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Post by jmbroberts on Jan 20, 2018 0:41:16 GMT -5
Damn, I miss Hank.
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Post by kemp on Feb 10, 2018 9:31:09 GMT -5
'Twohanded sword vs hand and half sword'
Actually the hand and a half is a longsword, but why quibble about details.
Good reenactment.
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Post by kemp on Feb 19, 2018 1:04:26 GMT -5
Makhloev vs Stadnichenko M1 Medieval
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Post by trescuinge on Feb 25, 2018 20:53:06 GMT -5
Some nifty horseback lance and saber:
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Post by trescuinge on Mar 25, 2018 19:15:07 GMT -5
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Post by trescuinge on Mar 27, 2018 13:58:26 GMT -5
A good episode set in the world of German Mensur from the old British TV show 'Tales of the Unexpected":
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Post by kemp on May 17, 2018 18:07:36 GMT -5
Australia vs Spain 5vs5, Battle of the Nations 2013
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Post by deuce on Oct 6, 2018 7:15:50 GMT -5
Very cool! The Serbians don't play, obviously.
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Post by kemp on Oct 6, 2018 7:52:02 GMT -5
Very cool! The Serbians don't play, obviously. These medieval events seen to be cropping up all over the place, but central/eastern Europeans seem to be playing the hardest, although the above event did have fighters from all over Europe including France, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Scandinavia and Belgium. The article also mentioned Armenia, Turkey and Iran. Looks cool. If I ever do another European holiday must coincide it when one of these events are on. We have some medieval reenactment events in Australia, but nothing close to this level.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Feb 4, 2019 21:38:32 GMT -5
Anyone watching Knight Fight on History? The first two episodes were fairly entertaining.
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Post by trescuinge on Aug 29, 2019 19:24:12 GMT -5
Some nice Fiori dei Liberi:
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Post by sorcerer on Aug 29, 2019 19:54:12 GMT -5
Ewart Oakeshott stated decades ago -- using medieval training texts as proof -- that medieval knights had a lot of range of motion and agility
I would swear that, in A Knight and His Armor, Oakeshott stated the reverse, that chainmail prevented people from easily bending their arms - I recall that because it struck me as silly at the time I read it. I'll see if I can find the passage sometime.
But I definitely second Hank Reinhardt's Book of Swords as worth buying - the best book on the subject which I personally have come across.
And it goes without saying that we can use some more Mike Loades on swordsofreh. Check out his production on Shields:
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Post by sorcerer on Aug 29, 2019 20:23:49 GMT -5
Matt Easton also has quite a few good videos on HEMA:
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Post by kemp on Sept 1, 2019 1:24:58 GMT -5
I get regular updates from a mob called Sword Buyers Digest, one of those things that I never bothered to unsubscribe cause they have some interesting articles from time to time. Anyways, in the current update they stuck something about the latest Battle of the Nations at the medieval Smederevo Fortress, a 15th-century stone citadel on the banks of the Danube River, in Serbia. Over 600 contestants 'knights' from 40 countries spent four days locked in full contact war, combatants bludgeoned their opponents to the ground with swords, winged maces, and sledge hammers, among other weapons dulled as per the competition's rules. The Russians took out the most medals, followed by the Ukrainians and Moldovans. 'For These Sword-Wielding Warriors, Medieval Battles Live On' www.wired.com/story/sword-wielding-warriors-medieval-battles-live-on/
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Post by trescuinge on Sept 5, 2019 17:18:40 GMT -5
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