. 2) Orientation, targeting, front or back blade edge (thumb lead is back edge). A snap is a snap is a snap. The basic mechanic is the same, regardless of where the blade ends up. The power generation come from the same technique. A slot is a snap through a verticle gap, a thumb ...

Diglach Mac Cein

.....which unfortunately, often overshadows making Pennsic battles the most fun possible for all the fighters on the field.

IMO
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Diglach Mac Cein

Throw a flat snap, but turn you hand palm down. It still shift the angle of the blade, though not as radically as a wrap. But it is also not going to screw up your shoulder or elbow.

The basic mechanics for on-side and off-side blows are the same - targeting is different.

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Diglach Mac Cein

The hose and droopy sleeves are late period. For earlier period, fitted pants (not as tight as hose, but not baggy either) and really any sleeve type.

Warm weather, upper classes didn't wear pants.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Leg. Head. Thrust.

Snap, thumb lead (I discourage real "wrap" shots due to the damage it can do to the arm). Everything is derived from those blows.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Yup, A cloak - could be really long, and used as a hood too. I've helped a new person do this - Found linen at $7.00 a yard, so a leine could be made for about $14-21, in a period cloth. A decent belt, brown, simple buckle at thrift store - $1.00 Sandals, all leather, no visible modern materials - $...

Diglach Mac Cein

Irish - pretty much any period from late Iron to Clontarf - Leine (long tunic) Belt (soft leather, not shiny) simple buckle. Brat (Rectangle of cloth) Gillies, even sandals - leather. You can find very passible sandals at many shops. Add "pajama pants" if you need to wear pants, or want to...

Diglach Mac Cein

I'm REALLY sensitive - been hospitalized twice because of it. I'm possibly out of the woods battle for the duration.

Old site wasn't bad at all.

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