The Armour Archive

Noe

He didn't want them to lose, or he was worried about style "contamination"?

Noe

You got it. The spartan himself.

Noe

This is my favorite bit: One of them, Ju Fa Yue Yi had told me on a forum months ago that his friends wondered how I would match up with them, for they found my style to be "weird and questionable" on videos. So I took the chance to prove myself. We went to the old gym in the university and started ...

Noe

It looks like you guys had a lot of fun. I wish I could have been there, too! I have a couple of questions: 1) You folks have an intricate system for calculating points. Do you calculate them as you fight, or just from the video afterwards? 2) You mentioned that you could be more open about your spa...

Noe

Aaron, you're going to fit right in up here. You need to come up to Avalon practice again on a day when we aren't focussing on the new folks. We practiced with the armour as worn, plate as proof rule last sunday and had a blast. Also did armour as worn, counted blows. All good fun. One thing we are ...

Noe

Hmm. I've been trying to think of game alternatives, and I think that I've come up with one that I would like to try. From what I can see, part of the problem lies with the idea of "free range" archers, those that run around and snipe at will. One of the suggestions to counter this is that they shou...

Noe

Lot's of good ideas here. Try a little of everything.

Noe

Round, huh? Hmmm.

Nah. Not authentic enough.

Wish it were; we're desperate for round helms here in Japan.

Noe

Aaron, I'm not sure how well strapping your guantlet around your pole arm might work in the SCA, but you shouldn't do it when you practice with us. There's no rule against it or anything, its just that we do more wrestling around in Avalon. Ask Phelan about Sunday, when he and I ended up exchanging ...

Noe

This is for convenience and lack of enough full gauntlets since some of us fight with quillion or tsuba on our swords. Had we enough gauntlets to go around we would allow switching the weapon to the other hand and dropping the shield. This is one of the reasons we've pretty much given up on half-gu...

Noe

Same thing with the really tall great helms, although its much harder to judge when you are wearing them.

Noe

Clermont: I have a snouted helm myself, and I have the same situation. There are times when the nose will be hit in such a way that, if you weren't wearing it, you wouldn't have even been grazed. Still haven't decided what to yet, although I call them just to be safe.

Noe

Don't come to _any_ conclusions after one fighter practice. It's all too new. The first time anyone, big or small, messes with armour its just exhausting. You don't know how to move, your balance is off, and just bucking it on is will wear you out. This particularly true if people are trying to get ...

Noe

I'm trying to get hooked up on it, but I seem to be having trouble checking newsgroups. I'll fix it.

Noe

Sir Gason: I can understand in situations where it is a safety hazard, but in others, I wish they'd use metal more ofen. Hell, even just stiff material. Look at Troy. Nobody moves right, and half the time the "metal" flexes. I don't think its just people like us noticing this; it affects the percept...

Noe

Hi folks, I've been trying to see if there have been any influences between kampfringen and modern sports wrestling. I haven't seen anything like a direct line of descent, but I'm am curious to learn if there was any crossover between these two seemingly disparate martial arts. Thoughts? Ideas? Sugg...

Noe

Lance: These guys are doing their own game out in Hong Kong. They mix and match just about ever kind of hand to hand weapon you can think of.

Noe

Rod: Sorry for the thread-hijack. I send you and Gretchen a message (in reply to her earlier one), but your anti-spam suddenly decided I was threatening or something and bounced the message. Please take my email (noyes@jcom.home.ne.jp) off your spam list. I really want to work out the details on tha...

Noe

Sent you a message about purchasing all remaining helms

Noe

Yes please! Avalon is suffering from a chronic gambeson/arming coat/pourpoint shortage. I've got six people even now looking for a source of armouring foundation garments.

Noe

Longsword is useful from time to time. We've had no big safety problems so far. It's even more useful when we are using plate as proof laws. By the way, is the SCA using half-sword to make slashing blows. From time to time I hear comments that indicate they might be. I haven't seen any indication th...

Noe

We had a new fellow visit our practice the other day who was about the best first-practice fighter I've run across. His background was heavily Muay Thai and Kali Escrima, and it showed. He's going to do very well once he gets some more experience in armour. I was especially impressed with his abilit...

Noe

Lance, you've got guys coming from all over just to fight you. I'm wanting to make the trip myself. We've been doing a lot of I.33 over here in Japan as well, using your gear for practice. Good fun. There have been a lot of those moves that look ridiculous on paper, but are extremely effective when ...

Noe

Yep, that's the one. Houndskull, maybe?

Noe

I thank you for your reply, and appreciate your effort on my behalf, but I'm asking out of historical interest rather than in the context of the SCA.

For example, did people wave, bow, or make a leg in various situations?

Noe

Sorry, two questions in one day.

What would be an appropriate greeting and greeting gesture for the mid-1400s in medieval England. Anyone know? Unfortunately, being in Japan means that my research methods are extremely limited, and I haven't found a good website yet.

Thank you.

Noe

Folks,

I've read somewhere that the pignose visor on a bascinet was popular up until 1425 or so. Does anyone have a later reference to a pignose? While, yes, I know someone could have worn their grandfather's, I was wondering if there is any reasonable documentation.

Noe

The torn-off arm of a previous opponent.

otherwise, I second axe and spear.

Noe

Hey Lance, it looks like you tag him one with your sword while you're closing. Was it flat, or was there some other reason it didn't count?

Noe

Dalewyn wrote: ... But I would have fought him again right away without blinking. That doesn't preclude being intimidated. A lot of people seem to equate being intimidated with having a small penis or something. I'll field this one, since I wrote the first of the "not intimidated post". It is not t...

Noe

I respectfully disagree. I prefer counted blows in which you can keep the pressure on. "Resetting" after each good blow just seems to throw a wet blanket on the fun. The ability necessary to keep fighting after being struck is a different skills set that counted blows rules can help you acquire. We'...

Noe

Honestly, nobody really intimidates me. I've had my butt kicked by people so many times that I'm pretty much numb to it. This could possibly be the only advantage to being a middle-rank fighter.

Groups of fighters intimidate me. I tend to become indecisive and then lock up.

Noe

William: Lord Philip over here in Avalon has had good luck by re-sewing his buttons with artificial sinew. It's about the only thing strong enough to keep them on. The gambesons are so thickly padded that they are under a great deal of strain.

Noe

I want to fight in turnshoes. I don't mind the slipperiness, nor the lack of arch-support; I just get tired of having my toes trod upon by other guys in heavy boots. Heh, I was being photographed once, so I got myself up as authentically as I could. I did an over the leg takedown and through the guy...

Noe

Argh, you have found the weak spot in my kung-fu. I work with Tobler's Ringeck, Lindhom's Ringeck, and Talhoffer. Although I have looked at Danzig and Goliath on-line, I haven't _studied_ it, 'em you ken my meaning. (Incidently, is there a published translation of Danzig? When you say that you have ...

Kampfringen and modern wrestling

Greetings and gestures

Pignose visor: acceptable timespan?