[Ansteorra] "Choppa" tourney?

[Zach Most]

Sounds delightfully brutal.  No thrusting?  Do you know how long the hand grip is on the choppas?
  Gaston



________________________________
From: C. DuBose <charlotte.dubose at gmail.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] "Choppa" tourney?

Ah yes...THAT is a different animal.  That belongs to Ocho.  It is his
Cheese Eagle Roman standard.  It also doubles as a weapon - the equivalent
would be a great mace.

In all seriousness, I spoke to Sir James and he asked me to post this
information for him - please repost as needed so everyone can get this
information:

"Tourney Format
The "choppa" tourney will be a timed bearpit fought in roughly a 12x12 ring
(number of rings dependant on number of combatants) with 4' choppas, which
will be provided Most kills at the end wins. Double kills count as a point
but boot you from the ring. Full hand protection required.

Sir The Holy
Baron Grey Niche"

Miriel


On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Bill Tait <arwemakere at gmail.com> wrote:

> What about the polearm that looks like 3 wheels of cheese? Or is that
> something completely different?
>
> William Arwemakere
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:16 AM, C. DuBose <charlotte.dubose at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Gaston is sorta close to what they are, but...eh...not really.
> >
> > I checked the HolyTopia dictionary:
> >
> > Definition: "Choppa" (noun):  Intimidating instrument of death produced
> by
> > Sir James the Holy and Viscount Rey RiBeaumont (the power tool king).  3"
> > or larger rattan (larger the better), with the sides sanded down to 1
> 1/4",
> > and the back sanded flat, then a heavy duty mini-cell foam (the foam
> itself
> > is pretty darn dense) is cut into the desired shape, attached to
> > aforementioned flat backside, and taped up.
> >
> > See ya'll real soon...
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Visc. Miriel
> > Lurker extraordinaire
> > Ansteorran by birth, Gleann Abhannite by Choice..
>
-- 

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