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I was reading an interesting article about hormones and what happens to animals after they win fights... in a nutshell, Rams (male sheep) win some fights with other rivals, they get a testosterone surge, which makes them grow bigger, increases their strength and confidence... and aggression. A...

Thanks man :) Here is an interesting vid, one of the first all-steel longsword tournaments which has been done to date, by a Polish HEMA group. Takes some balls to spar with steel at full speed without any restrictions on where you can stab or cut... helps to have a lot of good safety gear...

Medieval whodunnit from Scotland Medieval News: Face of a Medieval Knight revealed G.

Hussites vs. Catholic Crusaders from 1957 Czech film about Jan Ziska YouTube - PROTI VŠEM (Against All, 1957) - Battle On Vitkov, Part2 Sort of the Eastern European version of Braveheart, it's the true story of Bohemian peasants triumphing over huge international knightly army, (six times...

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/bbq-sword/index.html

Yeah some of those get a bit ornate, but the Migration era ones were crazy lethal works of art... for people who carried much of what they owned with them (especially if they were Migratring :) ). Barta is one of the few who can pull off the look with sufficient style that it doesn't look...

I was in an historical fencing tournament in Houston last weekend, I made it to the quarter finals by some unholy miracle, here are a couple of my fights: http://freifechter.com/videos/houston/Houston%202010%20Longsword%20Tournament%20Jean%20Chandler%20vs%20Carlos.wmv...

Ok it's time for some Sword Porn If you could have five top quality functional sword replicas... which would you pick? Here is my list from Albion Armorers in case there are any rich benefactors out there wanting to give me a surprise birthday present: The Albion Next Generation Swords The...

Here is the maker modeling it :

Armor for the Gentleman Adventurer steampunk fashion - For the gentleman adventurer G.

Wow... cool man thanks for the heads up, that is really promising.

Found a cool blog on monsters in medieval art: MONSTER BRAINS: 8/3/08 - 8/10/08

Thanks for the great review Shadow. Please let me know (and update this thread) when you do get a chance to playtest the system. I think you will find that it is much faster than you think. Anyway I'll be interested to learn what your impressions are at that point. You are correct...

Another cool photo of some Samurai from 1880, Japan G.

Real samurai from a photo in the 1860's, during the boshin-war. Armor of an English pikeman, from the early 1600's English pikemans kit from the early 17th Century The google books scan of the 17th Century diary of John Davis, the ill-fated navigator of the Tiger The voyages and works of...

Different types of Boarding pikes Sailor / re-enactors drilling with the 19th Century version of boarding pikes Bill-hooks or "Guisarme" A grenade launcher or 'hand mortar'. There are records of a hand mortar like this one in the British colonial arsenal in Proceedings of the council of...

Not in my system :) G.

So here is the rest of the story: I have to interject here, those familiar with Japanese fencing systems or the martial art Iaido, or who are familiar with the Codex system, know that one of the most effective and popular attacks in Japanese fencing is the Nukutsuke, cutting from a sheathed...

Samurai vs. Pirates One of the topics which has recieved nearly endless speculation on the internet, on shows such as 'Deadliest Warrior', and all across Geekdom, are the eternal quesions of whaat would happen if a warrior of this part of the world met one of that part. Samurai and Pirates...

Great post on the origins of Valentines day, by an academic friend: http://www.fioredeiliberi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14570