His Excellency Girard put together a post on how two squires should take on a knight. It applies to fencers, too. Though I think he leaves out having Squire Meat fall back and back again as an option.
Archive for February 2009
Other People’s Ideas: Two on One 2 comments
Wistric’s Weekly Warfare #9: Foreplay Leave a comment
So, how do you prep for melee before the event?
Introducing the Newbie Question of the Week 3 comments
Wistric in his infinite wisdom has realized it will be a lot more amusing to make other people deal with my endless supply of newbie questions rather attempt to field them all himself. Ergo: the Newbie Question of the Week, which will no doubt run the gamut of SCAdian things from fencing to flirting, depending […]
A Musing: Shot Generation 5 comments
One of the Kappellenfechters recently asked how not to hit hard, because last night’s practice left bruises, but only on her opponents
Wistric’s Weekly Warfare 8: Field Awareness 4 comments
Because if there’s one thing GI Joe taught us, it’s “Scarlet is hot.” If there’s a second thing GI Joe taught us, it’s “Knowing is half the battle.”
Wistric’s Weekly Warfare 7: Après Melee 5 comments
Melee is, in my experience, the second best way to spend an afternoon. And like the best thing, it’s recommended for all involved if you don’t just hop right up afterward and go play Nintendo.
MS I.33: I’ve had an apostrophe 2 comments
“If Priest’s Special Counter counters Priest’s Special Longpoint, and PSL contains the whole of the art, can PSC counter the whole of the art?”
Wistric’s Pet Peeve 2: Failure to Use your Numerical Advantage 3 comments
Two scholars can kill a provost if they just do it right
Wistric’s Weekly Warfare 6: Running the Flank 2 comments
You decide that, rather than standing at long range trying to snipe hands, you have more important things to do. Things like, say, crushing team ABCDE. But how to do this?
This is a great time to Run the Right.
WWW2 Addendum: Munching from the Right
Think back to all that crap I said about line fighting. Do you remember a theme running through it? Something about lungng, or, rather, not lunging?
Yeah, well, there’s always an exception.