The Armour Archive

DukeAvery

Dry foam is weak - 1/2" of even the best oily gel is insufficient in my opinion but 3/4" works but I prefer 1" on the brim/seats of pressure. 1" + 4 opposed chin strap points solid attached, is my recommendation - and and a scrum who knows mercy and honor the same. After a clash, nobody ever said my...

DukeAvery

Science is the light of the Evening star, when all others have gone out. Be constant. I will see you on the line.

DukeAvery

Greetings Fellow Archivists, The Southern Crusades War in Atenveldt (held last weekend) was an amazingly fun time this year. Yes, it was hot, dry and rocky but if you are looking for some of the best war fighting the SCA has to offer then this is (one of) the places to find it. You won't hear "My Lo...

DukeAvery

See above. I really wonder about people asking for medical advice on the Archive.... Are there any actual doctors / medical professionals on here? I think this is more of the "has anyone gotten back on the field with these sorts of issues" question. I remember a Caiden baron whose proper name escap...

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Gurahl

You Sir, are an inspiration.

Regards
Avery

DukeAvery

Greetings

I was wondering if anyone had some good topical links? I'd like to see what is going on across the planet, to the extent that is possible.

Kind Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

Trystyn of Anglesey wrote:
DukeAvery wrote:...tell the bog people I am going to the Woods battle.
Oh, do we hate you now?
I didn't get the memo.

I certainly hope not, I'm hoping to camp down there again.
The only thing better than fighting against the bog is fighting with the bog.

Regards
Avery

DukeAvery

Well, here's my tentative plan.

1) Get back in shape.
2) Go to Pennsic and fight for the Middle.
3) Go to the Woods Battle, tell the bog people I am going to the Woods battle.
4) Find a narrow defile near our rez point.
5) Hilarity ensues.

Regards
Avery

DukeAvery

There's really nothing wrong with wanting an exciting and competitive war, one that isn't decided months in advance.

What do the tactics of disparagement say about the wielder?

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Avery

DukeAvery

Falcone One very effective solution I have seen at smaller wars is if one side is getting repeatedly stomped then some knights would cross the field to balance the sides after it was clear one side was dominating. Somebody gets to be the "winner" but the "losing" side doesn't have to suffer a dispar...

DukeAvery

Greetings Fellow Archivists It is time for me to knock the cobwebs off my armor, jog more, and get some weighted lunges in preparation for more epic spear fighting. This classic conflict is just around the corner and I'm excited. It is a little earlier this year so hopefully I won't end up getting h...

DukeAvery

Form, fitness, adjustable height single tire swinging pell. I don't aim for the tread, but the side-walls.

DukeAvery

Any martial, including rapier, CA, etc..

Just let it be a fair contest free of shenanigans.

Regards
Avery

DukeAvery

Work on perfecting your form. Usually, this means getting some Paul time or work with one of the trainers he recommends in his style in your area. A mistake that is usually made is forgetting that attacks are whole body motions. It isn't the arm, it isn't the hip, it isn't the back, it is everything...

DukeAvery

With the slide step they can be done together.

Regards
Avery

DukeAvery

I select my equipment such that the issue will always be in doubt. If there is no doubt then the contest is over.

Congratulations

Avery

DukeAvery

Sharing is caring. I'm perfectly happy with a fair 50/50 CA/non-CA split right down the middle. That said this schedule seems a bit CA-heavy. The Woods is CA-free (which traditionally one of my favorite battles), and the outside bridges on bridge day, but everything else has CA - unless I've misread...

DukeAvery

Someday. I. Will. Be. On. This. List. That is my dream. That is my quest. That is my promise. I want the name Alexander Clarke to be followed by the words: Spear God. I Love Spear fighting. Priceless - this is how I started thirty years ago after being slain repeatedly by one of the Houghtons at th...

DukeAvery

@Xager - thanks for the information. Welcome to the site. @Cailin - Sure! I haven't watched many of the youtube videos but the ones I have watched show an interesting problem (among many) in that how do you knock someone over without going to the ground yourself? When we look closely at the video we...

DukeAvery

I could see rattan death-from-behind rules being modified to reflect the canonical methods of BoN knock-down. I am interested in the best video of the fighting and willing to pay a reasonable price to do so. I am interested in the specific methods used.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

Avery, are you still in An Tir?... The gills didn't take. :) I'm living in Northern California these days, working for VMware. I take classes with Paul when I can (although not as often as I should) and fly out to Aten events to visit old friends and spear fight. I should get back up to An Tir some...

DukeAvery

Hey, you forgot one!

I'd like to put forward Duke Dahoud, whom I fought at Estrella this year and I found to be quite impressive. I couldn't get him, so I got everyone who stood next to him instead. Good times.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

What happens next is the team comes home and talks to the rest of the SCA - and I can guarantee you that they'll be peppered with questions. Those that are not too good to hang out with the rattan crowd anymore. :D How that information will affect us is a huge question that will now play out. I will...

DukeAvery

Those were legendary times, and best news is that they are not over. Come to Estrella, where full speed charges, killing from behind, and pez-dispensing thrusts are the norm. I've got to say I think the two inch tips on glass spears has reinvigorated the spear game. Big thanks to whoever made that h...

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this.

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But you did, although you might not think so. It isn't the if, it's the how.

Congratulations.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

Nissan Maxima wrote:Its gonna be hard to go back to SCA fighting. It is the difference between balony sandwiches and ribeye steaks.

We'll be sorry to see you go, but we understand, now that you're in the big leagues and all.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

Oh, if it's telling other kingdoms what they should be doing time...in that case...

get a pen.

DukeAvery

I would offer my congratulations as well to the Kingdom of Atenveldt. The fighting was nothing short of legendary. I'm inspired to prepare some moves and stances I haven't considered in many a year. The Outlands, who always has done a great job in whatever capacity, upped their game yet again and it...

DukeAvery

Southwest Airlines is having a 'bad air day' so I've got a little more time on my hands. Here is another story. I call it "The Best Day of my Life." When Licurgus was King of the Outlands, among other things he went to Pennsic and happened to have a dancing and drumming party. There I met a dancer, ...

DukeAvery

I'm done packing for Estrella and only await the trip to the airport. Here is a story to past the time of my first Pennsic. For my first I was already a 'veteran' of Estrella so I had some idea of how a really large war ran. I'd seen close to a thousand fighters before, how different could close to ...

DukeAvery

huh. I thought it went home with some Atenveldters and we sent a paypal payment to someone for it. Well, we'll figure it out. Sorry for any trouble.

edit - looks like I dropped the ball on this one. Stand by for remediation.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

Sweet. Hopefully the Ice Falcon Sport Spear I ordered for Pennsic but wasn't able to drive will have magically wended its way from Pennsic to Estrella!

The weather report is calling for 50s to 80s and clear/partially cloudy skies.

See you there.

Regards

Avery

DukeAvery

@Violen I wouldn't rule it out, but that is not the purpose of my post. My ideological differences with the western leadership are such that I am unlikely to be able to fulfill my end of a knight/squire relationship here in all but the most extraordinary of cases. But I may train, and help train oth...

DukeAvery

@Mark - Thanks Mark, I appreciate your support. It's what I can do. Part of my method here is that I'm starting a new job and I'll have even less time to train than before (but plenty of vacation time) - it is, however, flex time, so I can definitely squeeze in an hour here and there even during the...

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