Main > The Courtyard
15th Century combat demo (video)
Sir William:
--- Quote from: Lord Rodney on 2011-07-08, 13:20:17 ---
--- Quote from: Sir William ---I think if we put two unknowns together for a duel- that is, people who are not familiar with one another, then the result will be more like Barker's vid and not the one up top.
--- End quote ---
You are correct.
I read the same commentary on the AA thread and just shrugged. ::) The same holds true when you are fighting in an SCA tournament against an unknown opponent. If you haven’t had the opportunity to watch him/her in a previous round, you end up taking it slow and feeling each other out. I can only assume that it would be the same, or more so, when steel is involved. Keep in mind that there are a great number of intelligent, well read and very capable fighters on AA as well as a fair number of armchair quarterbacks who *maybe* get into armour once a year, but seem to have input on every subject matter. ;)
--- End quote ---
Huzzah for armchair QBs no? I think it is natural for spectators to critique what they're seeing, even if they may not really know enough about the subject matter to discuss it in-depth, most folk are smart enough to pick up on subtleties if the subject at hand is of interest to them. For my part, I thought Kevin handled himself well...especially against an opponent that he gave nearly half a foot in height and easily 50-60 lbs in weight; if I did not think (and know) better of him, I would've said James was a big bully! LOL
Sir Wolf:
hmmm kevin is shorter than i and around the same weight so that puts james at about 8 inches taller and 100+ heavier ehhehe
Sir William:
Really? He looks like he's the size you used to be, but no way, not now. He's got you by at least 20 lbs I'd say. How tall is James? I'm just a hair over 6', I figured he was about 6'2" at the most, but pictures can be deceiving- not to mention, uneven ground.
Sir Gerard de Rodes:
Brilliant !!
G
James Barker:
--- Quote from: Sir William on 2011-07-08, 19:09:30 ---How tall is James? I'm just a hair over 6', I figured he was about 6'2" at the most, but pictures can be deceiving- not to mention, uneven ground.
--- End quote ---
6'3". I am not to worried about the comments people make; I am not HWMA expert and I would not call our combat amazing but it was fun. Some of the comments were legit some was sour grapes from combat clubs that don't do historical style combat. I does not bother me either way.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version