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Gene, Given your implied admonition not to respond to your specific claims, I'll only reiterate the fact that the book has an interesting bearing on the origins of Western Martial traditions, I believe it builds upon and expands the ideas put forth in Carnage and Culture and I reccomend anyone inter...

Gene, You and I apparently have radically different ideas about what constitutes a democracy, I certainly don't think the nation State is a requisite form. Election of representatives goes well back into pre-roman times. But we could debate that probably almost endlessly and I fear it would veer wel...

The Roman legal code was among the first (if not the first, but certainly don't quote me on this), to separate the idea of religion and law. Law became a secular concept and in theory, no Roman citizen was above the law. How about Caligula when he made a brothel out of the wives of the Senate ? How...

Bach, if I'm not mistaken, was a Baroque composer. Though yes, I prefer him to Mozart. Not that any of that was my point... [wanders back on topic] Mozart, Bartok, Prokofiev, Bethoven, .... and Wagner if you are ever in a Helicopter While I think that Terry Jones' findings are important--and taking...

Mozart, arguably the greatest composer of "classical" music, likewise invented nothing but merged and improved upon existing musical concepts. I think the Romans did just that--they were good at amalgamation, organization, and were perfectly willing to take a good idea that wasn't their o...

I was taught that the Romans took elements they liked from the cultures they encountered, and that they didn't invent much past concrete. Of course this was from someone who specializes in the Minoans. Ah, the Minoans, a personal favorite of mine as well. I wish they would release some data, or bet...

Terry Jones has come out with a new book called "Barbarians, which basically examines the Classical world from a point of view outside of Rome. I found the sections on the Celts, including a lot of new revelations on their technology, on the Germans, and particularly on the growth and Greek mil...

Eric Dohner wrote:Have you a link, Jeanry? That's really fascinating.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennesaw,_Georgia

JR

- I have often wondered what would happen if some politician tried to pass legislature which mandated that all people carry weapons and recieve training in thier use--that would make for some interesting political debates, no?- AP They did that in some town in Georgia and allegedly crime went way d...

s_taillebois wrote:But, likely then, there'd be a proposal to stop anyone from carrying a stick, cane, branch or etc.

When I was a kid growing up in New Orleans we used to hide them in the drains and gutters and retrieve them as needed...

JR

I have built flattened pvc cores. This does stiffen the core in one direction, but makes it a little more wippy for side to side. The flattened 3/4 inch PVC cores make a really nice single handed sword, but the long swords flex at the flat. Lately for longswords I have been using platic cores from ...

Hi Brad Actually I should mention that the two wasters that you made for Gene are not very whippy, but mine built similarly is, a little. Well thats a relief, and it's interesting too since you can compare them side by side. They certainly didn't seem whippy when I tested them out before delivering ...

I will also add that I noticed a large increase in peripheral hits to hands and arms in spite of good technique in defending because of the whippy blade of the pvc weapon curving around a cover to strike. Shane, sounds like you are pretty unhappy with the PVC core weapons, do you have something els...

The possibility of a knife attack is increasing in Britain, all the more reason to study Fiore's unarmed plays and those in the other manuals: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,29389-2304912,00.html I actually think it's on the rise in the USA too. It's a scary, scary feeling when somebody is...

The possibility of a knife attack is increasing in Britain, all the more reason to study Fiore's unarmed plays and those in the other manuals: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,29389-2304912,00.html To be honest I get a funny feeling the attacks have not increased but it's the publicity of th...