Re: Fighting styles - manuals and field ... A lot less silly than the other sorts that end up in maiming and killing people ;-) Sillier as a sport than...
... horse to ... guidance of ... wielder and ... combat the ... signals, many ... and work ... Therein lies the difference between the "better swordsman" and...
A?friend of mine many years ago played/reenacted with sword and shield on horseback with some of his friends. They did this on his ranch for several years. He...
Hmmm.....70's typeface I'd be curious to learn more about them my memories do go that far back but not these :( Martyn S ... I've never seen this before, but...
... memories do go that far back but not these :( ... Enquiries on the Old School site have revealed these were written by Derek Sharman around 1973 and were...
The Byzantines understood this, and that a breakneck charge was at times in order, and hired the right men for the job -- "Franks," as they called them. These...
For Christmas, I asked for (and should receive) a 15mm Wars of the Roses army which I plan to paint and base as a Yorkist army for Basic Impetus. I plan to...
Re the liveries: the Standards for Edward & Richardshould certainly be Azure over Murrey, but but Hastings' was reversed - the Murrey was uppermost. The...
I for one wasn't suggesting it was more or less valid than re-enactment, fencing or other pastime .However Mensur is about bravery, nerve and bearing wounds in...
... Unfortunately, the _only_ thing mensur has going for it is the use of sharps. You and your opponent are standing on blocks a set distance from each other:...
I was wondering if anyone here knew anything about the statuette shown at http://tinyurl.com/6l5pth ? The original's in Brussels. It appears in Moscati, ed....
... And how much footwork do you imagine you could use in a shieldwall? It's easy to confuse the techniques of single combat, on which mauals often dwell, with...
I would say it was a quiver on the left hip, It almost looks as if he has some sort of animal skin/cloth covering on top of a helmet There could be something...
... It's bit odd, whatever it is. ... Reminiscent of C9th Assyrian styles - Ashurnasirpal II reliefs etc. ... No, it was new to me when I saw it in the other,...
... fighters standing next to you, only specific areas are allowed to be targeted. All of which are intrinsic to a battle experience in a shield wall. ... I...
The WRG Middle Ages book is also good for liveries & also badges & the Lance & Longbow livery books & flags are the ultimate in info IMHO. Â It's an...
Interesting figure, without the 'Byblos' reference I'd have thought it was a Skythian/Cimmerian noble. Tom.. ... helmet ... date it ... [Non-text portions of...
BOOKS: BYZANTIUM TO ISTANBUL, A CITYÆS MILLENARY HISTORY (ANSAmed) - ROME, OCTOBER 31 - "Bisanzio, Costantinopoli, Istanbul", a book curated by Tania Velmans...
Well, firstly, the rider is not armed; the 'quiver' is one of a pair of wings attached to the horse's breastplate (which is under the small crescentic gorget)....
Riding horses don't need blinkers for one thing and no reins are shown. I've wondered if it's two unrelated pieces joined particularly as the rider's legs are...
... as ... Obviously so. What might be instructive, apropos the sword-type question that started this thread, is the way the blade is deployed in Mensur....
... It certainly isn't. No documented style of swordfighting in earnest in the slightest resembles mensur: Every single one of them has quite involved...
... Aah... interesting, I hadn't thought of that. I'd been taking the "break" line as the bottom of what looked like a quiver. It does explain why he has...
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