[Ansteorra] Hello from Oertha and the kingdom of the west

[Zach Most]

Your Highness,
  You may find folks more willing to yield a fight to you if you leg them here.  
Legs are harder to take with the larger shields people tend to use though, so 
much so that leg armour above the knee is frequently omitted here.  You'll find 
folks won't walk around your sides, but they don't have to since you can't move 
on your knees.  If there's some perception of getting too close to an opponent 
here I haven't seen it.  I don't mean that to sound judgmental, it's just 
different. The fights end up looking a lot like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xchHqinJqBM&feature=related
  Note that the shield to body contact conventions practiced in Ansteorra are 
unlike what's done in The Mists and Cynagua, and I'm guessing Oertha, as that 
fight illustrates. 

  It's less common for anyone to accommodate you on a lost arm here than it is 
in the West, and do expect your arms to be targeted.  


  Gaston de Clermont




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From: Kenneth <bayca27 at yahoo.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sun, March 27, 2011 3:34:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Hello from Oertha and the kingdom of the west

Thank you now I under stand the advantage of legging someone in the west if we 
take a arm we normally yield our shield do you yield your legs if you leg a 
opponent ? Or is it a point of chivalry to yield you legs for us in the west if 
we legg our opponent we don't yield our legs because We have the 90 rule (can't 
step past 90 of their knees ) so for a legged opponent itakes the a harder 
target. How ever if we arm our opponent we normally drop our shield as the 
advantage is great. I am asking because I want to respect your customs and 
curiosity's. 


Kennric Maur
KSCA
Prince of Oertha 

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 27, 2011, at 12:20 PM, Bill Perkins <bill.perkins at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Your Highness,
> 
> The only extra armor requirement we have above minimum is heavy leather with 
>padding over the entire dorsal side of the forearm. 
>
> 
> Also, we do not have knee walking. That modifies our style of fighting a 
>grounded fighter. 
>
> 
> Alejandro Ramirez Mendoza, CSS
> Baron of Elfsea
> 
> On Mar 27, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Kenneth <bayca27 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thank you all for the info I look forward  to meeting you all. Dagmar and I are 
>>very active in our group and if we move to your area I am sure we will be just 
>>as active. 1more question are plastic basket hilt allowed in your kingdom? Hear 
>>in the west we are at minimums are their any special armor requirements? And 
>>please for give my spelling I am sending all e-mails on my I-phone 
>>
>> Kennric Maur 
>> KSCA
>> Prince of Oertha
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Mar 24, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Brandon McDermott <brandonsmcd at yahoo.com> 
wrote:
>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> 
>>> I also replied privately.
>>> 
>>> Sir Lochlan Dunn
>>> Prince
>>> 
>>> --- On Thu, 3/24/11, alpage1225 at sbcglobal.net <alpage1225 at sbcglobal.net> 
>>wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: alpage1225 at sbcglobal.net <alpage1225 at sbcglobal.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Hello from Oertha and the kingdom of the west
>>> To: " Inc.Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA" <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
>>> Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 2:19 PM
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Replied privately.
>>> 
>>> Countess Elizabeth Seale
>>> Kingdom Hospitaler
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --- On Thu, 3/24/11, Kenneth <bayca27 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Kenneth <bayca27 at yahoo.com>
>>> Subject: [Ansteorra] Hello from Oertha and the kingdom of the west
>>> To: "ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org" <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
>>> Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 2:07 PM
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I joined your list as my lady and I will be making trips back and forth from 
>>>our home to your kingdom. We will be going to Hillsbro tx some tome in June we 
>>>may be moving to your kingdom next year but unsure at this time. We would like 
>>>to attend an event wile down their. If anyone would please send us contact info 
>>>for that area we would be grateful. 
>>>
>>> 
>>> Sir Kennric Maur
>>> Prince of Oertha
>>> KSCA