The "less technical" argument is wrong.
If the math is sound, and thus far it hasn't been successfully undermined, then arguing against it is literally arguing against physics.
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- Sun Jan 01, 2017 6:37 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Concussions and CTE
- Replies: 239
- Views: 274501
- Sat Dec 17, 2016 8:23 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Concussions and CTE
- Replies: 239
- Views: 274501
Re: Concussions and CTE
On what grounds do you make these claims?boris_ wrote: I do think that his publishing that is *shockingly* irresponsible. He speaks with faux authority on a topic he seems to not understand and muddies it up with equations that serve only to confuse the issue.
- Mon Dec 12, 2016 5:41 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Concussions and CTE
- Replies: 239
- Views: 274501
Re: Concussions and CTE
I fear there's still an implication that a smaller fighter, with less body mass or a thinner, longer neck, will still be at much greater risk for concussion and CTE than a big, burly person, even with a heavy helm and high-quality padding. There's nothing implied about this at all. This is a fact I...
- Sun Dec 11, 2016 2:04 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Concussions and CTE
- Replies: 239
- Views: 274501
Re: Concussions and CTE
Anyone actually find any errors?
- Fri Nov 25, 2016 10:51 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Concussions and CTE
- Replies: 239
- Views: 274501
Re: Concussions and CTE
Relevant to the interests of those concerned about TBI: http://www.weeklywarfare.net/?p=3554 Edited to add: the author is a doctor of neurobiology who did a lot of his post-grad work on concussions. One item that's especially noteworthy: padding does not protect your brain from acceleration to any m...
- Thu May 14, 2015 4:27 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: I wrote a fencing manual.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 521
Re: I wrote a fencing manual.
Thanks!Johann ColdIron wrote:Who's that mean looking guy on the cover?
That is a great angle for what we do and has been needed for a long time. Glad to see it in print!
It is presently available only in Kindle. I may do a release in other formats at some point if I can find some that suit my needs.
- Wed May 13, 2015 5:13 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: I wrote a fencing manual.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 521
I wrote a fencing manual.
It's based on the system of Ridolfo Capoferro, but has been interpreted for the modern audience operating within a sport context. It is appropriate for the novice through intermediate level of skill, and would be a good introduction to SCA rapier or HEMA study. It addresses body and blade mechanics,...
- Sat Dec 20, 2014 12:23 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Timid fighters..
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2906
- Sun Jun 01, 2014 6:35 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Fighting someone you do not like
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5670
Re: Fighting someone you do not like
I've fought people I absolutely detest the same as I've fought people I consider my family. The rules don't change just because I have feelings.
- Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:02 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: What is your favorite Tourney style/format?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3025
Re: What is your favorite Tourney style/format?
Single elimination, wounds retained.
- Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:07 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: 2014 Fighting Resolutions!
- Replies: 69
- Views: 5714
Re: 2014 Fighting Resolutions!
I'm reading sports psychology books (one down, two to go) in an effort to enhance my concentration and resolve. I've also set up some Italian rapier training workshops for a small number of friends who want to learn that. I'm going to bring back the Pennsic Rapier Champions' Practice training cycle ...
- Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:14 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Brass Frog Assault of Arms - New England Rapier and Sabre
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1211
Re: Brass Frog Assault of Arms - New England Rapier and Sabr
I am so bummed out I can't make this. I grew up in the town next door, and one of my childhood friend's husband is one of the people running it. Sigh. It's, unfortunately, a 500 mile drive. :P Hopefully they'll do something in the summer, when I can make a week of it. Rapiers and Sabres! Brass Frog ...
- Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:44 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: intro rapier, C&T gear?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1053
Re: intro rapier, C&T gear?
Do not skimp on the mask. Really. Get a good one with a high rating. It's your face.
- Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:45 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Crown Tournament Formats and Rules
- Replies: 70
- Views: 4440
Re: Crown Tournament Formats and Rules
Dante, let's look at the above paragraph for a moment. Who proposed the "silver bullet"? That's coming from you, I don't think it's in Roger's thinking, it certainly isn't in mine. So, straw man... And then you compound it, by adjusting terms to suit your straw man. Incautious aggression was not su...
- Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:33 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Crown Tournament Formats and Rules
- Replies: 70
- Views: 4440
Re: Crown Tournament Formats and Rules
Dante, let's look at the above paragraph for a moment. Who proposed the "silver bullet"? That's coming from you, I don't think it's in Roger's thinking, it certainly isn't in mine. So, straw man... And then you compound it, by adjusting terms to suit your straw man. Incautious aggression was not su...
- Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:26 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Crown Tournament Formats and Rules
- Replies: 70
- Views: 4440
Re: Crown Tournament Formats and Rules
I'm not saying it's a good thing, but to automatically assume that the best Heavy Fighter would become the best Fencer is not correct. There are different skillsets, there are different physical demands...and, to be honest, your ability to ignore pain from blunt force trauma is not as important in ...
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:49 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Please G*d, No knee fighting in C&T.
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3541
Re: Please G*d, No knee fighting in C&T.
Lets be clear here. Society rules state that a PERCUSSIVE STRIKE (chop) to the leg is a fight ender. HOWEVER A stab, draw, tip, or push cut is still JUST loss of the limb. This is false. 4. F. A valid blow to the foot or leg will disable the leg. i. For light rapier and heavy rapier, the fighter mu...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:45 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Please G*d, No knee fighting in C&T.
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3541
Re: Please G*d, No knee fighting in C&T.
How about "when you are stabbed in the leg you don't move that leg". Or better yet "when stabbed in the leg it counts 1 against you, when stabbed in the body it counts 2, first to <pick your number> wins/looses". I've done tournaments where the head is 3 points; the torso, upper leg, and upper arm ...
- Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:26 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: USFCA Historical Weaponry Certification
- Replies: 8
- Views: 772
Re: USFCA Historical Weaponry Certification
I like some of the questions: "An instructor is a werewolf, and frequently mauls the students and eats them, interrupting the lesson. Is this good or bad?"
Or something like that, but they were pretty silly.
Or something like that, but they were pretty silly.
- Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:37 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Fencing and Heavy armor/protection minimums
- Replies: 36
- Views: 75687
Re: Fencing and Heavy armor/protection minimums
Obviously, this was an isolated incident, and like I said, there are some tough Sons of bitches that can lay me in the dirt with a rapier in their hands. I think, though, that the views of a Community are ultimately the product of the sum of the individuals. I don't think anyone can make sweeping c...
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:00 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Fencing and Heavy armor/protection minimums
- Replies: 36
- Views: 75687
Re: Fencing and Heavy armor/protection minimums
The core difference is that in rattan, you are trusting your armor to protect you from injury. If someone clobbers you, your armor does its job. In rapier, you are trusting your opponent to protect you from injury. All fencing armor is about keeping you safe from things your opponent can't realistic...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:12 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic XLI combat reviews
- Replies: 140
- Views: 12168
Re: Pennsic XLI combat reviews
That was a momentary flare up of temper between two people with otherwise excellent reputations, who have since publicly apologized to the Crowns of the Known World for their lapse in judgment. No blows were thrown, no fight started, and both individuals involved were on good terms and sharing liba...
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:19 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic XLI combat reviews
- Replies: 140
- Views: 12168
Re: Pennsic XLI combat reviews
so ! how about the real fight that broke out in the town battle ? pretty crazy huh ? i never saw anything like that before and hope to never again. i wasn't real close to it, but close enough, so i don't know how it started or who was all involved. looked like a hockey fight. That was a momentary f...
- Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:15 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: C&T at Pennsic
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1402
Re: C&T at Pennsic
I don't know about extra gear, but Zen Warrior Armory has a legal hood for $70 and you can get elbow pads for $10.
- Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:31 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: C&T at Pennsic
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1402
Re: C&T at Pennsic
The RMIC asked that we start at 4, since the field officially closes at 6. Of course, if there's a marshal present after 6....
- Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:23 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: C&T at Pennsic
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1402
Re: C&T at Pennsic
Which evenings? I have loner gear (back of head, elbows, knees, mantels, wrist, pads, etc.) as well if folks are interested in trying as long as appropriate supervision is present. If folks have masks, I have enough loner stuff to outfit about 5 people. I'm arriving Friday right before war week. Th...
- Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:13 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: C&T at Pennsic
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1402
Re: C&T at Pennsic
Fencing field.Robert Downey wrote:Where would this informal daily gathering be, my friend?
- Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:57 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: C&T at Pennsic
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1402
C&T at Pennsic
It's not in the schedule (currently), but right now the plan is for people interested in C&T pickups to meet in the evenings, starting at about 5, for sparring, etc.. It's purely informal, but since C&T is comparatively rare and requires extra carrying, it seemed like a good idea to increase the lik...
- Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:43 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Zen Warrior Cut & Thrust Hard Shell Hood
- Replies: 4
- Views: 667
Re: Zen Warrior Cut & Thrust Hard Shell Hood
It seems there's an "SCA specific" version that has a bit more fabric coverage as well.
- Wed Jun 27, 2012 1:41 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Archery practice in Richmond VA?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 428
Re: Archery practice in Richmond VA?
Fredericksburg, VA (Stierbach) has a super active archery group that meets on Sundays. It's about an hour from Richmond.
- Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:34 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Not what you think it is.
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3400
Re: Not what you think it is.
In fairness, he was pretty ground breaking when he published his first book -in, what, the late 90s? Too bad he hasn't done anything since. Right, that's what I mean. There was a point where the argument he makes had much more merit than it does today, when there are so many groups of people doing ...
- Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:08 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Not what you think it is.
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3400
Re: Not what you think it is.
Sigh. I feel like he rewrites this exact same thing every year or so. Everyone else is terrible, yes, we get it; why not write something scholarly now?
- Tue May 01, 2012 3:39 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: No Mind. Do you use it & How?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2103
Re: No Mind. Do you use it & How?
I don't use what I would call a "no mind". My visual processing index has been professionally tested at the 99.9th percentile, so my "relfexes" in a fight are usually more "I saw it coming". My in-fight thoughts are actually a lot like the fights in the new Sherlock Holmes movies, in a series of "if...
- Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:57 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: What 'weapon' could be used as half-sword
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1583
Re: What 'weapon' could be used as half-sword
Ooooh! Which two manuals? I only did it because someone was going for a biiig cut downwards, so I wanted to step inside his sweetspot, and be absolutely sure that my head didn't get hacked. So, passing step through on the left, half sword, and thrust with it halfsworded, having taken the parry. It'...
- Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:30 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: What 'weapon' could be used as half-sword
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1583
Re: What 'weapon' could be used as half-sword
I do it in rapier fairly often as well. I can document the practice to at least two manuals from two different lineages, and we don't have any rules against grabbing our own blades.Antonio wrote:Um, I've halfsworded in cut and thrust, if that helps?