ES - fighting in the West
Bob Dewart
gilli at seacove.net
Sun Apr 18 14:48:52 PDT 1999
It seems to me that a while back one of the Kings decreared a size limit for
one of the Crown Tourneys. But who and when, I don't remember.
Gilli
-----Original Message-----
From: Amy & Bill Morris <awmorris at flash.net>
To: elfsea at Ansteorra.ORG <elfsea at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Sunday, April 18, 1999 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: ES - fighting in the West
>As the smoke of nostalgia clears from the air....
>
> When I was originally taught to fight in the Region of Calontir 19
>years ago the described style was the most common. As Calontir was then
>part of the Middle we were under their shield limits, 24 inches in any
>dimension. I have to say that it seemed to encourage a wider variety of
>weapons and styles. I saw a lot more mace, axe, and two handed weapon
>fought. On the minus side going to war often involved making another
>shield. And effective war fighting meant learning what amounted to a
>whole new style. The common wisdom of the time was that the East with
>their larger shield experience held an advantage in the open while the
>Middle enjoyed an advantage in the woods.
> The other two styles were also taught but much less common. The
>weapon back and low was called 'scorpion', it is also surprisingly
>efective with mace. The weapon above shield was called high style. As
>I remember fights tended to have a lot more footwork and a lot less
>stand and fight. It seemed (and I am not certain) to heavily emphasize
>speed and endurance over strength and reach. I am not sure whether it
>was connected but there was an eagerness to engage across weapons, that
>is fight sword against axe, florentine against glaive, etc.
> On a related question, could the Crown decree a shield size limit for
>Ansteorra? Has this ever been done? If so I would be interested in
>hearing about it.
>
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