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B. Patricius:
Hey everyone,

just thought I'd post what I've found that has been quite good lately on I:33.  Let me know what you think and please by all means, anything related to I:33 or your personal experiences working within it (as I know a lot of you have) please post here!

Mr. Richard's work
http://www.youtube.com/user/FioredieLiberi/videos?query=I.33
A I.33 playlist with some good stuff
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL41B0669923A445D5
Ottowa's Classical Swordplay
http://www.youtube.com/user/OttawaSwordplay/videos?query=I.33
Mr. Ainsley's work
http://www.youtube.com/user/philainsley1

lastly, just a really cool poster I'd like to don my wall  8)


and on that note, I'm going to be conducting hopefully soon, my "grand experiment."  Throughout history things have evolved and are continually related to one another.  I:33 is our oldest fight book on the archaeological record at the moment. 

Sword and heater, Sword and kite, unfortunately have no book on training, although recent inquiries I have made claim that at some point the Holy Chivalric Orders, particularly the Knights Hospitalier and the Knights Templar had training manuals.  Wouldn't it be a wonderful find to find those again!

So on that note, with that one assumption of fighting arts developing based on earlier pieces, I'm going to deconstruct I:33 in its relation to earlier fighting methods.  Particularly sword and heater, and sword and kite.  It's interesting by some of the movements and transitions in I:33 would be very effective with a kite shield as well, since it has a rounded top.  Needless to say, that got me thinking.

Basically now I'm trying to get my armour kit settled, along with making my shield based off this excellent resource: http://yeoldegaffers.com/project_shield.asp

Sir Edward:

Some of those videos from WMAW have Roland Warzecha (who made the poster) in them, and I've seen what he does. The man is a true master, IMHO.

Sir William:
A style I prefer over the longswording my brethren engage in.

Sir Edward:
I don't get a lot of opportunity to practice sword and buckler, but when we do some of the plays in slow-motion to get the actions right, I can see why it was so pervasive historically. It's extremely versatile.

To me, the problem with "sword and shield" is that the shield is quite heavy and gets in the way. While not a lot of material on the shield's use survives, there is some. The Bolognese swordsmanship techniques that use the rotella shield give us some insights, for instance. Don't get me wrong though, I can see how very effective and protective it is as well. Though I'd be tempted to leave the shield on my back, and use a buckler in my hand. :)

Sir William:
I managed to get ahold of one of the Windlass round shields- too thin at 18 gauge (started showing signs of wear after one session with foam swords if you can believe it) - but even so, its quite handy.  I imagine a buckler would be even more so.  Who knows, maybe we'll eventually be able to put together a demo along with the longsword ones in the future.  Its a fast, fun way to play.

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