The Armour Archive

jester

Ok, so I understand that the consensus/tradition in some places is that we don't do this, but are there actually any rules against it? Jester I think I know where your going with this. I think this is one of those do you want there to be a rule cases? If so It probably won't be to anyones advantage...

jester

Ok, so I understand that the consensus/tradition in some places is that we don't do this, but are there actually any rules against it?

jester

See, this is why I love dialogue. I've been running around all these years thinking that we're not allowed to make weapon to body contact with anything other than the striking/cutting/thrusting portion of the weapon. Then a knight in my kingdom points out that cross-checking someone with the haft of...

jester

I'll take:

Duke Ragnnar (Atlantia)
Count Havordh (Drachenwald)
Duke Malgwyn (Outlands)

A moderate payroll and a downright sinister lineup.

jester

Ouch. I wouldn't fight until I had that. I still have it, as a matter of fact. It's getting donated to the baronial loaner gear the next time I make it out to practice.

jester

Pick an experienced judge (a good use for tired old dukes) and let them decide. Is it subjective? Hell yes. Then all the combatants can get together over beers later and argue about who actually won, just like they did back in the day.

jester

One of the local TV stations ran a short piece on WMAW.

http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/hea ... rID=100713

jester

Society for Creative Anacronism, Inc. Weapon Standards: A. General 1. NO METAL, PLASTIC, OR PVC MAY BE USED IN THE STRIKING SURFACE OR SURFACES OF ANY WEAPON. Hope this satisfies your curiosity. http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/combat/armored/weapon_standards.pdf Interesting, as I noted in an ea...

jester

Not that I don't believe you, but can anybody provide references to the ban on metallic tape? Where is this ruling published?

jester

Ok, this is from the SCA Marshal's Handbook, Revised 2001, (the most recent revision), Section VI, (Armour Requirements) "6. Arm Armour a. The elbow point and bones at either side of the elbow joint must be covered by a rigid material underlain by at least 1/4" (6mm) of resilient padding or close c...

jester

Stahlgrim wrote:You could switch off hands.
Train in one disipline with your dominant hand and the other with your other.
Don't know if it will work.

Works for me. I fight SCA left-handed. I train Western Martial Arts right handed. Keeps me from being confused.

jester

I *browsed* this article at lunch today. I have nothing derogatory to say about it but it doesn't contain much information that a ten minute (if that) google search wouldn't turn up. It certainly looks favorably upon martial systems with Western roots and doesn't do any harm. I would re-title this a...

jester

Did you have a copy of the rules with you? I suggest to all fighters that they carry a copy of the Society and Kingdom rules with them in their armor bag. I think it should be required for Marshals (actually for officers at all levels). The number of participants we have who don't know or understand...

jester

Flank right.

jester

And for my next quickie project, Fiore Sword and Buckler. I did a quick compare of the single sword techniques in the Novati version of the document and the similarities are amazing. I'm going to put together a quick interpretation this weekend with just the single sword and then look at adding some...

jester

And siloflex is fine... I guess 'cause the name has "flex" in it... It seems by his Grace's quote that Siloflex would also be in question. It is a plastic "flex" or not. I wonder how Marshals will interpret this when inspecting those who use siloflex over Rattan. I know I saw a butt load of silo/ra...

jester

Aren't they referring to rigid materials? I mean, a strict interpretation of that rule would prohibit strapping tape, electrical tape, and even some types of duct tape.

jester

Uhm.... Offensive shields are not banned in the SCA (at least at the Society level). They simply have to be designed for that purpose and be passed by the marshallate. As I understand it the problem with offensive shields was: 1) punch daggers sticking out from the edge of shields and 2) shield spik...

jester

Since my feverish little brain is firing all synapses simultaneously and making all sorts of cross connections I'll throw out some ideas: Talhoffer's Duelling shields in the SCA: -Easy enough to do for rattan combat. A great big shield with a rattan stick running down it's length and thrusty tips at...

jester

They call them shields. Schild. Hackenschild in the case of the shields with cut-outs for hooking. They also show these puppies being used with swords and clubs.

jester

m Okay.... This chart is a draft and I am already working on producing a better version. So this illustration is incomplete; missing translations and not cleaned up for visual comprehension. The whole thing is working from a basic idea. All fighting is fighting. The basic principles of hand to hand ...

jester

Just a new look at things. I stepped away from I.33 for a while because I was obsessing. Literally. I was carrying 20 pounds worth of books, notes and reference materials with me everywhere I went. Too much information and I started turning in on myself. So I took two months off. I came back to the ...

jester

I was told by somebody who knew more than me that it would be a bad idea. He said that it would appear that I wanted to propose and experiment in the SCA, and thus a rabble rouser. He also said that it would look like I was making fun of kingdom A&S. freiman Absolutely. The SCA is all about conform...

jester

From Talhoffer's Fechtbuch aus dem Jahre 1467

Can't you just see a tournament list with these babies?

jester

The question wasn't put to me. Hugh is much more experienced and has better education on this. He doesn't need to ask my advice. The question he posed related to the ubergreiffen. He was wondering why the cut was shown with one iteration of the technique and the thrust with another. My explanation i...

jester

dukelogan wrote:godfried
valharic
robert de rath
tash
talun
sinclair
byram
connor sinclair
dammuth
bryan killian
afshin
jonathan
sean mckelly
luther
henry west
brandon

deadline hasnt hit yet so there is no telling who else will enter

logan

Ditka coaching?

jester

Hugh Knight (SKA Count Sir Rhys ap Harlech) just revamped his interpretation of this material and posed a question. I attempted to answer it (I was wrong, but that's okay), pulled out my old flowchart, accidentally moved one of the images and stumbled on to this. Visually the interpretation works (l...

jester

Fascinating! I'd never taken more than a passing glance at I.33, but this is genuinely interesting. Much different from Fiore's "active defense" and worlds different from Talhoffer's constant agression. The principals at work seem to be slight direction changes, economy of movement, and control of ...

jester

in time. things like this will go away. thankfuilly I believe that time is rather close. Only if folks take speak out or take action. Several folks on this very thread have taken such actions to improve our combat. How do we change this particular aspect. Tough. The SCA has moved away from the conc...

jester

According to our rules, yes we are killing our opponents. Our rules also allow for not killing our opponents, however. HOTBUTTON RANT ON -> This basically boils down to a lack of defined intent. SCA combat can be whatever you want it to be. This creates problems when two people with very different i...

jester

Maestro Sean Hayes has posted some video of various parts of I.33. It's very interesting stuff. It can be downloaded at: m They (Sean Hayes, Paul Wagner, Stephen Hand, David Rawlings) are also picking apart my interpretation over on the SwordForum. I expect to be feeling somewhat dumb by this time t...

jester

The article Sir Rhys wrote on halfswording for SCA combat can be found here: m In the files section. You will need a YahooGroups ID and you will need to join this discussion group in order to get access. This discussion group is for Rhys' WMA study group but they are very open to outsiders (like mys...

jester

Okay, round 2. I am confident of my interpretation of the organization of the system based on the images and text. None of the other scholars who have been kind enough to comment have had any major disagreements with my organization. But the images are merely reference points, not concise snapshots ...

jester

Granted my study of period techniques is not up to par but: Weren't pommel strikes supposed to be diversionary or momentarily disabling strikes to be followed up with a killing blow? They were not supposed to be a killing blow on their own correct? My problem is that if they were supposed to moment...

jester

First off show me a historical sword with a butt spike. You cant. Its totally rediculous. Take a look at the Fiore material (see the section on longsword at the Knights of the Wild Rose website). There are other documented instances of buttspikes on greatswords but I don't have them to hand. They a...

[SCA] Cross-checking/hafting ok?

Video footage from WMAW

Madus from Hell!!!!!

Talhoffers Sword and Buckler

I.33 Online Video

I.33 Part 2 (Big, lots of images)