Research and Discussion Forums

My bad. I knew the double-sword thing was pretty much inferior, and so I never looked into it much. I always assumed that the manual material was on the "case of rapiers." I gotta remember to never shoot my mouth off without the scholarship to back it up!

Guards for one-handed and two-handed weapons are the same. A guard position is simply a point of motion, or a point from which motion will begin. If one is fighting with a weapon, the points of motion will still be the same. You don't really move differently for each different weapon. Fighting is no...

Ever since I was a very small child I've loved swords. When I reached adolescence, I wanted to learn about sword fighting, but knew nothing about it. I started dabbling with the SCA, but I was saved from that when a friend showed me the HACA website. Like many others of us, I had one of those "...

Hey Carey. Okay, first of all, the weight of the sword isn't that much of an issue, or at least it isn't if the sword is well made. All swords that are accurately-made enough to claim the name of a sword will weigh around 2-3 lbs. Also, again if they're accurately-made, they will be properly balance...

Steve, it's a nice idea, but it's not what we're about. Maybe we could develop a system for competition and display, and set the right rules in place and develop a scoring system. But if we did, then the goal of our training would soon become all about scoring points and not learning the "marti...

SCA fighting comes from more of a game mindset, ARMA training is more of a serious reconstructive mindset.

Remember King Harold's huscarls, that used two-handed battle axes. You don't equip your elite troops with clumsy weapons.

Actually, Shane, we're in the Greenville area, which is the exact opposite end of the state. I know there's someone in the Columbia area, but his name escapes me at the moment. Even so, Columbia isn't all that close either.

I met Mr. Reinhardt on several occasions and even conversed with him via email for a very short time. He advised me a little in the brief time I talked with him. From the little I knew of him, he always impressed me as one tough old SOB (I mean that in a good way). And being a tough old SOB, by natu...

For those of us (such as my brother and I) who had maybe let their training slip a little over the past few months, this event was just the thing we needed to recharge our batteries. With all the information absorbed from the event, and the new concepts and aspects to training and study that were in...

It's usually around mid-May. Like I said, it's already come and gone for this year. However, sometimes I think it's possible to go down there and see their discontinued merchandise, if you call ahead and let them know you're coming and want to see that stuff. When you get there, they'll take you thr...

Yes, Windlass is okay as long as you are willing to accept certain things: 1. The longer the blade, the more noodle-like it gets. 2. Virtually all Windlass swords are fixer-uppers, even the good ones. 3. For some reason, the tang on most models is often thinner than the midpoint of the blade :shock:...

There appears to be a sort of knuckle-bow or loop over the statue's fingers, doesn't there? If so, it might be a falcata/kopis, which was a common weapon at that time (although I think the falcatas with full knuckle-bows were found more commonly on the Iberian Peninsula, and were later, 400-200 B.C....

Yes, hello there. I don't think I knew there was a Greenville in NC...though I think there is one in Tennessee. Anyway, whereabouts in NC might you be located?

Definitely helpful input, everybody. Many thanks.