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WMAW 2013
Sir Edward:
Well, we're on the last day at the event here so far. I'll have to write up some more later when I'm home and recovering. I'm already pretty sore, but only have a few bruises.
As far as major event injuries go, I think 4 people ended up with finger injuries. One or two broken, and one with the thumb-nail blown off. There was a mild shoulder dislocation too.
I mentioned this on facebook, but wanted to repeat it here too. On Friday, they had the armored "deed of arms", which has gradually grown over the last few events. They have heralds announce each combatant, and put their banners out on display during the bouts. This year, for his 60th birthday, Bob Charrette wanted to fight for 60 minutes in the list. They interspersed his bouts with other bouts.
Before the deed of arms started, Sean Hayes taught an armored-drills class, which I kitted up for. I've still never been invited to participate in the deed (it's very much an invitation-only thing). After the deed was over, I was still in kit, and one of the fine gentlemen (the very chivalrous Christian Cameron) invited me to have a bout with him. I was very honored to hear him say to one of the other participants "he's worthy".
I ended up fighting 3 bouts in rapid succession, and then a 4th after a short break. I got thrown around like a rag-doll, but loved every minute of it. I got a few good hits in, but clearly got owned. :) But it was a blast.
As I said on facebook, the fact that these fine men decided to include me and have a chance to bout after the official deed of arms was over, was quite the honor, and I'm extremely grateful to them.
Ian:
Congratulations Ed. Sounds like a great time! One of the things I'm most looking forward to at DoK this year is to get to meet Bob Charette, since the whole 'Peel' thing is partially responsible for my getting in to Living History in the first place.
I've always had great respect for Christian Cameron as well. Was he in his 14th century gear? He made a very fancy version of the Charles de Blois pourpoint from Tasha's pattern that I've only seen photographs of, but boy are they great. Perhaps in 2015 you'll be in the Deed good Sir Edward!!
Sir Wolf:
awesomeeeeeeee
Sir James A:
Huzzah for harnessfechten! Coming to the dark side for a demo or two??
Sir Edward:
Yeah, Christian was in his full 14th century gear, with surcoat and plaque belt. Even the under-garments are fantastic. He's very much the gentleman, on top of having a great kit, and really knowing his stuff.
I had never really talked directly to Bob Charrette before this event, though he and I were aware of each other. What I didn't know is that he used to sculpt D&D figures for Ral Partha, way back when (disclaimer: someone else was telling me this, and I didn't verify it with him). He is quite the sculptor though. He hand-made figurines as gifts for the combatants in the Deed of Arms.
The Saturday-night Feast was fantastic as always, including the demo bouts. Jesse Kulla recorded them with his phone, and has posted a couple already. These are probably the two most interesting to watch for specific reasons:
First is the knife-fight between Thayne Alexander and Keith Jennings. What's hard to see in the video is that the strikes were not light or incidental. When they hit each other, these were solid strikes. After watching it, you might agree with my feeling that I don't want to EVER get into a real knife fight:
The second one is a messer fight between Roland Warzecha and Jake Norwood. They wore almost no protective gear; mainly just "goggles" that protect the eyes and nose. The reason for this was that they wanted a fight where they truly respect the weapons, and try very hard not to get touched. It made for a very dynamic and tense duel:
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