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by Will Adamson
Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:07 pm
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: Opinions or carrying equipment
Replies: 7
Views: 17071

I use a hard golf case, but just like Stacy said, it gets complicated when you have to carry a lot of stuff and want to put things other than weapons in there. I had some pretty good success with carrying my stuff in a military duffel bag and letting the points stick out of the top. You can get a co...
by Will Adamson
Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:45 pm
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: It was AMAZING!!
Replies: 8
Views: 21093

I was in the airport in Cincinati coming back from a training weekend. Two older women were staring at me. One of them walked to the side of me, and said "excuse me are you Aaron Pynenberg from ARMA?" I was shocked! She and her sister were from the SCA and are fans of ARMA's videos. They ...
by Will Adamson
Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:23 am
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: What is the prupose of your red socks?
Replies: 11
Views: 20162

Yeah, they're so much more comfortable than green, white, or even muave.
by Will Adamson
Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:52 am
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: Suggestions of sites to visit in the UK
Replies: 12
Views: 18908

I could have spent an entire week in the British Museum in London. York has a fun Viking museum. If you go to Scotland, Sterling is the place to go.
by Will Adamson
Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:25 pm
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: Cavalry Training
Replies: 26
Views: 34814

Because we have no need to train horses to behave in such manners often there's a perception that they cannot do so but any stock man (or quite a few people in rural areas) could easily tell of the more obnoxious tendencies inherent in horses. I grew up on a farm and I can tell you for a fact that ...
by Will Adamson
Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:24 pm
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: Cheese Grater Face
Replies: 12
Views: 21731

Or you could duck next time! :lol: :roll:

I'm gonna pay for that comment at IG09. :twisted:
by Will Adamson
Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:14 am
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: Cheese Grater Face
Replies: 12
Views: 21731

The mask should be fairly snug, but remember that they're not designed for the kind of abuse that we put them through.

What are y'all using...baseball bats?
by Will Adamson
Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:27 am
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: Fighting in say....C.1066?
Replies: 23
Views: 39237

I have heard a lot of people theorize that sword and buckler probably has some relationship to the use of larger heater type shields and I think that makes sense on a basic level. And they would be very wrong IMHO. Just try holding, nevermind moving efficiently, even the smallest of heater shields ...
by Will Adamson
Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:38 am
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: Armor of proof
Replies: 16
Views: 23061

There are some excellent examples of this at the Met in New York.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/09/eus ... 30a-p.htm#
by Will Adamson
Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:48 am
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: Best Noobie Learning book (for the solo trainer)
Replies: 10
Views: 19357

Hi Will, The Albrecht Durer book is (according to our very own Bart W.) a better illustrated (duh!, given the artist :) )version of Wallerstein. Just match up the pictures from CW to the Durer ones and keep the same text. But that would require work Jaron! :wink: Thanks, I'll give it a whirl.
by Will Adamson
Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:23 am
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: Best Noobie Learning book (for the solo trainer)
Replies: 10
Views: 19357

To tell you the truth, I'm finding some pretty basic material in the Codex Wallerstein right now. I've only glossed over the first few plates in the past, but my study group has started a more systematic approach and it is already opening up to us in ways that I hadn't imagined. This is a pretty slo...
by Will Adamson
Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:25 pm
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: A buckler with a good handle
Replies: 6
Views: 10554

I have one of Brian Hunt's and one from Martello Nero. Both have pretty wide grips that handle pretty well. Brian's is better in this respect because it is smaller and lighter. The Martello Nero is made of wood and leather, so is closer to being historically accurate at least as far as materials are...
by Will Adamson
Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:39 pm
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: Testing SCA Stikes on Tatami Mats and Unrestricted Combat.
Replies: 46
Views: 84479

Bill Tsafa wrote:so what Michael says I must do.


:cry: :roll: :lol: :shock: You ain't in Cuba man!
by Will Adamson
Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:25 am
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: Testing SCA Stikes on Tatami Mats and Unrestricted Combat.
Replies: 46
Views: 84479

It is something I have wondered about and I suspect that perhaps it was simply too basic for people to bother to put to text. Kind of like finding a cookbook on frying eggs. I suspect that Sword and Shield is what the general army was taught and sent out to die on the front lines with. Longsword on...
by Will Adamson
Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:42 pm
Forum: Research and Training Discussion
Topic: Testing SCA Stikes on Tatami Mats and Unrestricted Combat.
Replies: 46
Views: 84479

Here's another direction to think about regardless of the outcome of the bouts, but especially since you did so well, and were able to cut. Why do we not see much sword and large shield in the historical literature?

Just throwin' it out there.

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