Well Matt, if you take your longbow then I'll take mine - once I have resolved my personal issues about wearing tights <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />
Hi Todd Fiore will be our main master of study. There is a wealth of information in the Getty version and years of study ahead. Other masters, of course, will be studied not least because we are working from an historical text and even the most complete historical text can not provide the modern pra...
Anyone living in the west of England may be interested in the following: I would like to announce a new Historical European Martial Arts study group that will begin during late May 2003 in the North Devon area of England. It will be called Schola Gladiatoria West and the parent group is Matt Easton’...
Following on from the very useful sparring gloves/wasters thread, has anyone used modern riot helmets (visor and nape protection) while sparring and, if so, what do you think of the protection provided? A word on "sparring": many people view the words "spar" and "sparring&qu...
Murray and Casper Interesting thread! I own a 17.3 hand gelding (castrated Cleveland Bay male) and a 15.3 hand mare (Clydesdale-Thouroughbred cross) and have some observations to contribute (in the UK, a "hand" is 4 inches or 10.16 cm and the measurement is from the ground to the point whe...
