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:shock: our time is nigh. we (wma) are about to go mainstream, everybody! whee! we are really in when there is a salle d'armes in every strip mall like the McDojo's. Allen Tiger Schulman's Knightly Arts I need a hurl emoticon hehehehe. How about Hulk Hogan's WMA Program? 'Come on Brother, take your...

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Allen Reed wrote:
Trystan of Anglesey wrote::shock:

our time is nigh.
we (wma) are about to go mainstream, everybody!
whee!

we are really in when there is a salle d'armes in every strip mall like the McDojo's.

Allen

Tiger Schulman's Knightly Arts
I need a hurl emoticon

mordreth

You dump vanity, you keep humility

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Mordreth, I was concerned with preserving any original patina they sword may have under the rust, so I suggested to start with the mildest treatment that was sort of guaranteed not to remove even that, just the rust. Break free is awesome and I'd not hesitate to use it in a modern sword. But patina...

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Question, I have an old US Calvary Saber, supposedly one used by the Rough Riders, that my grandfather had passed on to my uncle who then gave it to his teenage son..... I rescued it from my cousin, but unfortuiently, it is now covered with rust. It is not heavly rusted, but it is rusted... What wo...

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No spooning on the field Show me where it says that! m 1. Only weapons approved for thrusting may be used for that purpose. Feinting as if to thrust with a weapon not approved for that purpose is prohibited. Before any bout where a thrusting weapon is used, the opponent and marshals shall be inform...

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Dante della Luna wrote:My Knight.

I owe you a good whiskey when we meet.
That was a perfect answer

mordreth

Guys
The SCA custom is that you acknowledge a kill by dropping, if you don't want to fall down in a melee stick to singles.
Life doesn't need to be this complicated.

mordreth

Anyone get around to saying "heart" yet, I think thats the undercurrent to every post.
You can learn it, you can earn it , if you want it you'll go out and get it, but you can't teach it to anyone else.

mordreth

Got no issues speaking up in favor of gospel true.

And I think I have always been a proponent of giving your opponent what he asks for on the field

Agnarr
Glad I could help

mordreth

IAs cheesey as it sounds I don't want to let any of these people whom I represent and who put their time in down at all. If anyone tells you that was cheesy they are wrong. Me - a sense of professionalism. I made a mental jump years ago that as Modreth, and in the 11th century this is what I do for...

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Because chances are, that pole arm guy is NOT going to wait for you to salute him and walk off, he's going to hammer you in the head, again, HARDER ( and rightfully so ). I have a problem with that. Is is right to sacrifice your own honor while challenging some elses. Not taking offence to you, but...

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Dang I wish you hadn't left the area.

It is said they walk upon the dead

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Hjlmr inn Danski wrote:Greetings,

I think I'd rather eat ludifisk.

Hjlmr inn Danski

I'd rather eat vegtables.

mordreth

It''s safe in Ethiopia where it's been for 3,000 years
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-pl ... 00712.html

Where does this nonsense with bolts of lightning, and death rays come from? I've read the old testament a few times and never noticed that

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Let me ask - What if, especially for limited front battles such as a bridge, the rule was that if you died and did not fall down, you HAD to retreat THROUGH YOUR OWN RANKS. Not to the side (seen a lot of guys "sweep enemy spears" that way), not forward. Straight back. The only unit and fi...

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So if you're shieldless assuming you're laying on your right side you go into a tight fetal ball, cross your legs at the ankles, your knees are supporting each other, right knee on the ground, left knee on the right knee, hold your halberd or greatsword across your torso with your right hand, so th...

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Sorry if I came across as callous. I too know several guys that have bad knees. But maybe, just maybe, you should expect rough terrain in a press. Walking into a breach battle/town battle etc. and expecting there to be no dead, is a rather stupid assumption, from my point of view. If you really fee...

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My buffet wasn't too bad, I walked back from the stage got a bunch of huggy bears from the order, kept looking for my knight, We moved back from the presence so court could continue, I looked for my knight, at last I spotted him, approached with open arms, and got a closed fist to the side of the ja...

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I've seen good armot and weapons on the honor guard at good vigils, kingdom gate guards who are doing a good job, and some reigns the guards who process the royals in, and stand guard by the thrones.

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So if you're shieldless assuming you're laying on your right side you go into a tight fetal ball, cross your legs at the ankles, your knees are supporting each other, right knee on the ground, left knee on the right knee, hold your halberd or greatsword across your torso with your right hand, so the...

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Interesting, Thank You
My knee and elbow cops are under no stress since they are suspended away from the Y strap
I also sort of cheat and use serious latigo for my armor and shield straps

mordreth

much more comfortable than a strap directly across a joint

mordreth

bigfredb wrote:I would normally have used the search function as I am sure this has been addressed before, but it is disabled.

Does anyone have any recommendations for online material (articles, videos, etc.) demonstrating SCA Great Sword combat techniques?

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=61794

mordreth

BTW - An assortment

http://www.silkknots.com/index.php

mordreth

Make sure your button hole is smallish, and you'll be fine. They rarely slip out of a cuff, so there shouldn't be a problem.

mordreth

"Time Machines" by Jay Anderson has a couple of chapters that are a very nice history of Re-enacting

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Primvs Pavlvs wrote:
Egfroth wrote:Now let's see a photo of you in it.

Or out of it!

Is there a little something about yourself you'd like to share with the rest of the class?

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There is no need, if people have been taught properly. But since there are people that can't see the difference between calibrating with armor, and wearing a big draping sleeve that slows down a shot before it reaches the armor, and calibrating as if the sleeve wasn't affecting the blow... There wa...

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I guess I dont see the difference between long sleeves, and moving out of the "sweet spot" of a wrap. Both take power off the blow, yet one is deemed OK and the other not? The former is passive, and if turning a telling blow into a light one before it lands, then is against the spirit of ...

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What do you all think of this, it was under the "Royal Whims" section: " Pouches, scabbards, excessively long cloaks and other adornment can interfere with calibration in the list and should be left until after the fighting to be worn. " I don't think I like it, mostly the "...

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192 in Winter, about 186 at top condition in the Summer.... Can you handle that Ms Kowalski? Rowan Audax, If you do that at Pennsic I will expect that you will come, pick me up and take me upstairs...... http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/rekas/streetcar/webimages/brando_hunter.jpg Rowan The Ansteorr...

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Recognition tape can have any number of solutions - at Pensic I love buying blue tygers for my helm, but that's neither here nor there. The numbered inspection sticker came in so that a serious infraction at Pennsic could be dealt with quickly, give us your helm, get off the field, show up at Marsha...

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I don't know off hand what the current policy in the East Kingdom is, but we have consistently prohibited "clackers" aka "splints" for , oh, thirty years or so. It is not clear to me why, but it has been a consistent policy. Q - how many members of the East Kingdom chivalry does...

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I have been told, that in the early days of the SCA, some people did take fresh-pieces of rattan, split them lengthwise, sand flats on the front and back of another piece of rattan and glue the pieces together into a solid block. When taped up it created a very heavy weapon which was prone to deep ...

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