<div>All righty then. It seems I am not getting through. I was the intermediate and advanced teacher at AoR for a number if years. I also was the intermediate and advanced florentine teacher as well.</div> <div> </div> <div>So there my bonifides. </div> <div> </div> <div>The cloak is a tool. Used effectively you can do much more by NOT throwing the cloak. That goes for small cloaks, short cloaks, heavy cloak or anything else that fits the description of cloak.</div> <div> </div> <div>Don Henri Molineaux<BR><BR><B><I>Kevin Wilson <kevwilson@swbell.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Henri said: <BR><BR>Even though I have been inactive because of my series of surgeries, I am a<BR>cloak fighter and florentine. I have to wait until I'm recovered.<BR><BR>My opinion of the whole deal is simple. Why throw your only addition<BR>weapon?<BR><BR>Don Henri
Molineaux<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>---------------------<BR><BR>I agree that throwing "away" a weapon is not a wise move. If it were a<BR>dagger or florentine, I certainly wouldn't (regardless of rules forbidding<BR>such an action). However, I don't think most use cloak as a "weapon", but<BR>as a defensive-only secondary. I'm not losing a weapon, I'm losing a<BR>different way of defending myself. My main line of defense, my blade, is<BR>still with me, along with my primary weapon. Also, when I fight cloak, I'm<BR>usually using a large, wool & flannel full cloak that is rather weighty.<BR>It's not as bad as Mercer's, which is dang near a comforter, but there's a<BR>heck of a lot of cloth and weight to it. If I throw it from long measure<BR>onto an opponent's blade & arm while moving into range, I has a significant<BR>impact on the use of their blade. I still have a defensive secondary (my<BR>open
hand) if I want it. Or it can be thrown as a distraction. The<BR>reasoning isn't the question, it's the ruling.<BR><BR>Ld. Corvin<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Ansteorra-rapier mailing list<BR>Ansteorra-rapier@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-rapier-ansteorra.org<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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