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Blaine de Navarre

the single sword rule.. two opponants are fighting single sword.. both are wearing gauntlets on the off hand.. one throws a shot at the others head.. the gauntleted hand takes the shot.. it was THERE already... that gauntleted hand is struck substituting for the head shot, the ARM is now considered...

Blaine de Navarre

Doorman wrote:What exactly are turnout pants?

Isabella is one of the few of us truly fighting the good fight.

Blaine de Navarre

I generally take wrist shots, not because I think they should be good but because even with a demi-gauntlet they really really hurt and make me not want to keep fighting with that hand. I have occasionally, in a single-sword fight or a long sword fight when I had one hand off the weapon, instinctive...

Blaine de Navarre

I think it's "Medievality" or maybe "Medievalitude."

Blaine de Navarre

Don't know how they do it in Aethelmaerc, but for our experimental half-swording rules in Caid, it goes like this: 1. If you have both hands on the hilt (or one hand on the hilt and the other empty), then it can only be used like a normal SCA bastard/great sword - cut or thrust with the blade, butt-...

Blaine de Navarre

I can't tell from the picture - do the cowboy ones wrap around the sides of the knee as far as the other ones?

Blaine de Navarre

I am trying to get rid of a ginormous print shop light table that I no longer have room for. It is mostly intended for anyone local who can pick it up, but I would consider freighting it if you really want to pay that much. This has a glass area of approximately 40" x 60", so it is plenty ...

Blaine de Navarre

Pie are not square, pie are round.

Blaine de Navarre

Tailoress wrote:He'll be wearing his magical new arming cotte, which means he can't lose.
You think I'm kidding?

Nope, I don't think you're kidding. We had a duke out here with White Boots of Power that rarely failed.

Blaine de Navarre

Umm i did not post the Aten rules i posted from SCA marshals handbook. Show me the rule, or tradition that allows you to unintentionally block a shot with your hand while it is not holding anything? Inadvertently bringing the hands in contact with the striking surface of a weapon in motion, as when...

Blaine de Navarre

Umm i did not post the Aten rules i posted from SCA marshals handbook. Show me the rule, or tradition that allows you to unintentionally block a shot with your hand while it is not holding anything? Inadvertently bringing the hands in contact with the striking surface of a weapon in motion, as when...

Blaine de Navarre

I have never particularly worried about injury, in SCA fighting, other martial arts, or any other activity (or, more accurately, activities where I would worry about injuries, like NHB MMA, I just don't do at all). This attitude has caused me serious problems with horses and motorcycles, but only an...

Blaine de Navarre

You cannot hit him with a sword
Or even a misericord

You cannot hit him with an axe
You cannot do it, let it pass

You cannot hit him with a mace
Though you be a great mace ace

Of all the ways to hit a man
YOU CANNOT HIT HIM IN THE HAND!

(Damn, someone beat me to it...)

Blaine de Navarre

Oh, and lose the barn door; get a man-size shield.

Blaine de Navarre

Most of us did not start out like that guy. Confidence will come with improved ability. If you have too blase an attitude about winning and losing, you will reach a point where guys with equal or less technical skill than yours will be beating you because they want it more and you will need to injec...

Blaine de Navarre

What everyone else said + Wisby gauntlets.

Blaine de Navarre

Yes, people have done it. It won't last as long as a leather COP, but it is a good inexpensive solution for people starting out.

Blaine de Navarre

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:St Michael has a sword.

And what St George has "Its called a lance, hello!!!"

St George is often depicted with many different weapons; the picture in the OP of this thread being an example.

Blaine de Navarre

Glaukos the Athenian wrote:Ok so where can I get one?

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=132773

Blaine de Navarre

FWIW the "Eric the Red" story is on the official West Kingdom history site (not sure if that makes it all that much more credible).

Blaine de Navarre

It was a CSI episode, not a RL incident.

Blaine de Navarre

With that kit, put either a fighting houppelande or jupon over the plastic breastplate and you'll be above the median for accurate appearance in the SCA. You want to add splints to the vambraces, not for appearance reasons but because your arms are more vulnerable when using a polearm than with swor...

Blaine de Navarre

Maybe you're supposed to cut through the foam board at the same time as the brass? I can see that making sense for very thin sheets. I've never heard of it, either, but adding a backing with very thin metal might make sense. Personally, I'd be much more inclined to use a piece of heavier scrap meta...

Blaine de Navarre

Leo Medii wrote:Would be an awesome secret study on social calibration.

Coca-Cola. Nose. Keyboard. Thanks, Leo

Blaine de Navarre

I have fought in kote without any additional reinforcement; nothing got broken, but direct shots to the hands sure did smart. If I were to do it again, I'd at least want additional hard material on the thumb.

Blaine de Navarre

PartsAndTechnical wrote:There are many people in the current middle ages who are high.

Which explains why so many do very early and late period

Blaine de Navarre

Make sure your friend learns to fight with a whole-hand grip on his sword (Bellatrix style); the style of blow lots of people teach where you grip with only the first fingers and close the hand just before impact would be a lot harder (thought not impossible) to master without the middle finger.

Blaine de Navarre

I don't know if there's an overall "Caidan" look, but I have noticed that whoever the hot sticks of the moment are, it seems like overnight 1/2-3/4 of the fighters adopt their shield style. Once upon a time, Caid was pretty much all shoulder-to-shoulder chin-to-crotch heaters; then Duke Iv...

Blaine de Navarre

I'd really love to hear Nissan's input on this.

Blaine de Navarre

Between the time I got the phishing e-mail on my android and when I got home and was going to notify Frank, I had already received Frank's e-mail apologizing and letting me know he was on top of it.

Sorry you got hacked, but excellent job of handling it, Frank!

Blaine de Navarre

Alright well half a kudo for that anyway...for now. It is simply easier to just say "these items are forbidden" and call it a day but I agree with checking the details. I think it was simply an error. we haven't used them for so long I guess we all just got used to the idea that they were...

Blaine de Navarre

The guy I first learned from just used a basic propane torch . A specialized jewelry torch, while nice to have, is an investment that can wait until you're more confident. Also, for anything your class or book tells you to use a flexshaft for, you can start with a Dremel (or the cheap Dremelesque ro...

Blaine de Navarre

I think it's a no-brainer (pun intended) that frequent and/or severe brain injuries can't be good for one's long term cognitive function; it is entirely possible that Mr. Bradshaw is suffering earlier and/or more severe loss of cognitive function than the average person his age. Lot's of people do l...

Blaine de Navarre

http://www.futonsandbeanbags.com/hide-a-mat-queen-size.aspx

Blaine de Navarre

The dude is 62 years old. An awful lot of people that age who've never had a concussion in their lives suffer loss of short term memory and hand eye coordination. Do you have anything whatsoever to back that up, other than your off the cuff opinion? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3885/ The wa...

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