Armoured & Rapier Combat in Windmasters' Hill

Armoured & Rapier Combat in Windmasters' Hill
(Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Fuquay-Varina and Fayetteville, NC)
(Last updated on 09/14/08)

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 with links to Directions and Contacts

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

Wednesdays - 7:00 PM -- Fuquay-Varina, NC
April - Mid-November
Heavy Combat Only
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.

3rd Saturday of the Month -- Noon - 5:00 PM (updated 09/14/08)
Heavy & Rapier Combat
Barony of Windmasters' Hill -- at Carolina Pines Park in Raleigh, NC.
Updates will announced in The Windlore and on The Keep
     18 Oct 2008
     15 Nov 2008
     Dec-Feb 2008 -- NO PRACTICE (Happy Holidays)
Baronial Heavy Marshal:
     Baron Wystan Sacheverell -- lmmartin65 AT yahoo DOT com
Baronial Rapier Marshal:
     Lord Wistric Oftun -- otownes@gmail.com
Baronial Warlord:
     Duke Cuan Mac Daige c/o Duchess Padraign -- padrgroups AT charter DOT net

Sundays - 1:00 - 4:00 PM -- Fayetteville, NC (updated 07/18/08)
Heavy & Rapier Combat
Canton of Attillium at Lake Rim Park
Fayetteville weather link

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

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