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Thoughts and prayers are with all at VT from Texas A&M tonight. I hope no-one from this message board was involved....

I can pick some of chinese friends mothers having this conversation.....funny picture :)

Wow i realy expected a tacky comeback...... oh well :)

BTW(sorry post above has timed out for editing)....


Has anyone figured out yet why the man chose the marovengians over the carolingeans as the supposed "holy bloodline". A primarily failed...

Im not talking about biblical accuracy, im talking about the fact the man makes up his own version of history. I Loathe him from the standpoint of a historian and archaeology student, NOT a...

Heres a toast to those of us who dont beleive its necessary to be a chauvinistic ass who lives his life chasing fast women in drunken fits of debauchery.

Think ill go have a shot of johnny...

DVC and "holy blood holy grail" Would be wonderful books if the authors wouldnt present utter fabrication as reality. You do not write "history" by making it appear what you want it to be.


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ruroni and the other gentleman watch to much anime.

you assume because there nto japanese or asian martial arts, theyre not "real fighitng" and arent trained well...

a sword bein a wallhanger has nothing to do with the attribute we were talking about. The main things that make a wallhangerr are a lack of a tang at all, or a poorly welded rattail, and useless...

http://www.thearma.org/essays/knightvs.htm


forgot to post this article on this thread...

It depends on the type of sword. Thrusting type swords require much les flex in the blade as opposed to say a cavlry mans sabre, wich looks like rubber when it impacts a target.


Therre is no...

I thought "katana' was a sword? Did I miss somehting.....:rambo:

I would say a "bend" is a deflection at a specific point, thus the reason for the swords snapping in both the better made katana and the rapier. a flex would imply a deflection along the length of...

I would say some of there methods were less than perfect, but hey....

anyone watching the episode thats on right now about "breaking a sword with a sword"?

dont you hate those apostrophe's that are in the wrong place's crabbi? They just drive me nut's.


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thank you. Ive never seen much video of properly done iaido before...

if you looking to practice movements and strikes, you might cut down a shinai or dowel rod and weight one end if height is your issue. Now open space....cant help there :)

Females(or males) from about 12-30 who think the word "like" should be added in every two to three words.


I also hate the word "uncover" but you have to be an aggie to understand why.....

If you look at longswords designed for harness style fighting, they are long, pointed, and almost diamond in there cross section. There made for bashing and stabbing, not an edge on slice(well...

ive also heard kendoka used.

essential squishy bits.....sheer awsomeness...

Since ARMA has been mentioned.

http://www.thearma.org/essays/armoredlongsword.html

Notice a lack of shield. Earlier, primarily maille armoured, knights did carry a large shield, theres no...

Research before you make that claim. Research is proving an unmounted knight ia quite mobile(talk to a WMA practitioner who has sparred in plate(NOT sca, or stage actore.....there duffers with...

The main tactic was to stun them. Even specificaly designed armour piercing bodkin point wil not penetrate a 13-15th century breastplate. That fact has been tested repeatedly.

Its odd that most...