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SyrRhys

Hello, So I am thinking about a crossbowman who I fought at a war practice last weekend. When I got close to him during a res battle , instead of dying and falling down, he yielded. Now in the Outlands we have a long history of full contact archers, so I do not know instinctively how to deal with t...

SyrRhys

Vitus von Atzinger wrote::twisted:

You're a pint-sized troublemaker, that's what you are.

SyrRhys

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:Then get back to work!
(And I don't mean your day job.)

What work would you have me do, sir knight?

SyrRhys

Oh no, Syr Rhys is back!!!! Hide the women and children... and the combat archers... and the siege engineers.... and the fencers.... and.... Owynn Greenwood - Squire to Sir Mitchel MacBain That's not true, I won't have anything to do with children, they're noisy and they smell. Oh, and I haven't hu...

SyrRhys

Wow! Am I ever an idiot sometimes! I forgot the close relationship between Codex Wallerstein and the DÃ¼rer Fechtbuch (if we may call it that). I wish I'd done a comparison before I put this paper together because DÃ¼rer's drawings are so much clearer than those in Wallerstein. As it happens they on...

SyrRhys

You get tired of the SCA for a veriety of reasons. I *strongly* dislike the way the game is played where I live now, but even if I lived back East again where they play a much deeper game I'd mostly go to events to be with my friends. I see so much potential in the SCA to do something meaningful, bu...

SyrRhys

"I've ruined more swords on stinking aluminum shields with minimally edged rims than I can shake the broken, broomed out husks of rattan at." I found a great way to avoid this, miss the shield and hit the fighter. Ronald LOL! That's mean, boss! Really funny, of course, but mean! You're so...

SyrRhys

Hugh, In the elbow cut to der Winden, it seems that you're using your sword to deflect hers as you step in even when you have a leverage disadvantage. Since your foible is on her fort, she should be able to keep her point on line as you step. Are you really counter winding there, or is there someth...

SyrRhys

How is someone winding against my blade any different then someone binding hard? The point is on line or it isn't. Strength against weakness; weakness against strength. Those are core principals of the system. I don't need a seperate technique to tell me that when someone is winding against me and ...

SyrRhys

It looks to me as though what you have worked out is in keeping with the principles of the system and perhaps that is why they were not spelled out as techniques. A moment in time in winden is the same as any other bind and can be dealt with in a similar manner. I think what you're saying is that c...

SyrRhys

I'll take some time to read it and work through your explanations before just making an off the cuff critique A reasoned response based on actually reading what I wrote? Who are you, and how did you get on the internet? Seriously, that's great, I'm interested in what people think about it. I was be...

SyrRhys

Hi Folks, I don't know about the rest of you, but many of the plays of the longsword in part A of Codex Wallerstein have bothered me for quite a while. I've had a lot of difficulty interpreting them and even more in understanding how they fit (or don't fit, as many have argued) in the Liechtenauer s...

SyrRhys

Wish I lived closer. Just too much of a commute from Texas. Hello, If you're interested in medieval combat why not join our Yahoo list? It's true that you can't learn techniques by talking about them, but we often discuss sources, misconceptions, the differences in styles, training ideology, equipm...

SyrRhys

ticeetal wrote:PM Sent.

Matthew

Thanks, Matthew, I appreciate the help. Will we be seeing you Saturday? We're doing pollaxe and dagger!

SyrRhys

There are depictions of knights at foot combat with a buckler mounted on the quillons of a bastard or long sword in the off hand and a broadsword in the other. It may be late 15th but at least it's in our period and a knightly weapon system as is spear and sword. I believe you're talking about this...

SyrRhys

Hi folks, A last attempt to catch some local interest--tonight's class is pollaxe, a fascinating and deadly form all too often ignored by the WMA community, and one that has a lot of application within the SCA... come try it out! Directions: Take your best route to the 101 towards Van Nuys and exit ...

SyrRhys

Ney..and ney!! I've got to catch up on work then *may-bee* I'll start on your guys' stuff. IF you collect for my root beer & lap dance fund. I miss youz bastuds.. Did I mention that piercework in stainless sucks? there is no love. PS: Alaric doesn't need new gauntlets nearly as much as I need a Tal...

SyrRhys

Ugo wrote:I was gonna make it but I moved away & got busywith other stuff.

By the way--have you had a chance to start the Talhoffer buckler we talked about?

SyrRhys

Ugo wrote:I was gonna make it but I moved away & got busywith other stuff.

Hey, I did my best to pull you up to the middle ages, buddy...

I am no longer loved.

SyrRhys

kaspar wrote:Sorry I did not mean to lecture you! ... I will see which other snapshots I have which could be of help. Can you send me your email address via PM?

I got your e-mail, thanks! Let me know if you get my reply (sometimes e-mail is weird) because I have some questions in it for you.

SyrRhys

Churburg 18 is very well illustrated in my book "The Churburg Armoury" published by Hans Prunner Editore in Milan. In my opinion is an item worth having ... and you can buy it on line at m. If you want to read other AA members' reactions look in the forum. There are 8 pages of comments. Cheers. Car...

SyrRhys

Wow, thanks to both of you. Lee, I appreciate what you said a lot; I am often nervous about my own interpretations and it's nice to hear someone else sees what I do.

SyrRhys

LeeC wrote:I've often heard people say there is a lack of WMA stuff in the L.A. area Die Schlachtschule is top notch guys.

Thank you, Lee, that was very kind.

SyrRhys

For anyone who's interested in Western Martial Arts in the Los Angeles area: Die Schlachtschule, or The School of Battle, is a school dedicated to the practice of medieval German martial arts. We study a range of forms appropriate for knightly combat on foot both in and out of armor based on techniq...

SyrRhys

IThe real bear is trying to find steel swords (blunts or rebated) for combat work (preferably unarmored combat) that feel "right". Blunt practice swords that worked well were a problem in period, too. If you practice with sharps you kill your friends, but if you thicken the edges and beef up the po...

SyrRhys

I went to the antique arms show in Las Vegas last weekend specifically for the purpose of handling some of my dream swords from Albion (OK, and to see what a $300,000.00 shotgun really feels like...). I have long touted Albion as the best sword makers anywhere, but this weekend I got to handle more ...

SyrRhys

Rhys - I see your point, but I wasn't intending to speak only about determining the winner of a bout or a tourney. A fighter can beat 25 guys and win a spiffy prize - and still be judged by everyone who watches him fight. For good or ill - isn't that reknown and fame as well? I was merely correctin...

SyrRhys

Rhys - Yep, we're talking SCA. And since the people posting on Armour Archive represent a miniscule percentage percentage of FIGHTERS, let alone people who attend events, discussions like this should at least take into account this fact - regardless of your opinion of how those people's knowledge, ...

SyrRhys

In period I agree Rhys - but what about the SCA? With that sentence you highlight the real problem of the SCA--a far more serious problem than the small amoung of cheating in the lists. Like it our not, we as fighters are watched AND judged by those on the sidelines - other fighters, ladies, casual...

SyrRhys

But what about the Ladies of the Gallery, or the King of Arms at a Pas? What do they judge, and does their opinion really matter? Why do you believe that ladies (who were not combatants) or kings of arms (who were mere heralds) had anything to do with judging the martial aspects of a deed of arms? ...

SyrRhys

Ninja's? Not appropriate for European Medieval/Renn Tournaments. Though perhaps it would be entertaining to watch... With real ninjas you wouldn't see anything though. Plus they are masters of disguise. Count Rhys is actually a ninja. Well, now that the secret is out I can put away the fat suit at ...

SyrRhys

Nissan Maxima wrote:That's the spirit, Syr Rhys. You are exactly who I pictured advising Sir Vitus
to kick someone square in the nuts, "for right".

Hey, you should know me better than that.

SyrRhys

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:I am trying to be less evil, not more evil.
Trying.

Try it my way. I'm evil on the side of Right.

SyrRhys

Hello, I am looking for pictures of the breastplate and armet from Churburg #18. I have a photocopy of the relevant pages from the older Churburg book, but the detail on the breastplate is very limited (and my copy is pretty poor, so even high-quality copies of those pictures would be welcome). If a...

SyrRhys

Torum wrote:you wouldnt want to poist a pic of those spiked ones would you??

Here's a picture of a hound wearing a spiked collar from Gaston Phoebus:

Re: Yielding archers

Codex Wallerstein Article

Re: Spreading The Gospel

Re: Pictures of Churburg #18

WMA in Southern California

Pictures of Churburg #18