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Ewan

No harm no foul Audax. Tasia If I were you, I would go to a set of "lost viking legs" like these: m without the cop. Do a 360 degree wrap cuisse though. Then put the mountain bike shorts under them. Cover them up with some baggy pants and you are more inline with your period. The system of rigid ove...

Ewan

Audax, Please note: A) I did not go behind you. I said this where you can see it. B) You suggested she get a set of these and "forget about leg armour". In An-Tir, for a new fighter these simply would not be enough, by themselves. (unless they really like lots of deep bruising) I did say they would ...

Ewan

Tasia,

I would not suggest the mountain bike shorts posted earlier. In your/my area they are not enough armour for a newer fighter.

Under something rigid they would be great but not by themselves.

Ewan

Boring. Compared to what? Dumb "Wacky Weapons" formats (done to make it more fun)? Bear pit retained wounds? (Dumb, 'cause I didn't earn the advantage I now have over my opponent) etc, etc, etc. Sir, I respect you and your opinion and your inspiration, but frankly many of your short "cryptic" respo...

Ewan

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:The format sucks.

I disagree.

Ewan

The more I look at these photo's the more resemblance I see to my style and "old castle".

Ewan

I have read the manual while in my earlier days. At that time I did try and incorpoarte into my game but quit after a while. Then due to an evolution, I changed my style again and now I think my style bears some resemblance to "oldcastle". Most of my sword starting position is similar. While planed ...

Ewan

Mine is six years old.

Looks like these:
http://www.plasticlegs.com/basket/gear-basket.htm

Ewan

Hrogn,

You are the best, man.

It's just that brand of common sense that made you a good marshall....
and a helluva funny guy.

Ewan

Duke Sven Gunnarson is the new Crown Prince of An-Tir!

Savaric de Porte des Lions was elevated to the Order of Chivalry and Sigurd Kerr deRoxbury was put on vigil.

Big congrats!

Ewan

My second helm had a "tie the lace behind the helmet" chin strap. It broke after a good face thrust from Sir Ivar the Black.

I installed rivits after that, using nylon webbing, and have never had a problem. Nor do I expect to.

Ewan

I had been taught to turn my head in anticipation of a face thrust, and had no idea it was considered offensive. I was surprised to read your post. How is this regarded in other areas? I believe you were taught to break the rules. Turning your head from a face thrust is no different than raising yo...

Ewan

Maybe now, there are more people on the forums, so it might work... but it didn't last long when it was around the first time. Kind of like the "Warrior Ethos" forum and the "Melee Tactics" Forum that a small percentage of folks were all about awhile back huh? AllenJ: You continually make underhand...

Ewan

In my area it would have to be Kvigr, Sir Ivar the Blacks Squire. Wernar the Wild is right there too, also Squire to Sir Ivar. Good Call Ewan. Kvigr has added a His Highness in front of his name since this thread started and will make an excellent Knight/Count/ Duke of An Tir in the future. That's ...

Ewan

I fight because I am a violent person. My hobbies allow me to express violence in a manner which does not get me sent to jail. I express affection thru violence. You are my good friend if we can mix it up then afterwards drink Single Malt, Irish Whiskey or home brew (OK a few drink sodas). But I fi...

Ewan

Frieman, you crossed a line. She's an adult and you need to start respecting that. You knew it would upset her when you started this post, so you should have not written it. The rest of you guys, stop treating her like she's "special". It's condescending and quite apparent she neither needs nor des...

Ewan

Oh,
I'm not running to "get away" but rather to maintain my preferred range. So I'm not worried about him catching me, but rather keeping him at the longer range.

Bad idea?

Ewan

Wow. Lots of good stuff! Allen, the thrust is one of the things that I identified would work on Gunther. In the other fights I got a few thrusts by his guard but missed sticking them. Need to practice my accuracy. Thanks. Animal, your comment is just as valuable as the others... in a different way. ...

Ewan

Hrogn
Too much info for me to comment on without holding a sword. Later.

Belts aside, you are still my squire brother. Other than Gunther there is no one else I have fought as much. So I will take your comments to heart.

More later.

Ewan

Good stuff here folks. Thanks. It will take some time and actual fighting to put some of these into perspective. Corby Sword foot forward isn't a "natural" for me. I was trying some range ideas for feints etc. More questions later. Ieuan After we finish moving you and I can work some on some of thes...

Ewan

Hi all. Here are the links to some video of my Knight and I fighting. They aren't the greatest and some of the files are very, very large. (I am still looking for editing software that will handle .MOV files). Right click and save as would be your best bet. My son shot the video so it isn't great bu...

Ewan

Also making a comeback push.

Fought for 1/2 hour Friday night. Pushed pretty hard felt good.

Fought for a couple of hours Saturday. Pushed not quite as hard. Felt good. Sore today.

Drove all day Sunday.

See you next Monday!

Ewan

My heart yearns for an opportunity to test myself in the crucible that is the myth of the Couter...

Alas, I fear it will not soon see the western environs that may allow me to strive for it.

Ewan

Most of An-Tir went:

Earl Amalric who?

He was knighted out East and reigned in Atlantia...

Who's got some cool stories about An-Tir's crown Prince and Princess?

Ewan

Congratulations to Their Royal Highnesses Amalric Blackheart and Caia Snowden who defeated Viscount Vik Vikingson fighting for Viscountess Inga the Unfettered.

Ewan

Go Gann!

My money is on Roak or Sarnac (with a hope for Gann)

(I don't know anyone else on the list except for Master Trumbrand and Kaylah)

Ewan

In An-tir this is expressly forbidden during King Sven's regin.

Other than that it is a sure way to get a tlking to and if you persist will probably impede you getting talkied about (in a nice way) by the chiv.

Ewan

In An-Tir you have two distinct regions: 1) Eastern An-Tir (Avacal and environs) 2) I5 Kingdom Core 1) Eastern An-tir seems to require less power than core. There are more "Iron Chicken" style heater people in Avacal. Lots of centre grip rounds and lots of vikings. Deep offbody shots and deep wraps ...

Ewan

Here is the thread, I dunno if the pics still work or not:
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... ht=#425779

Ewan

HG Gaston may may be the guy you are looking for. I made one of these as well but it needed extra padding to be legal. The head came from Wal-Mart. I bet they still have em. FWIW plane your rattan down under where the mace head will sit and wrap it with a mouse pad before attaching the toy. That sho...

Ewan

two things i noticed, 1) you fight witha moderatly deep stance, if you shorten it your range will increase as will your movment 2) Why do you fight with your sword behind your head? do you want your oponent to see everythign coming? Tarquin Tarquin, regarding #2, I see that style more popular in ki...

Ewan

Slang terminology to describe certain guards.

No different to me than the german or italian terminology. They mean something to you, these mean something to me.

:shrug:

Ewan

Need to add an avantail. And a good looking gambeson. And stainless soupcan polyens.

Ewan

two things i noticed, 1) you fight witha moderatly deep stance, if you shorten it your range will increase as will your movment 2) Why do you fight with your sword behind your head? do you want your oponent to see everythign coming? Tarquin I can't fight "A frame" very well. (can't get enough power...

Ewan

Actually I'm going to disagree with Frieman here. There are three constants in EVERY martial art. Breathing Range Footwork Savaric was beating you with a combination of Range and Footwork. You two were NOT using the same foot placement, if you notice, when Savaric takes his shot he is right leg for...

(SCA) An-Tir Crown - New Chiv members

More videos and critiques requested. Large file sizes-sorry

An-Tir Crown