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Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Hey, thanks for the vote of confidence. Some of those guys I don't really know. Aveloc is a no-brainer first pick. I'd include Baldar, even if he is a bit rusty Aleaghenononionan (From Meridies) (actually there's probably other Meridians, too but I couldn't say for sure which ones. They've always ha...

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Murdock wrote:Travis Page when i went to Auburn...

Wow. I think that's the Travis I knew in Pensacola?

Gaston
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since I was Yoshukai Cool i took Yoshukai for years. I got ready for my 1st dan test and well i was to broke to afford it at the time. Couldn't make the next one due to location. Then i moved..... yadda yadda yadda. LOL. Were you with Mike Foster's or Yuki Koda's? Is was USA Yoshukai (Master Koda) ...

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I was mildly impressed with it. It could have been worse I suppose. The TKD guy really upset me however. The twirling made me sick. I truely hate when a weapon falls into the hands of someone who doesnt know how to use it. Then of course he went wild on the ballistics gel with it like some insane s...

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I've come to love various center grip "heateresque" shields. I sold one to Cuan last year and I'm hoping he's usd it since. If so then you can see what I mean. I've taken to shields with keels rather than bosses largely because they go better with my armour. Also the keel is very useful for control....

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Lucan Dux wrote:Disney is correct!

Did you bring armour??

Gaston

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That's gotta be a typo??? Gaston Tidbits from the East Kingdom Mailing List: "The our new Prince and Priness of the East are: Lucan and Jana" "I believe the final four were Kelson, Griffin, Thorson and Lucan" I just got off the phone with an archiver that attended, I hope he'll post better details. ...

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Well met, cousin! It's a surprise to meet people who have any idea what kyokushin is, but a good surprise. Had my cheekbone cracked in my green belt test, had to fight two more rounds afterward. I kept fighting because I didn't know any better. But it everything was okay in the end. What were you a...

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If you mean my eastern styles, kyokushin karate and shaolin tiger kung fu. My main style was kyokushin, though. Regards, audax HEY! We're cousins. My main style was Yoshukai which has a lot in common with kyokushinkai though we originated from chitou-ryu. I used to do Japanese full-contact, the old...

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I have made a lot of "odd" center-grip shields. I say "odd" in parentheses because these shapes are not odd at all to historians or medieval people, just odd to SCA folks. I designed and helped build the centergrip heater belonging to Richard le Wulf which Duke Llewellan was seen using. I've built t...

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Yes, but which one The Baldar Blunts are quicker, easier, and require less maintenance. They are also a bit heavier and more aerodynamic. The actual range difference will vary depending on the bow and arrow of bolt length. Also the UHMW blunts vary quite a bit depending on the skill and patience of ...

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Yeah, I've even seen a 1360's illumination of what looks just like the big Asgardian V shields.... even the size. I don't like "2" because it looks too much like someone trying to maximize square inches with a shield size rule. "11" is sexier than "3". I find that sexy makes for a really good defens...

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Since this thread has largely become one of sharing tourney ideas, I'd like to share what we did for Panhandle this year... It's supposed to be a war between Meridies and Trimaris but it usually ends up being 90% Trimarians and this year with Katrina and such we decided to give up the premise and ju...

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The problem here is that "realism" and "authenticity" do not mix well with "fighting from his knees". Pretty much as soon as you start fighting from your knees to simulate a leg injury you have to give up on any hint of "realism" If an MD/Marshal wants to make rules that are less jarring to his medi...

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Once upon a time, the , now sadly defunkt, Wednesday night practice in West Covina was the Caidan knight & royal peer factory. Really, the only thing special about it was the number of really high-caliber fighters there. There was no structured "training"; practice consisted of an endless "bear pit...

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You can check out images I have posted of my work at my Yahoo pictures gallery: Malek's Yahoo Photos I don't have an opinion one way or the other on the strength of documentation for this armour but I do think it would be quite effective. Sure there are little gaps where an arrow might penetrate bu...

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Ansteorra Duke Alaric Drake You know I rarely see him at the top of lists made by Ansteorrans but I reallly think that a true student of the game HAS to put him up there. I see him a bit like our Gregory, who has also gone underrated for many years. Maybe now that he'll finally be a duke that will ...

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Politics aside, if I could find a way to fight Aveloc, I would jump at the chance if I was you. Hrogn I for one have gone great lengths to do just that and never been disappointed. Since his excommunication he has gotten quite rusty but is still probably the best spearman the SCA has produced and o...

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My wife just put up a bunch of new photos of Martinmas Moot (the recent coronation/crown list combo) and others on HouseAsgard.com m Of particular interest to everyone should be these pictures of our newest family member and first royal hound of Trimaris lounging in front of the thrones during court...

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Ldy Rhiannon wrote:
Richard Blackmoore wrote:
Steffan Von Dresdan is not a count or duke, only because he chooses not to enter crown tournament. Period. End of story.

Why

Not everyone who fights well is interested in or even suited for serving as king.

Gaston

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Your Grace, I believe your interpretation of the rule is the only interpretation that holds water. I believe by this definition the only THRUST to the face that touches and is not good is one that was not directed, i.e. an accident or otherwise out of the control of the fighter which is generally a ...

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dukelogan wrote:8-1 huh? you probably have been drinking. and if so its probably some local micro brew that requires the addition of a lemon slice.

Too high or too low?

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Neoteric Knight wrote:I made one out of wood. Easy to shape and really quite light. I used mahogany, so it is very hard and doesn't splinter. It's taken a few nicks so far, but that is it. Here is a photo.

The quillion looks very cool. Will you put a pommel on it too?

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I would concur that the Middle is, as you say, near the middle. It's a big kingdom so there is bound to be variation but overall it seems rare to find a midrealmer on either extreme of the spectrum. During our Passage of Three Seas this past Pennsic we had an opportunity to fight a ton of people and...

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I figure Gulf Wars this year is a moral imperitive. The new kingdom should get to have their first one be a big one and it will be just the right time for tourists to come inject some dollars into the local economy. The site owner has made GW a priority and is doing a ton of work for us. The least w...

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Hrogn wrote:Absolutely. That is what An Tir Squire tournaments are all about.....

Hmmm. That sounds like a great tournament format. Kinda like the William Marshal tournies they sometimes do in Meridies, but simplified.

Might have to try that.

Gaston

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I began my fighting career in Meridies and have remained mostly in touch with the fighting there. People bashing Meridies should try to see more of the big picture. The history is very important. As others have said, we really have two sepparate issues here. One is calibration level itself and the o...

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Vitus von Atzinger wrote:http://www.3wave.com/~csanders/coup.htm

I really don't know what to say about that.

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We tend to fight a very active style (some would say impatient ) but now that I think on it there are probably plenty of fighters who have had a single fight take 5 minutes, though nothing really happenned for 4.5 of those minutes. I doubt I've ever had a single fight take that long but then I've ne...

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I also found that the brass hardware is a bit heavy for a tourney sword since i prefer tip heavy swords so I have orderd a set of aluminum. That's the problem with making nice looking metal pommels and quillions, in order to be legal (1.25") they have to be far too heavy. Even the alluminum ones ar...

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I can and have done so many times. I preparation for our Pennsic challenge I did a "Gaston Pit" several times. It's like a bearpit but win, loose or drawn I stay in the pit and fighters stand in line waiting their turn until either they all quit or I quit. I never timed it but I suspect the longest ...

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InsaneIrish wrote:May I humbly submit Duke Sir Christopher Kensor and Duke Sir Garrick Von Kipock(sp?) if you are still compiling names for your list.

Duke Christopher is a great fight!

Gaston

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When and where I started in the SCA there was a saying, "Swords are made for hitting people ans shields are made for blocking. Don't confuse one with the other." Of course that's crap, but it's resilient crap that has been with SCA fighters probably from the beginning and has proved very resistant t...

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I consider myself well-travelled and yet off the top of my head I can only say for sure that I have fought 14 from your list. Then again there are quite a few I've never heard of and more that I know of but wouldn't recognize and so it might be that I have fought more of them. There are 7 that I kno...

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I can't answer this one because the response depends too much on small details of position and intent.

Gaston

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