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Jonny Deuteronomy

dear God not again
please not again

Jonny Deuteronomy

That's hawt.
Where's my bag of nickels?

Jonny Deuteronomy

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These folks can help you out.

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Johann ColdIron wrote:
William of stonebridge wrote:Oooh!!
Can you say ouch!!!

Man! His lips and nose are wrapped around his bar grill.

Holy 'Dude Needs A Chin Strap', Batman!

Who are the combatants?

Jonny Deuteronomy

Re lances breaking-- that's something we read about particularly in c15, less so earlier. Also, if you're trotting at someone who's also trotting at you, remember that you effectively have double the velocity at impact. As to dodging-- we are talking about a formation of cavalry charging a formatio...

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Neck reigning -w- the left hand always/only, then spur/heel pressure and lean gently in the general direction one wants to travel is how we do it when under arms. In armor one leans back when turning sharply, never forward, and keep the horse collected at all times. One also leans back to stop quick...

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Great Thread! The lance gets all wiggledy-piggledy very quickly when couched and lowered at the trot for more than a few paces. Tip control falls off to nil. Posting in armour is not alwasy ergonomically feasible. Can sometimes be especially rough on unrestrained male human external genitalia. A slo...

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Durasteel Corporation wrote:Revival Clothing...or Revival/Price?

Oops. I thought they were the same thing. Sorry.

For the sake of clarity:
www.Revival.us ROXXORS my SOXXORS

Have a nice day.

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Lighten up, Francis! (you know durn well that I am formally trained in all 4 of those ways, mounted & ground both for stage and full-contact) Which is why you should be aware of the differences. I'm not saying broader exposure for WMA is all bad. But I am saying that a lot of folks are going to...

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LeeC wrote:Like I tell my kids, we just have to make sure that WE are doing whats right, and not sweat what others are doing or might do.

QFT
you just won tha intarwebs.

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Brian Price returned my phone call same-day last week regarding a question about my order.

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Lighten up, Francis! (you know durn well that I am formally trained in all 4 of those ways, mounted & ground both for stage and full-contact) So if the crowd doesn't know the difference, won't it be just as exciting, esp. when they are told it's for real ? Unarmored even? Melee upon the ground w...

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They can compare their different combat stylings in the lists, with their weapons. The crowd should dig it.

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we should all start pushing right now to take WMA to the Olympics. if they can have TKD and 'fencing' why not mounted and unmounted WMA? You do realize that's what killed fencing, right? Had no idea. Don't really follow fencing. I do know that the Olympics are full of politics and pinheads. (like m...

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Mounted and unmounted WMA, done well, will be immensely TV-friendly. (imnsho)
Just think of all the trite drivel that the 'unwashed masses' enjoy on TV already on a weekly basis.
This should KILL.

...or do we really need more cop and lawyer shows...?

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it may happen just that way - time will tell. remember - this time it is all about our heritage as euro-americans. that will sell itself! fechtenbuchen unarmoured longsword competitions ought to grab some people's attention. we should all start pushing right now to take WMA to the Olympics. if they ...

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

whee!

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I just wrote up some really kewl stuff but it spontaneously deleted itself so I guess I wasn't supposed to brag tonight. I can take a hint.

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drool drool drool

I bet the turners on the rerebraces work correctly and everything!

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Here is a teaser video courtesy of Aaron Mialus: http://www.anglesey.org/ecc/vids/KingRe ... t.ECC1.wmv

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No one hates Romans quite like someone from Anglesey after the 1stC debacle there with the Druids. This persona tells people he took the helmet with the head still in it from a Roman during a retaliatory raid. People here diss Angus McBride for being inauthentic but when we started Anglesey Househol...

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Thx!

That tape covers up the big red (Midrealm-ish) Anglesey unit symbol sticker that I wanted/needed covered up in a hurry.

Source: Osprey Men-At-Arms Series #158 'Rome's Enemies 2 - Gallic and British Celts' and a few other Celty history tomes.

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Right after a vigorous joust with James Acuff, practicing for ECC1, Feb 2008. I am always this happy when they finally take the damnable helmet off. After a while it's like have a durn toaster oven bolted on your head. Note how my saddle is still spun to the right a bit from taking the weight of the...

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Probabaly not the most inspiring but does fit the thread topic. Roman-era (generi-) Celtic Thug tm, Deceangli tribe (welsh) light spearman (no shield or sidearm), replete with authentic Celtic hangover. aka: a Senior Bog Trooper and an Anglesey Kensman (tm and copyrighted) http://www.anglesey.org/im...

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We were loading my warhorse in that same sheeting rain around 8am, and he slipped on the load ramp and fell twice, hitting his tummy both times on the steel join ridge at the top of the ramp. His new front shoes had no traction even though the ramp has rubber mats. There was just sooo much water! We...

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What an interesting day! The weather was biblical in it's proportions. SO what did we do? We fought of course! The Armour Archive banner was flown proudly from the main dias. It is soaked but undaunted. This first East Coast Champion is: Barchan of Dingulbury While everyone else struggled with adver...

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I understand. Since we are not a renfaire or dinner theatre, we are free to modify or cancel the individual bouts with regard to the weather at that moment, solely as we the participants see fit. TGFT! The barns there are HUGE. If the weather becomes biblical, we will resort to the time honored eque...

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THIS THROWDOWN HAPPENS RAIN OR SHINE. NO POSTPONEMENTS OR RAIN DATES. EVER. (a KTP policy) ANY COMBATANT IS FREE TO DECLINE ANY BOUT OR ROUND OF COMBAT DUE TO POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS WITHOUT LOSS OF HONOR OR RENOWNE. (common sense must prevail) Tomorrow...your fight is in Upper Marlboro, MD....SO G...

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Please progress as you see fit.

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Itinerary: 1100am - meeting for all the day's combatants (mandatory) 1200pm - Promenade (all combatants and retinue march formally and are acknowledged (soft kit)) 1230pm - SCA-style Grand Melee (30 minuted of continuous martial madness and mayhem - all available on-site combatants are invited to p...

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Some of the guys from Grey's plan to kit out and head to the event to watch on Saturday. Would they be interested in standing around the ring like the heavy 'guards' in the picture plates in King Rene's book? That would look wonderful! OTOH, I can just as easily appreciate sitting down with beer in...

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Chris - GSMBristol wrote:
Trystan of Anglesey wrote:I am booking for 2 weeks later next year.
March 21-22, 2009

I'll mark it down on our calendar for next year so we know about it too!

2009 dates are unofficial until i confirm with the venue & the riders - will advise...so please use the pencil not the pen for this until then.

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I'd rather get walked on then wind up on the bottom of a huge pile of 'dead' with some hombre's bare stinky pennsic armpit smashed onto your grill with the hairs really long and poking through your grille and tickling your nose and making it itch and then sneezy and neither of you can move for 10 mi...

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Dude, you live near Bill? Go for it, seriously. Ain't nothing wrong with some good old fashioned Leichtenauer. Personally the verdict is out on Fiore. g,d,r! m Here is another neat tool there: m The real trick is that very few teach fighting in harness techniques. There was a lot i liked about Fior...

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I understand that GW represents a lot of business for your armoury.
I am booking for 2 weeks later next year.
March 21-22, 2009

Re: East Coast Champions: A WMA Extravaganza and Brouhaha