Friday morning I rolled out of bed (by the way, this was the first year we didn’t sleep on an air mattress, but instead had a real bedframe and futon mattress. It is so much more comfortable and our sleep was deeper and more restorative than it’s ever been), picked up my phone, and sent […]
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Pennsic XL Part 6: 51 weeks to heal 1 comment
Pennsic XL Part 5: Which contains almost no rapier melee 7 comments
For reasons that will become clear relatively shortly, this post has almost absolutely nothing to do with the stated purpose of this blog, musings on rapier melee. The staff apologize. But it WILL have something to do with Heavy Bridge Battles The setup: 5 thirty-foot wide bridges (Call them 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, […]
Pennsic XL Part 4: 10 men enter, 5 men leave 11 comments
Hmmmm, that just sounds less impressive than the Thunderdome mantra. Though, really, the Atlantian 5-man tourney isn’t the Thunderdome, it’s a little less hardcore than that, what with the whole “Kill our friends, not hurt them”. “2 friends enter, 2 friends leave, just one of them leaves a little sooner than the other” doesn’t have […]
Pennsic XL Part 3: Over the rapier and through the woods… 2 comments
Armored Woods Battle: A Good Walk Spoiled Tuesday morning I dragged the cart full of armor up Mt. Eislinn and, being all warmed up and stuff, proceeded to try to find someone to hit. His Excellency was gone in to town to find a way to resolve flooding issues in his tent, and the gathered […]
Pennsic XL Part 2: Valleys and Towns 3 comments
While, as you’ll see, there were many, many things that were not optimally planned (at least in my judgment) about this Pennsic, I do have to give the organizers credit for doing one thing: Armored battles in the morning, Rapier in the afternoon. This meant that I could easily fight all battles on both fields, […]
Pennsic XL Part 1: Hats and bats 7 comments
The bruises are pale yellow, I can almost walk without a limp, and the rust has been knocked off the blades, all of which means it’s time to write down the happenings of Pennsic before all proof of their existence vanishes or is repressed and they slip into the dark murk of history. As was […]
Insert Dante making some comment about “Weekly” Warfare Leave a comment
Things are a little sluggish on the Warfare because, well, there’s a whole shit ton to do before Pennsic rolls around. Fighting, garb, and prepping my A&S are ongoing. But Pennsic promises to result in much posting, of course, and also in the acquisition of 2-4 new toys for the study of Peasant HMA, and […]
My new toys! 3 comments
Alpha version, peasant flails for hma. Beta version will have 6′ handles, leather or cloth covered striking heads, and natural rope. Modeled off of these guys’ flails Hooray, HMA!
Journal 7/3, or the Melee Drill Experiment of the Week Leave a comment
There aren’t really enough thoughts kicking around in my brain to warrant a full break down of last week’s fighting. Mainly, Dante came down and taught us Capo Ferro two Sundays ago, which was awesome, and we drilled it again this past Sunday. And on Saturday Nikulai authorized, I won a tourney, and I preached […]
Journal, 6/20/2011 2 comments
What does Wistric do when he’s not posting on His Warfare? Well, apparently, he forgets a lot of shit, like the whole past two weeks. This started out as a summary of one week of fighting, until I realized I was conflating 14 days, and that I’d forgotten about an entire baronial practice. Oops. So, […]