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Dmitriy

How do you think I won Coronet?

Dmitriy

I dunno, Matt..
I have found that a couple of glasses of vodka really help me in the later rounds. Must be the years in Russia.

-Dmitriy

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Dmitriy V. Ryaboy
(SCA: Viscount Dmitriy Shelomin, Knight of the West)

Dmitriy

I guess Sir Samuel forgot who held the only bale the Middle got in the Allied Champion's battle, who broke through the East's castle first when the Middle attacked, and who kept the same side of the castle when Middle defended while the rest of the army got overrun..

Dmitriy

Sorry to be totally off topic, but -- Brian, are you by any chance Logan's squire that went to semi-finals at the squires tourney at Pennsic?

-Dmitriy

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Dmitriy V. Ryaboy
(SCA: Viscount Dmitriy Shelomin, Knight of the West)

Dmitriy

The Irish national sport, Hurley, recently became very popular among the fighters out here in the West. A bunch of us got the equipment and started playing -- with no real trainers, experienced players, just what info we could get from the internet and friends of friends who used to play when they w...

Dmitriy

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Lothar the Wanderer: <B>This is a slight tangent, but Duke Jade once told me about his collapsable heater shield he uses. He travels on business a bit and has a shield that fol...

Dmitriy

Right on.

Dmitriy

Atenveldt's Duke Jonathan does that sometimes.

Dmitriy

Don't believe those who tell you that you can't win wearing real armour. I won my Coronet wearing a full mail shirt, steel lamellar, hidden steel legs, the whole deal (<a href=http://history.westkingdom.org/Year37/Photos/MSC08.htm>here's a pic</a>). And I went through a lot of padboys to get there. ...

Dmitriy

There's no problem with what you are now desribing. Lots of people do that. It's totally cool.

-D

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Dmitriy V. Ryaboy
(SCA: Viscount Dmitriy Shelomin, Knight of the West)

Dmitriy

The authenticity part came from the fact that you are posting on the authenticity board.
There's a fighting board, which does seem more suited to your particular interests.

Dmitriy

Drachus -- Vikings would be earlier than that. Which group are you in? If you are in the SCA, you can pick from a good 10 centuries, 6-16 (the lower bound is subject to debate). Try this -- go to http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics/clot.htm, scroll down to the "Early Periods" section, and from there...

Dmitriy

Seriosly, Glen, you gotta relax. It's all the Christmas Carols, isn't it? They drive me nuts too.

Dmitriy

Point taken

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Dmitriy V. Ryaboy
(SCA: Viscount Dmitriy Shelomin, Knight of the West)

Dmitriy

What Camric said -- go Viking.
Lots of folk on this board who can help you get together nice-looking, comfortable Viking garb.

You are ok with tunics, right?

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Someone else came up with the analogy, but I'll borrow it -- What's wrong with playing football when all your teammates are playing Basketball? Fighting is great. I love fighting, I joined because of fighting -- but if you don't want to make even an attempt at doing history, you shouldn't be in a hi...

Dmitriy

I gained about 30 lbs of muscle, started walking straighter ever since I got my mail shirt (you'll fall over in that thing if you hunch! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif ), got way better stamina, a certain amount of pain tolerance and general "toughness" (something I probably lacked, not h...

Dmitriy

Oh, oh, one more thing -- really neat things happen if instead of doing hard blocks you slide things off and use your sword positioning to wreak havoc. I forgot about this earlier because I only do this accidentally at this point, but would love to work it into my repertoire. Example -- A cuts diago...

Dmitriy

Oh, I agree -- I will always block with my shield given the opportunity. Clearly, having a weapon free is better than having it tied up! It's just good to know what to do when you have that "oh shit" moment and you do have to block with your sword. As someone who fights florentine, I suspect you wou...

Dmitriy

Much of it is like Animal said -- you gotta do what you gotta do. However, sword blocks do set you up for some really nice attacks. Imagine two same-handed opponents. Both in some high style, for the sake of the argument -- sword hands are above the shoulder. Fighter A throws a sword-side blow at B ...

Dmitriy

Vladimir -- I am in Berkeley, but I have a lot of friends in the Sacramento area. Start getting your armour together! Takes most people around a year, anyway -- and remember to account for possible growth. There are some great trainers in your area, I can hook you up when you turn 16.

Dmitriy

My big bad secret... I flinch every time something is coming for my eyes. Don't worry about it, pay no attention to it, and it won't matter. Blinding yourself with a shield, for example, is far worse http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif -Dmitriy ------------------ Dmitriy V. Ryaboy (SCA: Viscou...

Dmitriy

AFAIK, New Zealand is still Caid -- Australia is Lochac. Due to obvious geographical issues, there's been talk of New Zeland going to Lochac, but I don't think that's happened yet.

-D

Dmitriy

I wasn't talking about youth combat, I was talking about the whole fighting thing in general...
Vladimir, if I recall correctly, you are in Sacramento -- if that's so, you can fight at 16 given a waiver from your parents.

Dmitriy

It was at a Great Western War, some years ago. Uther was our King, and he led us fearlessly, inspiring greatness, always first on the line, crushing all who were foolhardy enough to be within his reach. We came to the woods, and formed our troops on the left flank or the army. Our line advanced thro...

Dmitriy

Uh uh, no you don't! I didn't post that pic, someone else did, I only identified the source.. [img]http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Dmitriy

Alaric, that was a madu His Grace was fighting with. Two thrusting tips.

Dmitriy

The loaner armour i wore was autrocious..
But my first kit looked like this:
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sca/pics/photos/dmitriy.jpg

Other than the hockey glove, I think it was pretty ok.

Dmitriy

The biggest threat is fear of lawsuits. It's an even bigger threat that lawsuits themselves.

Although the SEMs unlimited ultimate power is kind of worrysome, too..
-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

I agree -- learn swordwork first, integrate thrusting tips later.

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

I actually discourage the guys I teach from fighting each other except for maybe a few passes a practice. It seems to me that a great many fighters, especially beginners, learn by mimicking what their opponents do (at least on a subconscious level). When they fight each other, they are just playing ...

Dmitriy

I don't let shots in so much as change the difficulty level of what I am working on depending on the caliber of a fighter. Against a duke of great fame, I will fight my best and rely on my most sure techniques. Against someone at or near my level, I will work on things in progress -- integrating sho...

Dmitriy

Alaric, you forgot "why are westies arrogant wise-asses who live to break noses with spears"

Hey got pictures of your girlfriend?

-Dmitriy
bored at work, as usual

Dmitriy

At one point, I gave an archer who was claiming extreme effectiveness of bows against chainmail a piece of my welded shirt (i had just shortened the skirt), and asked him to shoot it with his longobow of power and +3 bodkin points. A year later (or possibly two, don't remember), the piece came back ...

Dmitriy

The helm miguel mentioned is sold already

-D