On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 13:23 -0800, habib hashisba wrote:
> I was wondering if it is okay to start your own martial art, like Bruce Lee
did. Is un-orthidox to make your self a black belt in the style you created or
to that equivellant?
> How would one get their style noted or noticed by the MA world?
> How would you prove it's effectiveness? By challangeing other artists like
Royce Gracie did? Or...?
> What is the difference between a MA school and club?
> when I tell people I want to make a "new style" they laugh at me and say that
I can't do it. I am going to try anyways.
> Thank You for you help.
Here is a complete thread where this has been discussed before:
I was wondering if it is okay to start your own martial art, like Bruce Lee did. Is un-orthidox to make your self a black belt in the style you created or to...
There was that long thread about the longbow, and one of the fine posters on this list told me of a battle in which the French had been supplied with Milanese ...
The Battle of Verneuil 1424 It was the Italian cavalry wearing the latest Milanese plate that blasted through the archers and attacked the baggage train. The...
Yeah, I think one account I have suggests it actually put some dents in some of the armour but didn't kill a single man except one who went into battle without...
... I can't find the book at the moment, but I distinctly recall a passage in one of my historical books that documented a knight being pinned to his horse by...
I remember that as well; the archer was Welsh, but I don't recall who the human pin cushion was. there is also documantation if a Welsh arrow penetrating a...
While even a bodkin won't penetrate the best plate, it will go through mail, though it may not kill you. One has to remember that you don't need to kill ...
I thought I saw on a documentary the long bow introduced into a battle helped to win a victory. The doc stated it was a more difficult weapon to learn to use...
One day I'll write a book called myths of the longbow. The Welshman is not named. The Chronicler is Gerald of Wales. Of "Gerald of Wales tells tales" fame. His...
Yes tests have been done by The Royal Armouries on a number of occasions along with MOD scientists, against both mail, back with gambeson and against plate, In...
"Yes tests have been done by The Royal Armouries on a number of occasions along with MOD scientists, against both mail, back with gambeson and against plate,...
... reasons. Firstly many medieval finds are not >hardened, they are soft iron. A fourteenth century arrowhead was cut and and studied and found to have a ...
... being ... heads ... stopped by ... penetrated the ... 60lb ... Do any of these tests indicate the RANGE at which the bows are being fired? I'm pretty sure...
... being ... heads ... stopped by ... penetrated the ... 60lb ... I don't think anyone has seriously suggested that a gambeson (which, by the way, is a...
... Sorry? New term...what is a "culiver"? Dirk "Walk softly...." Well, you know the rest. _______________________________________________ Join Excite! -...
Damn Alex beat me to it. From what i have read. I cannot find an account of arrow heads (esp in the HYW) bing made of anything but "soft" iron. We also know,...
"A friend constructed a section of gambeson with X layers of linen, X being the amount the source indicated and we shot a number of forged arrow heads at it....
... say. A gambeson is primarily for padding mail, akenton (arming doublet)usually for padding plate. BUt the problem is that medieval writers somtimes...
Wow. Firstly, my bad. I did indeed mean to type caliver. I believe it to be a misspelling of calibre. Anyway it was a standardised weapon issued to the Trained...
... I won't attempt to answer either side of this debate, but I would like to point out that throughout the 15th century the Dukes of Burgundy had a bodyguard...
found that link. 1st, a bit of transcript.. NARRATOR: At 200 yards, is Hew's trebuchet out of range of archers defending the castle? To find out, a dummy...
stolen from swordforum.com How effective were arrows against mail? A common misconception is that mail was highly susceptible to arrows – particularly the...
... I guess it would also depend on the kind of padding worn underneath the mail. If the padding cannot absorb the impact, the more energy the rings will have...
... the mail. If the padding cannot absorb the impact, the more energy the rings will have to suffer. Especially in the earlier examples, I could imagine that...
I was not speaking of a specific timeframe. I've seen for example reenactors' reconstructions for roman subarmalia which had some padding at the shoulders, cf....
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