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Greetings to all!

I am very new to rapier combat.  I have been interested in it for awhile but funds have never been where I need them to be.  Untill just a few days ago that is.  Now I have everything I need to start.  I am from Murray,KY home of the Incipient Shire Redewolf Den.  I have yet to fight in rapier but I am looking forward to it.  Hopefully I will meet some of you on the field.  I will probably be very easy to spot, some of you may have already seen me walking around at last years Border Raids, Univeristy of Meridies, and/or Not So Grand.  I'm the Samurai Guy.

Right now I have standard rapiers but I recently found "katana" style rapiers from an SCA merchant, that should be interesting in the future.

Any of those in the Nashville group will probably meet me fairly soon as I am told that's a good place to learn the ropes.  As right now it is only I and one other person who does rapier in our shire.  Most people like to hit eachother with big sticks. :)

Anyways, a good greeting to you all!
 
In Honor and Service,
Uesugi no Ryujuichiro Uchiyasu
Chiburi Household




Sat Jul 4, 2009 9:16 am

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Greetings to all! I am very new to rapier combat. I have been interested in it for awhile but funds have never been where I need them to be. Untill just a...
Bryant Richards
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Jul 4, 2009
11:34 am

We would love to have you come down to practice some time.  We typically practice Sunday afternoon at 2 in Bicentenial Mall Park and Tuesday evening in...
Kristy Jones
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Jul 4, 2009
1:54 pm

You couldn't be around a better group of fighters (except for our group in Huntsville under the leadership of Captian Hawk ...... hugs and kisses your way,...
sarah Cutten
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Jul 4, 2009
3:54 pm

Thank you for the welcome. As a Japanese in the SCA I am always a bit hesitant about joining new groups. It doesn't happen often but there are still some...
Bryant Richards
ninjalikereflex
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Jul 5, 2009
11:45 am

Those tend to be the same people who think rapier shouldn't be allowed in the SCA. We call those people twits and laugh at them heartily, I encourage you to do...
Ursus Grim
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Jul 5, 2009
10:55 pm

lol thank you. The ones who think Japan shouldn't be around usually change their minds when I warm up a bottle of Sake! Ah the powers of libation. I get...
Bryant Richards
ninjalikereflex
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Jul 6, 2009
11:13 am

My best advice is to create an under-armor which meets the criteria and wear whatever you like over it. Ursus...
Ursus Grim
fulkegrim
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Jul 6, 2009
11:58 am

... Or buy one. Zen Warrior (kind of appropriate for a Japanese persona <G>) makes both a cotton denim SCA-legal undergarment: ...
Chris Zakes
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Jul 6, 2009
12:54 pm

... I do have under armor, but as you can see from my earlier post there are still some possible issues with the garb over everything. Mostly issues with the...
Bryant Richards
ninjalikereflex
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Jul 7, 2009
4:36 am

Linen and layers or linen silk and layers should work really well. Jean-Michel...
Co tenBroek
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Jul 6, 2009
11:11 pm

It's not really the fabric that is the problem. I read about using linen or trigger equalivant. Let's see if I can explain the issues with the garb. First is...
Bryant Richards
ninjalikereflex
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Jul 7, 2009
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... I'm not terribly familiar with Japanese clothes, but presuming yours looks something like this: ...
Chris Zakes
dontivar
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Jul 7, 2009
12:12 pm

Completely awesome. I feel 10 times better about everything now. Thank you to everyone that has helped. From what you all have said the only thing that...
Bryant Richards
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Jul 7, 2009
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Ursus (in Vulpine Reach, which is Chattanooga, TN) Though perhaps part of Owls Nest come August. Cathal....
Cathal
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Jul 5, 2009
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Then it could only be the better part. :0) But that will be revealed at Foxes. Ursus...
Ursus Grim
fulkegrim
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Jul 6, 2009
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We have a rapier fighter here in the Hael that fights in Japanese. She doesn't seem to have a problem. I will talk to her at barony meeting tonight or practice...
Wendy Colbert
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Jul 7, 2009
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There are a number of people who fight in a variety of Japanese garments, Warder Kou Toshikage and a Trimarian cadet, who's name escapes me, for example. The...
Co tenBroek
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Jul 7, 2009
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I suggest that you get leggings instead of tights. They serve the same purpose but are more abrasion resisitant. Irene ... From: Bryant Richards Sent: Jul 7,...
Wendy Colbert
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Jul 7, 2009
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You would be better off getting  tights at a dance supply shop. They do have "male specific"  tights. Am I right on that J-M? "I'm going to flog you like a...
Celeste Will
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Jul 8, 2009
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I wouldn't wear tights from WalMart if you paid me. Find a dance store Capezio makes some nice cotton tights. J-M...
Co tenBroek
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Jul 9, 2009
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I agree! Cotton tights,leggings and just plain socks are so much better than poly when fighting and even general wear! There are some Renn people that sell...
sarah Cutten
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Jul 9, 2009
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You might want to talk to some of the people fighting in Arabic dress out there. Especially, the ones that fight rapier in full robes. Seems they run into some...
daniel speck
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Jul 12, 2009
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