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This Week in German HMA!   Leave a comment

What? It still happens! We’ve finished sickle and peasant staff, so I’ve cleaned those up and uploaded our translation and interpretations: SICHELFECHTEN!  aka Sickle fight, but it always sounds more brutal in German: Fuste Agresti aka Peasant Staff.  Sadly, I don’t have the German for it, but the bit where you implode Patiente’s face sort of […]

Posted September 17, 2013 by Wistric in German HMA

Thoughts on the Peerage Announcement and the Reaction Thereto   5 comments

(Posting this here today rather than Facebook.  Tomorrow, Facebook.  Because I’m pissed, and rather ashamed that some of these people fight for my King.) I’ve seen a whole lot of butthurt coming out on my friends list, not just from the “People who are on my friends list because they’re in the SCA” but from […]

Posted August 23, 2013 by Wistric in Musings

Losing   3 comments

I’ve actually been meaning to write up my own Ruby Joust experiences since the day of, but haven’t quite been able to get a grip on it.  So here’s a shot… I lost.  By my own standard I fell very far short of what I expect to achieve.  I did not make it out of […]

Posted August 21, 2013 by Wistric in Musings

Most of fencing derived from First Principles   6 comments

I’ve been discussing actually working out my Derivation of Fencing from First Principles for a while now. Well, actually, just First Principle. And, there being no other, it isn’t actually The First Principle, just The Principle. So, Derivation of Fencing from The Principle. What is The Principle? I suppose I should actually clarify that: Stick […]

Posted July 12, 2013 by Wistric in Musings

Ruby Joust II   2 comments

How’d it go?

Posted June 4, 2013 by Wistric in Events

A Day by the Black Sea   6 comments

K’berg put on a small local event this weekend basically meant to be just fun, because lots of events tend to be about something else.  I was working Gate the majority of the day, so somebody else will have to talk about the fighting.   Somebody else, take it away…

Posted May 13, 2013 by Wistric in Events

Night Out of Town, 2013   13 comments

I didn’t go, somebody else who did should sound off on how it went, what they thought of the scenarios, etc (Tassin, I know you got thoughts)

Posted April 15, 2013 by Wistric in Events

Spring Coronation, 2013   6 comments

How’d it go for you?   (One of these days somebody else will do an event post mortem…) The day’s fighting broke up in to three pieces: Part 1: Woods Melee First was an hour or so long woods melee.  There were three capture points along the center of the field.  Each side had three […]

Posted April 8, 2013 by Wistric in Events

Defending the Gate 2013   10 comments

Sooooo… how was yours?

Posted March 31, 2013 by Wistric in Events

Atlantian Rapier Champions Practice   29 comments

Two Saturdays back some 25-30 fencers gathered, of their own volition, in 40 degree weather with a 15 degree wind chill, to push each other to their top game. It was a great time. The practice served a nominal and a secondary purpose: First, to train our fighters for champions fight settings with high pressure, […]

Posted March 11, 2013 by Wistric in Events