The story of this harness began five years ago. At that time, I had no armour to my name, and I was learning to fight using borrowed gear. I had already resolved to put together a kit, and I was looking at various images online to determine the period and culture that would be my …
Deed of the Swan Knight and new armor
10 days has passed since the day-long drive home from LaCygne, KS, and plenty has already been said about the event itself (I refer you to this excellent and humorous write up). Since I wrote about this event last year, this year’s post will be less about the event itself and more about the things …
Trip to the UK
This is an overdue write-up about a trip I took a few weeks ago – overdue because there’s been much since then that will have to be written about soon! I had been planning a trip to UK to visit a friend who used to live in the US, but the trip turned out …
Mixed armor melees
Last week in Mississippi, during Scott Wilson’s birthday party weekend of fighting and camaraderie, several friends and I worked on developing a game that can be played with multiple combatants on each side and yet retains to a great extent the “armor as worn” conventions from the deed of arms fighting we usually do. Using …
40 for 40 Birthday Bash (an overdue write-up)
On September 30th, I took part in a dear friend’s personal challenge to himself to physically endure 40 fights in armor in a single day to commemorate his 40th birthday. (SPOILERS: he is still alive). The birthday bash took place at a park in Manhattan. Josh (the birthday boy) had setup a pavilion and segmented …
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WMAW Deed of Arms
As mentioned in my post about WMAW, there was video taken of the deed. It has been carefully compiled and uploaded here. Enjoy!
Chicago and WMAW
Last week, I travelled north to attend WMAW for the second time (or third, if you count the off-year events). WMAW is a well-known event for just about anyone involved in medieval or renaissance fighting arts, and rightly so! Thus, I won’t go into much detail about all that the workshop offers and entails. Besides, anyone …
Pas d’armes in Birmingham
A fun and exhausting weekend has come to an end. This was my first experience hosting a deed in my town, and logistically things turned out surprisingly well. Even after a few last minute cancellations, there were 7 armored fighters in attendance – me and 6 guests. The park near my apartment turned out to …
In case anyone doesn’t know the origins of this blog’s name…
Fighting around the world It was my lady, two years ago, who first pointed out that this describes my friends and I pretty well 🙂
The Salle d’Armes in the Woods
Last week, I travelled to Virginia along with my brother in arms, Garrison Morton, for a two day intensive training session with Robert Charrette. For readers who are not familiar with Bob Charrette or his works, Bob is a devoted scholar of Fiore dei Liberi’s Armizare (“the Art of Arms”), with publications on the subject, …
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