The Armour Archive

FrauHirsch

I'm a talker - so I comment everything that lands on or near me , without pausing the fight. It's like: " nope, nope, skippy, nope, nah, tip, nope, nope, low, GOOD! " I hope this is helpful to my opponent. If I fight any of you and you don't like it, just tell me. My opponent gets to call...

FrauHirsch

It depends a lot on what weather site you look at. Several show it dry during the day, but if you open up the details on the day, some show rain starting Friday night. Most have been consistently showing rain Saturday and Sunday.

I've done my time on that count.

FrauHirsch

Don't be too sad Richard. It has been raining hard this past week, so the ground will already be muddy from the start, then most reports say rain off and on from Friday night through Monday, plus "seasonable cool weather", which can mean it could be very cold, as well as wet. I'm told the ...

FrauHirsch

Bring your rain gear...

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I'm told the Da Vinci machines exhibit is awesome.

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Cool models of Da Vinci machines:

http://www.davinciexperience.info/san-diego.php

Air and Space Museum

FrauHirsch

not all marshals have deductive reasoning powers. The letter from Asoph will prevent you getting bounced. LOL! So true. One was very flustered at my husband's close helm. He wears a very low leather neck protection under his breastplate because there is almost no room between the helm and breast, b...

FrauHirsch

My integral collar/neck protection is built into my aventail. It stands a bit way from my neck because it has to fit over my head, but it allows some air and gives lots of head mobility for ducking and such.

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I grew up going to hunting camps in Imperial Valley all winter, so I'm very familiar with desert farm mud. Its the stuff that makes giant mud snowshows on your boots that get bigger and bigger with each step. Last year was shortly post-knee surgery and there was no way I was going to head out on a &...

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I'm sure His Grace Mathghamhain can back me up on this: it rains at Estrella every other year. Last year was muddy, so this year should be good. Arion and I tell people this all the time. They don't believe us until they've been a few years. We won't be going this year though. I think I'm changing ...

FrauHirsch

You may want to get bone density scan too. Women start loosing bone in their lower backs as they get older.

FrauHirsch

Audax, If your rig hurts you, its definitely time to change it. I once bought some beautiful late period legs that were articulated all down the cuises, I wore them maybe 5 times because my back ached so badly afterwards. No rehanging could have fixed it. I fight in a jack, where plastic plates are ...

FrauHirsch

I get what you are saying, and that would be really important if we were actually using steel or something dangerous. We are using foam covered bendy sticks. For the most part, with very few exceptions, I really don't think it is possible to make an "Unsafe" weapon. Weapon under 1 1/4&quo...

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blackbow wrote: There's a different mass ratio for guys than girls, i.e., guys weigh more lbs/cubic inch,

But not necessarily per linear inch...

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Try being short Learning how to take transition steps while staying in guard is something I have practiced. There is no other way for me to close with a longer legged opponent if they are attempting to prevent me from getting to my effective range. JP Definitely there is short and there is SHORT......

FrauHirsch

I didn't realise that "Hit him in the legs, now you're taller" was not, in fact, a joke - we don't have the rule for kneeling. What is your ruleset for legs? Usually its a kill or nothing. If its nothing, then the legshots are moot, but if they are good, then whack away. Sword and shield ...

FrauHirsch

Everyone had very good advice. I am 5'2". Tall fighters are used to fighting at their range. They will try to reset it to their advantage. The ones that are not good at passing can end up on the ropes. When a fight is reset, ensure that the Marshals allow you to start the fight from the same po...

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Something to try sometime is a "Zombie" attack. A zombie catches its victim not because it's fast, but because it just keeps coming and coming and coming and won't stop. So do all the things suggested here, but in the in-between times when you would normally be standing there, watching fo...

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Come on out!

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Animal Weretiger wrote:Flittie if you notice at no point did I call anyone gay. I expressed my opinion that boffer fighting past the age of like 12 is gay.

I've heard a number of boys between 13-15 state the same. Too old for boffers, too young for rattan or rebated steel...

FrauHirsch

Your sidekick keeps moving around and it is distracting. I kept looking at him fidgeting around instead of watching you. His costuming was distracting as well. I kept thinking "why is one guy in costume and what the heck is that other guy supposed to be wearing?" Its hard for me to get pas...

FrauHirsch

Also to note, this site has an ocean view and usually sea breezes. It is a mile or so from the beach, but up on the hills. One can usually wear period woolens without being uncomfortable at this site (a rarity in So. CA). I recommend cloaks or cotes... There is an extensive playground in the park fo...

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Thanks Proxus! I should have posted the date. We actually run two tournaments and the winners of each fight it off for a championship. We alternate rounds, so people can fight in both tourneys. The winner of the greatsword tournament last year used many of the WMA longsword moves during the day succ...

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Very nice "Swept hilt" style basket hilts for sale. I have 6. They accept a 1-1/4" rattan held in with 2 screws. No Hose Clamps! Only the top and bottom rings are mild steel. The bars are stainless. I have 5 left. Just $45 each!! About $8 for shipping. I take Paypal or check. Thanks!

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Very Cool!

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Let all know well that we, The Canton of Summergate, do fervently believe in the ideals of the tournaments, the noble deeds of arms, and all that is Chivalrous. Thusly, we ever and foremost strive to bring honor to the one that inspires us. We request that all who may shall arm and clothe yourselves...

FrauHirsch

I have a problem that this survey takes only into account "non chivalric combat". Besides the fact that shooting arrows at targets is not combat, and knife throwing is not combat, any more than playing "Cat in the Bag" is combat. In period target archery was as much about gamblin...

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If they're that good laurel them it's a skill and an art So Laurel all the knights? Why have chiv? It would make more historic sense if there were one "Chivalry" that included those specializing arts and service and anything else. There were artists and ministers who were made knights in ...

FrauHirsch

I've been out of armor for about 2 yrs now due to my knee. It took a year to get surgery and will be over a year recovery. I'm now up to walking a mile and a half at 5000 ft elevation on uneven terrain. My knee only feels like a nail is pounding through it the last 3rd. I'm working on the pell some ...

FrauHirsch

Most Excellent! Please give them our regards!

Juliana and Arion

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There are many woodcuts and other art showing German masonry platforms being used in combination with footed pots. The had a small fire on the platform, which was pretty similar to our counter height. They managed the heat by sliding coals and fire under the pot as needed. It would have been much ea...

FrauHirsch

Yep, have to say, I train my guys the same way, its a melee, there is no single combat. Many times I've seen single combat change the outcome. IMHO, it diminishes the idea of the "team" when you allow a single combat fighter to dominate. I believe you can still do a many on one and remain...

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Our little Baronial War - May Potrero draws about 3000 people with probably 4-400 total armored combatants. The fighting is usually by colors, not kingdoms, which would be ludicrous since the local Iron Brigade can field more than the rest of Caid combined with all the other foreign armies. So the w...

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Muttman, you might check out if there is an Adrian empire group close to you. FLA has a number of active groups. Many have told me there is not much SCA in So. FLA. I know they have a very different culture there than here on the west coast, but I'm sure that is true in the SCA too. Your SCA fightin...

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Thick rattan nor any simulator like a wood waster can replicate the reaction of steel on steel sword fighting. Without the thin steel so many winding and thrusting techniques are lost. I agree. Working with at least blunts is important and wooden waster or rattan does not replicate it completely. W...

Da Vinci Experience in San Diego Museum

Re: thrusting tip

Stainless Steel Basket Hilts for SCA

Longsword/Great Sword Tournament (Caid)