The Armour Archive

Jean Paul de Sens

in the best of video i accepted a loss to alaric. the shot i took wasnt very hard but it was the second time he contacted my grille with it and i completly missed the block. he argued that it was too light but it just should not have gotten through. booooo alaric! he normally hits pretty hard but i...

Jean Paul de Sens

I'm having a tough time ranking them. Ed and Tighearnain both have a good shot, Walrick has been pretty hot lately, I wouldn't put money down against Duke Mathghamhain unless I was drunk. I'm calling Lord Zhigmun(Zippy) as the unbelted dark horse though. I think he would have to bring his A game an...

Jean Paul de Sens

Audax, to be a knight you have to be a leader, and an exceptional fighter with your chosen weapon. In Ansteorra, you also have to be a decent sword and shield fighter too But if you can take your best weapon out there, and hold your own with that weapon, you can still be knighter Sieur Jean Paul de ...

Jean Paul de Sens

Looks like Craven and Aaron are taking breaks... hmm...

I'll be rooting for Ed and Tighearnain personally

Haven't seen them guys in a while, hopefully one or the other will be heading to Gulf Wars

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

Fascinating. I love how your fighting technique violates many of the "rules" that were taught to me when I started fighting. Deception level is amazing. I know that many of those fighters *are* great fighters, and still you managed to have very convincing body fakes and misdirections. I th...

Jean Paul de Sens

I'll be there too My wife rules so I'll be on sight Saturday before gate opens, and I'll of course roll out to the line party. I want to point out that Eleanor is an *Ansteorran* bard, she's just on loan to Ealdomere (much love guys ) I'll be running armoured battles on Saturday, and probably securi...

Jean Paul de Sens

Hey guys, wanted to chime in. Regarding Sean's question, a thrown spear hits *on average* harder than an typicaly spear shot primarily because we tend to hit people with spears near the end of our range, and we (the person using the spear) are usually in the process of slowing the spear down so it d...

Jean Paul de Sens

Servus! When did this turn into a discussion about two sword defense and what is "Florentine"? My advice still stands - use halfsword! How will that help? you just gave up range and power. Ok, you've got a better blocking device, but he's got two weapons.... my advice? Get thee a polearm....

Jean Paul de Sens

It's not square! LOL, yah I know. I've been experimenting with other shield types. I'm right now dividing my time between the large heater and the landschnect shield I had made for me by some friends... I'm probably gonna talk to Johannes and have him make me a larger landschnect size shield that w...

Jean Paul de Sens

Dmitriy wrote:JP.. your shield!!!

What about it?

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

If you want the tree to go with the Ansteorran Fall Crown, you can add the link here:

http://marshal.ansteorra.org/armored/in ... 9&Itemid=2

Jean Paul

Jean Paul de Sens

Hey, ya think they hit hard at Estrella.. try going to Pennsic sometime.. some of the folks they have to ship by trailer to Pennsic hit like freight trains. I've only been to Pennsic twice, as opposed to 20 or so Burro Creek/Great Desert/Estrellas, so my data set may be skewed, but my experience of...

Jean Paul de Sens

Maybe it was made to look period Iean was up this week and we were studying the new churburg book. We were both really surprised at how "off" things were. Both of us had always been under the impression that most historical armor was "close to perfect" while in fact the super closeup pics that make...

Jean Paul de Sens

Sir Jean Paul, Glad that you enjoyed it! It was a fantastic Crown Tournament overall...it was a very cold day, though (about 35 degrees). I'm about to remake a DVD of the tournament with chapter breaks and the ability to slow down, zoom, etc. The DVD I originally made looks incredible on our big sc...

Jean Paul de Sens

I put up the videos that one of my friends took of this last fall crown in Ansteorra here:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... E8EAF87829

Jean Paul

Jean Paul de Sens

Excellent. Just got done watching it. Nice fighting at all levels. Really enjoyed watching that. I'll see if I can find a way to show it on my big TV at home.

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

I've done a couple of things in 4130, and I tend to transmission fluid (same as oil) quench. I don't typically need to temper afterwards like I do when I water quench. I've never needed to brine quench. I use .032 and .040 for my stuff, which works out to 23 and 21 gauge or so. I've had a pair of ha...

Jean Paul de Sens

If we are talking Barnes and Noble... then no benefit. For the smaller facilities and publishing houses (or manufacturers or suppliers of any type) it can defintiley behoove the buyer to create a relationship. Perhaps in your case but not in mine. This is the only book I am buying. I have no need t...

Jean Paul de Sens

We sure this was Atlantia?

I mean look at this pick
http://www.skorri.smugmug.com/gallery/2093170/16/108078152

Two fighters, and neither one of them wearing a bascinet...

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

Ok, well no problem. I might still pick up one or two of the helm tops...

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

I know that you are still probably still going to be hobbled up for a bit, but any chance that you're going to have people at the booth at 3 Kings this weekend?

If so I might make some arrangements to pick up those helm tops there, and save us both shipping and handling irritations.

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

Mark me down as another satisfied Windrose customer. I've bought 5 helms from him over the last 6 years (I love getting a new helm ) Prices are extremely fair. Regarding Burgonet's, Patrick Thaden does Carbon Steel, Windrose does stainless. They both get the lines very attractively, and with excelle...

Jean Paul de Sens

Question, what is the Alexander method? m gives a good overview. The principles Ken mentions are solid. What is the easiest way to get one of those tests and what should one typically cost? Lots of fitness places offer this testing. They run in my experience between $50-$100 bucks. The same places ...

Jean Paul de Sens

Regarding RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate), I went and took one of those tests this monday. It was *extremely* informative. After testing my RMR was 2310 calories a day. I was impressed. I didn't think it would be that high. It also (to me) explained why I had sooo much trouble on Weight Watcher's 1300...

Jean Paul de Sens

Regarding RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate), I went and took one of those tests this monday. It was *extremely* informative. After testing my RMR was 2310 calories a day. I was impressed. I didn't think it would be that high. It also (to me) explained why I had sooo much trouble on Weight Watcher's 1300 ...

Jean Paul de Sens

so after losing your arm how did you respond? did you drop your shield and fight with your original sword arm or did you switch arms? and, if so, what did you do with your now former sword arm? just wondering. regards logan Well, he lost *his* shield arm. It was practice, and he just yield. In a to...

Jean Paul de Sens

ah ha! and i thought all ansteorrans fought with those giant weird rectangle shields and threw those little choppy shots down the center. of course i havent bothered with gulf wars for a few years and thats where my memories come from. thanks for the clarification. by the way, let me know how to hi...

Jean Paul de Sens

As the Earl Marshal of Ansteorra, I can safely say, elbow cops are required in Ansteorra. And due to the prevelance of the "open high style" in our kingdom, the shield as held does not *TYPICALLY* protect the elbow. I hit a shield elbow this weekend at a regional practice. I intend to run a poll nex...

Jean Paul de Sens

granted. but last count i had there were nine or so kingdoms in which fighters fight with naked shield elbows. so, im going on 20 years + 5 (to be safe) kingdoms and guessing each of those five kingdoms have at least three or four hundred fighters in any year. i think thousands is easily done. too ...

Jean Paul de Sens

hardly. in the last 20 years atlantia alone has fought with naked shield elbows and unpadded aventails. i think if you add the authorized fighters in atlantia over that period of time you will approach my offered numbers. now add all the other kingdoms that do the same and i think my figure is very...

Jean Paul de Sens

cool. you may want to mention to him that many kingdoms disagree that this is an old rule. but, regardless, lets say it is an old rule and that our take on it has been wrong. lets say then that a hard elbow has been required for the last 20 years behind a shield. given that, what sense does it make...

Jean Paul de Sens

Ceddie wrote:...not a problem just something to be aware of in a fight so you don't whack someone with the flat.

what's wrong with hitting them with the flat? They don't have to call it.

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

Easy in my kingdom Sir Asoph Earl Daffyd Sir Anton Centurion Ysfael Master Oxlade Sven Sixstrong Me (Sieur Jean Paul) Equis Cassius Centurion Angus Centurion Angus (that's not a typo, we have two of them, and they are both good with a glaive) If I think hard, I can come up with some alternates too. JP

Jean Paul de Sens

Men who -on the field- truly look like medieval knights, they act like medieval knights, dress like medieval knights, know history well , fight like knights and struggle to think like knights. Sir Rhys of Harlech Sir Nigel MacFarlane Sir Robert de Woodsende Sir Kieran Macleod Sir Brian Thornbird Si...

Jean Paul de Sens

My doctor more or less agreed with Cassandra. Use the brace while the body is still recovering, and then wean yourself off of it.

I used mine for 1 year or so, then stopped.

4 years later, I threw it away.

JP

Ansteorran Fall Crown Vidoes

Re: My dream team.