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Dmitriy

The nasty thing to do would be to trap her sword when it's inside your shield. The nice thing would be to step forward and to your right, parry the wrap with your sword(don't stop it, just knock it aside before it develops), and wrap in return. Something like a dropping wrap seems like it would work...

Dmitriy

.. to answer your question directly, though: Yesterday I was fighting someone in the semi-finals of a fairly prestigious tournament, and we kept hitting each other just a bit light. It was frustrating to both of us, and I, at least, was starting to wonder if I am just being thick, my judgement cloud...

Dmitriy

Gaston, True -- but would you be happy to win by a doubtful blow? I would much rather that if I have the good fortune to win a bout, my victory be unquestioned. This is why, if I see my opponent contemplate the worthiness of my blow, I will always ask him not to take it (with a few exceptions, such ...

Dmitriy

I just put the two and two together -- Gaston, we met at Pennsic, fought a few bouts after the field battles on Friday. I fought with a square shield.
-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

What advantage does a pole arm have? Range. When do pole arm fighters die? When they lose range. So what do you need to do? Learn to beat sword and shield fighters at the in-game. Don't base your fight around not letting them come in -- because the good ones will, anyway. Base your fight on keeping ...

Dmitriy

Try the following: Two fighters (#1 and #2) face off at a comfortable range (whatever range you want to practice). Number 1 leads. As #1 moves around -- forward, backwards, shuffle steps, slides, side steps, all that stuff -- fighter #2 follows. Number 2 should try to maintain the same range -- not ...

Dmitriy

.. unless you bring PoD along. That might get a little scary

Dmitriy

Kaganate is an umbrella organization, not an LH group. We're not collapsed, it's just that the two principals are a tad busy so things aren't getting updated. As far as I know, Norm holds a fencing/fighitng practice in NY. I do not think they go at it full force, but I haven't seen it. Bedlam and An...

Dmitriy

Will you EVER stop tempting me, you evil evil man??

-D

Dmitriy

Got photos, guys?

Dmitriy

Brodir -- on the subject of "Russian hats" -- I seem to recall that this might be a translation issue. The original text may say "fur hat", which is a bit different. This was true for the one saga I actually managed to read in Old Norse, but it was neither Laxdaela nor Gisli's.
-D

Dmitriy

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Ulrich: <B> -Funny side note about cultural differences- Here we teach practically the opposite, the saying is, "if it was good enough to make you think about it, it was good e...

Dmitriy

Brendan, I wouldn't pull the "second language" card too much. You never know who you might be arguing with.

Dmitriy

What are you planning to use it for?

Dmitriy

.. and on the other hand Sometimes you are at practice and working on something new, or set a particular handicap to yourself -- such as "today I only kill with wraps because they are my worst shot", so naturally you lose a few fights, since you aren't fighting your best. When you do that, it's hard...

Dmitriy

Eric,
Duke Paul uses that katana thing of his with a fairly thin tsuba (I think it's a leather disk). It's not over 1.25 inches (more like 0.5), for sure, and yet legal.. So there's precedent.

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Dominic -- If they have to think about it (and they are not new and learning to calibrate, or working out calibration on a new piece of armour), it's no good. I might tell them where it hit, or if it was their own shield or my sword, stuff like that, but not "I thought it was good." Geoffrey -- Ooof...

Dmitriy

The horned helm looks like the one you have in your sketch -- are you planning to use this one, or make a new one?

-Dmitriy

(Drake, I know about the pic.. the hi-res original is ok, but whenever I resize it my computer does that to it. Don't know what's causing it).

Dmitriy

I find it better to concentrate on a specific form. However, if at some point you plateau or get frustrated with your progress, switch to something new (or old). Then back when you feel like it. When I plateaued with sword and shield, I picked up a 6-ft glaive, and fought with it exclusively for 6 m...

Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Yay more. <table width="100%"><tr> <td width="50%" align=center> <img src=http://hazelton.lbl.gov/~dvryaboy/pics/ugo/DSC00011.jpg> </td><td width="50%" align=center> <img src=http://hazelton.lbl.gov/~dvryaboy/pics/ugo/DSC00014.jpg></td> </tr></table>

Dmitriy

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by InsaneIrish: <B>And how is shooting an oblivious combatant on the field from 30 ft off considered Knightly? Or a Virtue? </B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You forgot "IN THE BACK"

Dmitriy

I find that it's best if it sticks out about 0.01 inches past the buckler!

Dmitriy

Dilan I actually throw what you just described

Ok the last offside step is usually unnecessary, but sometimes you gotta.

Dmitriy

<table width="100%"> <tr> <td width="33%" align=center valign=bottom> <a href=http://hazelton.lbl.gov/~dvryaboy/pics/ugo/P9160026-med.JPG> <img src=http://hazelton.lbl.gov/~dvryaboy/pics/ugo/P9160026-sm.JPG> </a></td> <td width="34%" align=center valign=bottom> <a href=http://hazelton.lbl.gov/~dvrya...

Dmitriy

I am just not having any luck with this! The second tread I posted disappeared when the archive crashed!! Here are the pics Ugo sent me (first two are inspiration for the third, the rest are stuff he made). <table width=100%> <tr> <td width="33%" align=center valign=bottom> <a href=http://hazelton.l...

Dmitriy

Guys, this is getting extremely unproductive.

Dmitriy

I've done things like work on controlling the fight -- let the new guy come in and take control, then regain it without throwing blows (the new guy can throw all he wants). Also sometimes I will limit my shots to ones I have trouble with -- for example, nothing but wraps (do you have any idea how ha...

Dmitriy

I know, I fought you in Real Plate, remember?
You have a Russian kit? Ok I wanna see..

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Gaston, should've gone in you Maximillian kit. That was "fantastic", "incredible", and all that

Dmitriy

After a more careful perusal of this thread, I cite Bela as evidence for the point I made above

edited for the heck of it

[This message has been edited by Dmitriy (edited 09-18-2003).]

Dmitriy

I think most people who like to dress up as knights tend to do that because knights were before guns (which is not entirely true, but we like to pretend it is) It's a pre-modern thing, and guns break that. It's actually easier to dismiss a coke can -- the coke can is clearly outside the made-up worl...

Dmitriy

Ok the thread with the new pics I posted for Ugo disappeared

Dmitriy

Can you tell us what prior armouring experience you had?

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

If it wasn't raised out, things could just hit the visor and slide right up into your eye.

-D

Ugo's pics (again)