Wheelchair combatants

For those of us who wish to talk about the many styles and facets of recreating Medieval armed combat.
Post Reply
Mongotzu
Archive Member
Posts: 153
Joined: Thu Nov 13, 2003 2:01 am

Wheelchair combatants

Post by Mongotzu »

Wotcher

Does anyone have any good picture of combatant who use a wheelchair?

Michael
Baron Alcyoneus
Archive Member
Posts: 39578
Joined: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:00 pm

Post by Baron Alcyoneus »

PM Richard GateCrasher since he lives in one, I'm sure someone has taken pictures of him.
Payn
Archive Member
Posts: 2663
Joined: Thu Jan 04, 2001 2:01 am
Location: Seattle, Wa

Re: Wheelchair combatants

Post by Payn »

Mongotzu wrote:Wotcher

Does anyone have any good picture of combatant who use a wheelchair?

Michael
Only in my head, as Ethan pseudo-teabagged some nice young lady at Pennsic. Made a charge at their line and didn't see her till too late.
SCA Payn D'Spencer Of Warboys. Barony of Madrone. Giving hope to the squires of AnTir.
MKA Ted Zimmers

French Warfare... A knife fight followed by a track meet
User avatar
Agnarr
Archive Member
Posts: 8194
Joined: Wed Apr 02, 2003 2:01 am
Location: Indianapolis
Contact:

Post by Agnarr »

what does "wotcher" mean?
Damon wrote:In their own little world they are like this huge evil overlord however in the grand scheme of things they are just this sad little hamster going squeek squeek squeek in their own little ball.
User avatar
Jose Cabrera de Castilla
Archive Member
Posts: 334
Joined: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:20 pm
Location: Dragon's Mist, An Tir (Beaverton, OR)
Contact:

Post by Jose Cabrera de Castilla »

Agnarr wrote:what does "wotcher" mean?


British slang for "What's up" and "What are you up to".
Nissan Maxima wrote:With great fake power, comes great pretend responsibility.
Find me on Facebook at White Falcon Tailoring
User avatar
Agnarr
Archive Member
Posts: 8194
Joined: Wed Apr 02, 2003 2:01 am
Location: Indianapolis
Contact:

Post by Agnarr »

Jose Cabrera de Castilla wrote:
Agnarr wrote:what does "wotcher" mean?


British slang for "What's up" and "What are you up to".


OH!!!! Mongotzu is from Britain. Thats cool. I always like it when we get British folks. They give the SCA street cred! :D
Damon wrote:In their own little world they are like this huge evil overlord however in the grand scheme of things they are just this sad little hamster going squeek squeek squeek in their own little ball.
Payn
Archive Member
Posts: 2663
Joined: Thu Jan 04, 2001 2:01 am
Location: Seattle, Wa

Post by Payn »

Agnarr wrote:
Jose Cabrera de Castilla wrote:
Agnarr wrote:what does "wotcher" mean?


British slang for "What's up" and "What are you up to".


OH!!!! Mongotzu is from Britain. Thats cool. I always like it when we get British folks. They give the SCA street cred! :D
or edmonton, or calgary....
SCA Payn D'Spencer Of Warboys. Barony of Madrone. Giving hope to the squires of AnTir.
MKA Ted Zimmers

French Warfare... A knife fight followed by a track meet
Mongotzu
Archive Member
Posts: 153
Joined: Thu Nov 13, 2003 2:01 am

Post by Mongotzu »

"Wotcher:"

OED says: slang, a greeting of combination of "what cheer". I've seen articles that it came into use in the 14th cen. But I have to see sources on that.

"Does anyone have any good picture of combatant who use a wheelchair?"

Damn.... the message should of read:

Does anyone have any good pictures of combatants who use a wheelchair? (I'm trying to improve my typing.)

We had a private fighting get-to-gether at the local sports complex and the local wheelchair track club was practicing and couple of their members showed interest in rattan WMA.

"OH!!!! Mongotzu is from Britain. Thats cool. I always like it when we get British folks. They give the SCA street cred!"

Sorry to disappoint. I'm from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

michael
[/i]
Peikko
Archive Member
Posts: 1466
Joined: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:16 am
Location: Formerly the sunny bit of England...Now returned to Malagentia, EK.

Post by Peikko »

Agnarr wrote:
Jose Cabrera de Castilla wrote:
Agnarr wrote:what does "wotcher" mean?


British slang for "What's up" and "What are you up to".


OH!!!! Mongotzu is from Britain. Thats cool. I always like it when we get British folks. They give the SCA street cred! :D


No we don't
"trust me, I'm an archaeologist..."
The Iron Door Collective
http://www.swordfightexeter.org/
Bastior
Archive Member
Posts: 556
Joined: Sat May 27, 2006 8:27 am
Location: Drachenwald (Germany)

Post by Bastior »

banzaimf wrote:
Agnarr wrote:
OH!!!! Mongotzu is from Britain. Thats cool. I always like it when we get British folks. They give the SCA street cred! :D
or edmonton, or calgary....


Why do you expect us to give you Calgary or Edmonton in place of street cred?

B
Angusm0628
Archive Member
Posts: 6482
Joined: Tue Dec 07, 2004 11:05 pm
Location: Mifflinburg Pa
Contact:

Post by Angusm0628 »

I think Ursus has a few pics of Aesa from Pennsic as well on his website. She's wheelchair bound with the heart of an epic hero..
Angus MacClerie
User avatar
J.G.Elmslie
Archive Member
Posts: 1208
Joined: Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:03 am
Location: Edinburgh / Inverness, Scotland
Contact:

Post by J.G.Elmslie »

JohannM wrote:
Agnarr wrote:OH!!!! Mongotzu is from Britain. Thats cool. I always like it when we get British folks. They give the SCA street cred! :D


No we don't


Shhh. dont undermine their ideas about brits.... we can use this to our advantage...
:twisted:
Previously known as Suzerain.

http://www.elmslie.co.uk
Peikko
Archive Member
Posts: 1466
Joined: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:16 am
Location: Formerly the sunny bit of England...Now returned to Malagentia, EK.

Post by Peikko »

Suzerain wrote:
JohannM wrote:
Agnarr wrote:OH!!!! Mongotzu is from Britain. Thats cool. I always like it when we get British folks. They give the SCA street cred! :D


No we don't


Shhh. dont undermine their ideas about brits.... we can use this to our advantage...
:twisted:

Yes Sir!
"trust me, I'm an archaeologist..."
The Iron Door Collective
http://www.swordfightexeter.org/
Qwertypolk
Archive Member
Posts: 487
Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:41 pm
Location: England - East Yorkshire

Post by Qwertypolk »

Tea and crumpets anyone? How about a nice game of tennis?
Though one fears it'll be rained off again..

What what?
:roll:
We're just Harmless, Historical Nuts.
Who wear boiler plate on our butts.
Who dress up clothes from the 12th century.
And bash on each other with sticks and debris.

And make up the world's largest private army...
Harmless, Historical Nuts.
Peikko
Archive Member
Posts: 1466
Joined: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:16 am
Location: Formerly the sunny bit of England...Now returned to Malagentia, EK.

Post by Peikko »

Qwertypolk wrote:Tea and crumpets anyone? How about a nice game of tennis?
Though one fears it'll be rained off again..

What what?
:roll:

:lol: :lol: :lol:
"trust me, I'm an archaeologist..."
The Iron Door Collective
http://www.swordfightexeter.org/
Baron Alcyoneus
Archive Member
Posts: 39578
Joined: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:00 pm

Post by Baron Alcyoneus »

Qwertypolk wrote:Tea and crumpets anyone? How about a nice game of tennis?
Though one fears it'll be rained off again..

What what?
:roll:


I LOVE tea and strumpets!
Aesa
Archive Member
Posts: 115
Joined: Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:10 pm
Location: Northeast PA

Re: Wheelchair combatants

Post by Aesa »

banzaimf wrote:
Mongotzu wrote:Wotcher

Does anyone have any good picture of combatant who use a wheelchair?

Michael
Only in my head, as Ethan pseudo-teabagged some nice young lady at Pennsic. Made a charge at their line and didn't see her till too late.


I don't know if I qualify as a "nice young lady" but that was me. :D Not being seen until it's too late is one of our secret weapons.

I think our household has some pictures around of me actually fighting somewhere, if you want them. I think I might qualify as the very shortest fighter at Pennsic, so fighting shots are a little hard to get.

Image

Richard Gatecrasher fought in a standard manual chair and there is an awesome picture of him floating around somewhere. There was a Tuchux who fought in a chair; I was told he no longer fights, but would love to stand corrected. I believe Leonard One Leg fights in a power scooter; I've seen him with a crossbow but haven't seen him the last few years at Pennsic.
And to my knowledge, that's pretty much all of us. At least in the States.
User avatar
iaenmor
Archive Member
Posts: 1781
Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2002 1:01 am
Location: Magnolia Texas US

Post by iaenmor »

Image

Fearghus McKenna from Ansteorra. Pic is from Gulf Wars 15. Doesn't get out much anymore. Fought heavy and combat archery.
John Moore
Maeryk
Archive Member
Posts: 71527
Joined: Mon Nov 24, 2003 2:01 am

Re: Wheelchair combatants

Post by Maeryk »

Aesa wrote:
banzaimf wrote:
Mongotzu wrote:Wotcher

Does anyone have any good picture of combatant who use a wheelchair?

Michael
Only in my head, as Ethan pseudo-teabagged some nice young lady at Pennsic. Made a charge at their line and didn't see her till too late.


I don't know if I qualify as a "nice young lady" but that was me. :D Not being seen until it's too late is one of our secret weapons.

I think our household has some pictures around of me actually fighting somewhere, if you want them. I think I might qualify as the very shortest fighter at Pennsic, so fighting shots are a little hard to get.

Image

Richard Gatecrasher fought in a standard manual chair and there is an awesome picture of him floating around somewhere. There was a Tuchux who fought in a chair; I was told he no longer fights, but would love to stand corrected. I believe Leonard One Leg fights in a power scooter; I've seen him with a crossbow but haven't seen him the last few years at Pennsic.
And to my knowledge, that's pretty much all of us. At least in the States.


Xenon was the Tuchux.
User avatar
Nissan Maxima
Thor's Taint
Posts: 8170
Joined: Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:37 pm
Location: Ancestral Manor
Contact:

Post by Nissan Maxima »

Xenon's pusher, Oak, died this winter in a car crash. He was a great guy.
I am the SCA's middle finger.
www.clovenshield.org
Jaymes
Archive Member
Posts: 117
Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:04 pm
Location: Oklahoma City, OK

Post by Jaymes »

Sir Keif whom use to be in Ansteorra (I believe he is in Kentucky now) has one leg. A VERY high callibrated lefty, he would fight melees with a sword in his left and a single crutch on the right.
Baron Alcyoneus
Archive Member
Posts: 39578
Joined: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:00 pm

Post by Baron Alcyoneus »

I understand that he's doing a lot of traveling on the tattoo circuit.
User avatar
sha-ul
Archive Member
Posts: 10636
Joined: Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:16 pm
Location: barony of vatavia,calontir, west of Wichita
Contact:

Re: Wheelchair combatants

Post by sha-ul »

Aesa wrote:I don't know if I qualify as a "nice young lady" but that was me. :D Not being seen until it's too late is one of our secret weapons.
Image


Image :shock: :shock: :wink:
Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience
User avatar
Francisco Lopez de Leon
Archive Member
Posts: 759
Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:14 am
Location: Montengarde, Avacal, An Tir. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

Post by Francisco Lopez de Leon »

Yeh, I was gonna say- gorgeous heavy-fighter who doesn't accept limitations?

hot damn.
En Servicio a el Sueño,
Francisco Lopez de Leon
Escudero to Baron Sir Thorwulf Bjornsson

LosJinetes.org
Peikko
Archive Member
Posts: 1466
Joined: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:16 am
Location: Formerly the sunny bit of England...Now returned to Malagentia, EK.

Post by Peikko »

Jaymes wrote:Sir Keif whom use to be in Ansteorra (I believe he is in Kentucky now) has one leg. A VERY high callibrated lefty, he would fight melees with a sword in his left and a single crutch on the right.


I saw him at Pennsic once, ages ago...he was fighting with two swords and using one as a crutch, when he wasn't hitting folks with it :D
"trust me, I'm an archaeologist..."
The Iron Door Collective
http://www.swordfightexeter.org/
User avatar
Donal Mac Ruiseart
Archive Member
Posts: 7265
Joined: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:56 am
Location: North Frontier, Barony of Marinus, Kingdom of Atlantia (Norfolk, Virginia USA)

Post by Donal Mac Ruiseart »

Angusm0628 wrote:She's wheelchair bound . . .


Myself would be disinclined to call a person "wheelchair bound" or "confined to a wheelchair." Terms like that make it sound like a wheelchair is some sort of confining or limiting device, when in fact it's an enabling device, providing a person whose legs are not fully functional a great deal more mobility than they otherwise might have. More appropriate to call them "wheelchair users."

I have seen on film but not live, a fighter with a mobility device on which s/he sat like on a bicycle or horse, with a saddle-like seat that held him/her at about the same height as standing. It had two wheels in front and a tiller in back that was handled by another fighter whose primary task was to move the device and rider around.
Donal Mac Ruiseart O. Pel
Squire to Viscount Tojenareum Grenville (TJ)

Be without fear in the face of thine enemies
Stand brave and upright that the Lord may love thee
Speak the truth always even if it means thy death
Protect the helpless and do no wrong
Post Reply