Armoured & Rapier Combat in Windmasters' Hill
(Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Fuquay-Varina and Fayetteville, NC)
(Last updated on 06/22/08)

The Keep (our email listgroup)
Windmasters' Calendar Pages
Windmasters Martial Activities Forums
Baronial Phone List
Atlantian Earl Marshal's Page
Armouring Links
Suggested study (drills / techniques)
Cool and useful links
Videos
Humour
Practices and Contacts

Tuesdays - Durham, NC
5:30 - 8:30 PM
Canton of Buckston-on-Eno at St. Phillip's Episcopal Church
Durham weather link

Wednesdays - Fuquay-Varina, NC
7:00 PM April - Mid-November
Canton of Nimenefeld at South Park
Fuquay-Varina weather link

Thursdays - Chapel Hill, NC
5:30 - 8:00 PM - Rapier Practice
7:30 - PM - Heavy practice starts
Canton of Kappellenberg at Charles Wilson Park
Chapel Hill weather link

Fighter Practice Subscription Service: (For Google Reader, etc. - receive notification in your reader telling you if Kappellenberg fighter practice is on.

Saturdays - Fayetteville, NC
1:00 - 4:00 PM
Canton of Attillium at Lake Rim Park
Fayetteville weather link

Sundays - Raleigh (Morrisville), NC
1:00 PM (contact the marshal if you're coming - details in link below)
Canton of Elvegast at Lake Crabtree Park
Raleigh weather link

2nd Saturday of the Month - various locations
1:00 - 4:00 PM
Barony of Windmasters' Hill -- (locations announced on in The Windlore and on The Keep)
Heavy Marshal:  Baron Wystan
Rapier Marshal:  Lord Wistric
Warlord:  Duke Cuan

Suggested Study (drills / techniques)

Bellatrix Fighting School by Duke Paul of Bellatrix
The Fundamentals of Oldcastle Sword and Shield by Duke Gyrth Oldcastle
Pell Work for One

Additional Resources
Closed Form Heater (Sword and Shield) Fighting by Master Cariadoc
Book:  The Dogsoldier Codex by Lord Sylvanus Perrin
Armouring Links
The Armour Archive Patterns
The Arador Armour Library
Cuir Bouilli (leather armour) by Master Cariadoc (improved version)
Cuir Bouilli (leather armour) FAQ
The Making of Wisby Plate (coat of plates) by Lord Corwyn
Women's Armouring Resources
Cool and Useful Links - Online Videos, Photos, Resources

The Armour Archive - devoted to teaching people how to make armour.  Besides armour patterns, they have a number of interesting forums, including a new one on melée tactics.  http://www.armourarchive.org/

Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts (AEMMA) - for ideas on armour and other aesthetics:
http://www.aemma.org/misc/medievalTournament.htm
 
Revival.us - Yes, this is a store, but look at the Talhoffer 1467 Hammer head...
http://www.revival.us/


Video - Estrella XX (A Beautiful War)
http://www.underachieverfilms.com/trailer.asp

Website - Online SCA Demo (this is the SCA in a nutshell)
http://www.scademo.com/
Videos

Armoured combat instructional videos on the Middle Kingdom website
Videos of Magnus Tindal's Æthelmearc Crown Tourney finals bout - Fall 2006
Humour
Hippity-Hop Jousting

SCA Boots of Pain
The Black Knight's Diary by Eric Idle

Return to the Windmsters’ Hill Calendar Page:
http://www.sca.housebayard.net/calendar.htm