The Armour Archive

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Hi Sir Rhys, Actually, Rainald's quote of Froissart gives you a reference to their use. Diebold Schillings various chronicles show such things displayed by ...

SyrRhys

The real thing about a spear that we, as SCAdians, don't often realize is that the spear was *much* more deadly than the sword. The sword was a great weapon for pleasant pasttimes like cutting down revolting peasants (and what peasant isn't?) or for fighting out of armor, or for armored combat where...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Watt: Here is a link that describes the construction and usage: http://www.goldenstag.net/MiscSCA/ArmorialDisplay.pdf <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Thank you very much for th...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by flonzy: chef Do you have a picture of an almain rivet? I have not come across this type of armor in my research into the Landsknechts. Thanks.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Th...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: He's counting heads for the audience. A "banner" refers to the presence of a knight banneret, who would command a unit of knights. A "pennon" is refering to...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Aidan Cambel: SyrRhys, Could you copy me on that also? In Service, Aidan<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Sure, I'll mail it off line. ------------------ Hugh Knight "Welcome to ...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Murdock: Maybe it was just the way Conn taught it, but i saw many similarities between BJJ and Fiore. For ex the dagger defenses were almost identical to several Gracie knif...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Christian H. Tobler: Greetings all, Actually, the German medieval fighting manuals are rife with ground-fighting techniques. My forthcoming book on Sigmund Ringeck's manuscr...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Well I guess I will have to disagree with you again Rhys.... For strategy to work, one must have thier technique down pat - so they do not have to think abo...

SyrRhys

[QUOTE]Originally posted by jester: [B]That's what has been bothering me! Thank you all. The books *all* assume victory![B] It's a major failing in some at least. [B]Thinking back on it I cannot recall seeing a single counter in any of the manuals I have looked at (Fiore [online Novati], Duerer, I.3...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Unless you use technique known to have been historically used, you aren't practising [b]historical western martial art. I study what I do to get a better insig...

SyrRhys

I prefer a well-made breastplate (like Churburg #14). I find them lighter and more comfortable than coats of plates.

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Hugh Knight
"Welcome to the Church of the Open Field, let us 'prey': Hunt hard, kill swiftly, waste nothing, make no apologies"

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by flonzy: I am a 2nd Dan in a Tai Kwan Do (Tang Soo Do, meaning Chinese hand way) and KAJUKENBO (an mixed art including ju-jitsu) and I have an instructor who studied under the G...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Bob Charron: Yes, and most importantly they are simple and easy to execute. Rhys' criticism must be considered, but the key to understanding why they throw the way they do ...

SyrRhys

I will e-mail a plan for holding a passage of arms to you. Can you open a Word Document?

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Hugh Knight
"Welcome to the Church of the Open Field, let us 'prey': Hunt hard, kill swiftly, waste nothing, make no apologies"

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by jester: Okay, I've taken some time to peruse the fechtbuchs (courtesy of ARMA and AEMMA). Some things that occur to me after these first glances: 1) These books seem to be p...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Murdock: I would course my hounds but they tried to destroy the coursing track. Oh well that's not what Rottwhilers were built for.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Actually, wh...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by MaskedWelshman: ... but I am wondering if there is an online version of "Jeu de la Hache" or even better, it existing as a .Doc or .txt file? Thanks!<HR></BLOCKQU...

SyrRhys

Hi Giles, This is a good question, and it gives us an opportunity for us to move our fighting to a more authentic level (to comment on your last paragraph). First, let me say that I will probably *never* argue for striking with the shield, however authentic a practice it might be. The way we constru...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Brodir: Sir Rhys, I would go so far as to say that you are painting with a broad brush of ridicule all those who are not studying the medieval flavour of SCA combat. BroÃ°i...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: I was not "painting the SCA with a broad brush of ridicule", I was stating an observed fact. You read in whatever emotion you chose to in reading my stateme...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: To be a knight in the SCA? No obviously not. None of the other trappings are required, so why ought this be? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Bob, you're quite ...

SyrRhys

Well, this is a bucket of worms, Richard! Personally, I'm an atheist, but Rhys is a catholic. Is he devout? Well, let's just say I don't "play" a persona that way. To me, my persona is just a focus, a way of making determinations about what kind of kit I should have and how I should be have. I can s...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Anradan MacEwan: Syr Rhys would splinted Cuisses have been in period? The gamboissed cuisses don't sound too protective and they sound HOT. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> One...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Erik Schmidt: SyrRhys, it's not Sir John de Creke in Edge and Paddock, but it's an effigy that's almost exactly the same, but from c1340. I read with interest that you refer...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: I used to breed dogs Sir Rhys, and I love and care for two horses, but falconry has little interest for me. You ought tack on the skills proper to a gentlem...

SyrRhys

I think your best bet is a CoP (I actually prefer one of the Kussnach styles to most of the Wisby, but either way) worn with splinted leather arms and gamboissed cuisses with dependant poleyns. You can wear front greaves since they were still fairly common at this time, but you can't go without lowe...

SyrRhys

One of the things that has really bothered me about all of the passages of arms we've held is that some folks feel as though they shouldn't participate unless they have a perfect harness. Setting aside the fact that none of us (well, almost none; I know a few, but I'm sure not one!) have perfect har...

SyrRhys

You make a good point, Richard. I grew up on horses, and was riding to the hounds almost before I could walk. May parents were fanatical about foxhunting, and they passed that on to me. My horse died about 10 years ago, but getting a new one is one of the high priorities in my life. I want to ride t...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Clermont: The visors do indeed appear to be open in the introduction portion of the 1459 edition here: http://www.thearma.org/Manuals/Talhoffer1443-1459Editions.htm But thes...

SyrRhys

I don't know of any complete sources, but some of the plates can be found here:
http://www.keesn.nl/mac/mac_en.htm

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Hugh Knight
"Welcome to the Church of the Open Field: Hunt hard, kill swiftly, waste nothing, make no apologies"

SyrRhys

Certainly the long sword is perfectly reasonable, as is the spear. I haven't been able to actually document how early the pollaxe was used, however, I suspect that the "axe" Froissart attributes to Jean le Bon at Poitiers is none other, which would make it perfectly reasonable for your persona. Ther...

SyrRhys

I concur with what Richard, wrote, but I wanted to add another idea. Japanese sword teachers talk about "looking at what is far away as if it was close and what is close as if it were far away". As with many oriental ideas this sounds much more profound because the language doesn't translate easily,...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by cheval: Nothing Rhys has currently proposed includes trips, throws, or takedowns. There should be no more falling using the shoving and grabbing techniques he suggests than ...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Clermont: The Lalaing story is the only reference I've run across of late period tourneys without face plates. The vast majority of Lalaing's opponents do wear face plates, ...