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jester

Grab a copy of Sir Rhys' article and do some demo fighting. Half-swording is insanely fun.

jester

The following message was just sent to the Outlands e-list. Greetings unto the Good People of the Outlands, Hello my friends. I thought I should post my understanding of the "Tomuki Crown" to help us all gain understanding and to help us move on. I involved myself after the fact as an Authorizing Ma...

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Baton combat: Standard swords with no marked edges. Encourage the fighters to make the swords bright. Small number of fighters so go with a round robin format (everyone fights everyone). Each bout lasts until the marshal in charge decides that it is done (rule of thumb: if one fighter gets five hits...

jester

Grabbing the blade of your own weapon. Brought about by the proliferation of plate armor in the latter half of the 14th Century. A sword cut to plate does little except pass concussive force through. So sword users modified their techniques. By grasping the blade of their sword with their left hand ...

jester

Just found out today that the Outlands is experimenting with halfswording. Very cool.

jester

For the left-handed fighter vs a right-handed f: stand out of range with my sword resting on my shoulder, drop my hand down to start the blade moving fast (and make it look like a cut), lunge forward and left with my left foot to close the range as I turn the cut into a thrust to the face. That gene...

jester

Do a web search on WMAW (western martial arts workshop) and then look for the tournament rules. Sorry, don't have the URL on me and I'm not going to google it for you. Nobody, that I am aware of, fights full force with wasters. They may fight full speed, but they are using various methods to ensure ...

jester

Approach him and ask him a favor. Tell him you need a partner for slow work. Have him slowly hit you with defined shots (give me a onside snap) while you work through your options. Check your stance, position, etc... Ask him what he thinks. Ask him if what you are doing works for him and switch role...

jester

Trust the equipment. We wear it to protect us.

jester

I continue to work on I.33. Here is a partial working interpretation of the 1st Sequence of Instruction: 1st Ward (UnderArm) vs. Half-Shield. The combat starts with both combatants Out Of Distance (which means that neither can hit the other, even if they take a step) and in a nebulous and undefined ...

jester

It went well and was fun. We had about 25 people (by my count) and we had four 1 hour classes: Italian Swordsmanship (Fiore), Sword and Buckler (I.33), English Greatsword (Harelian manuscript), and Dagger and Grappling (Fiore). We finished with a little assaulting and discussion time for folkst that...

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Actually, it wasn't anything like D&D. Both Knights portray very period personas and both have bookoos of good reknown. They were just having fun. It only sucked when we thought they wre angry, after we finally heard them laughing, and realized it was all in fun, then it became funny. Heck, from wh...

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This was a story I heard about, but since it would put the thread back on the original direction, I thought I would share it. There was a tourney years ago, where a knight was fighting (in the story I was given, it was a knight...not a fighter. This isn't a slight toward knights). His opponent was ...

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It's my thread and I can Science if'n I want to. You can't burn me, I have a pardon from Good King Half-Orc! Besides...everybody knowes, Kinsmen don't burn. You know.... I've always wondered about that. Given the kinnish propensity for consuming large quantities of alcohol, beans, and pork, the rel...

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In my experience the following are elements of a successful fighter practice: 1) Location, location, location. You need to have a decent practice site. Indoors in cold weather. Enough room for everyone. 2) Consistency. You need to be in the same place or people will not know how to find you. 3) Broa...

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our weapons are sch40 1/2 pvc covered in closed cell foam with duck tape around that. We will be hitting full force but not hard enough to kill someone. we are just trying to make sure we are adiquatley protected so that everyone goes home without broken bones or nothing more than just a bruse. We ...

jester

I find it odd that a group with such strict standards for period materials, and construction techniques that are almost SCA legal (16 ga and so forth) are fighting boffer. It seems a waste to me. I mean why put that much money/time into steel plate or maille if you're only gonna hit it with a pool ...

jester

unless the skill fairies visit tonight, i dont plan on making it to far as i am just still too new...but my main fear is about looking like a goob..i am used to the guys i practice with, i know whats a good shot by their standards..i dont want to mess up on calling shots from someone else that migh...

jester

No pre-registration is necessary. We're not expecting a huge number of people. The primary goal of this little gathering is to get everyone together for some fun and to share ideas. Are you going to be in town or are you actually going to drive all the way from Mahattan? If the latter, do you need c...

jester

Try an archive serach and then ask that question here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Medieval_Spain/

It's an SCA-centric group looking at Medieval Spain. I didn't find anything of use in a quick search of the files, but the links might take you to some decent information.

Good luck.

jester

***NOT AN SCA EVENT*** The Rocky Mountain Historical Combat Guild is having a regional gathering for our various study groups in the Front Range area. The intent is to get together, show everyone what we have been working on, socialize, and have fun. The event will take place at Skyview Middle Schoo...

jester

Although I have tried to focus a bit of my combat training on sword and buckler and thought I was getting quite good at it, I have a few concerns regarding its use. Two weapon opponents: I find it quite difficult to fight sword and buckler against opponents who are using two weapons (a weapon in ea...

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Wyrm wrote:Hi,
Any luck with putting that video-taped footage of the sword and buckler tournament up on the web? I read a message you posted a bit ago and would be very interested to see it. Cheers.

Not yet. Soon.

jester

Ooohhhhh! Dagorhir. Go have fun. Hit Collegius lots.

Jester of Anglesey
AKA Jester of the Shindar

jester

Is the measure of a trainer the number of Peers they produce?

jester

The other thing you should keep in mind is that Talhoffers manuals were manuals for fighting in Swabian judicial duels,. the kind of duels where the victor is proven to be right and the loser, bereft of life, is put in a box in the ground! I donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t have any sources saying that thrusting is pr...

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bs, sounds like he has trouble blocking or recognizing the shot coming in. That is a trifle uncharitable. I would suggest that he is simply expounding upon his view of what the game is. If he believes that all events are formal combats in the style of a behourd then he has a point. I wonder how he ...

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We need more info, Zerker. Is your group SCA? What time period do you want to set your tournament in? If you aren't SCA what type of fighting do you do? What kind of weapons simulators do you use? The simple answer is to tell you to find a copy of "Tournaments" by Barber and Baker. This is a great o...

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1) Genericelt is easy. Get something that looks plaid, make a t-tunic and some trews and you're set. 2) Bad movies. 3) Everyone is doing it. 4) Celtic jewelry is very, very nifty. 5) Roman skirts. 6) Woad. 7) Trousers instead of hosen. C'mon! Everyone want to be a barbarian bad boy. 9) Pagan chicks ...

jester

In Italy - The Great Company (more than one) The Company of the Dove The Company of St. George (more than one) The White Company (more than one) According to what I have read the men of the companies tended to refer to themselves as routes (travelling groups) identified by a leader. Ruffin's Route, ...

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http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... al+combats

Old forum thread. Froissart has at least one reference to sword thrusts in a formal combat.

jester

Kind of an all encompassing statement, in my opinion. It all depends on the specific combat scenario. Formal combats had rules that governed the conduct of the participants. Those rules specifically addressed issues like this. Our 're-creations' should do the same. Statements like this become proble...

jester

never mind

jester

-Rotating the shield to place the vertical axis of the grip directly in line with the blow. -Aggressive blocking to take the force of the blow on the boss rather than the edge. -Using the sword to parry/deflect and then transferring control to the shield (thus eliminating any sword to shield impact).

jester

I firmly understand and give the person the fact it was an accident. I guess my main point is that we need just make sure we teach these folks better on the whole. I was not trying to be accusatory, sorry if that is how it seemed. I believe that as a society as a whole, those who are in position to...

[SCA] Halfswording in the Outlands

I.33

Regional Gathering - Colorado

Re: suggestions wanted for fighting sword and buckler

Re: Jester re: tournament video