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There are two kinds of warfare: physical and spiritual. Make sure you have weapons for both.
Two more are on the blog, here.
at a local park in taichung city, taiwan.
pentax spotmatic sp II
super takumar 55mm f1.8
ilford delta 3200
Members of the Tri-State Historical Fencing Club crossing swords near their vendor tent at the Founder's Day street fair in Wurtsboro, NY.
From Medieval Times at Cooks Creek this summer. The weather has turned chilly so I thought the bright colors would brighten up our day!
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Indeed , the Tourney is about to start and Sir Fights Alot will be taking on Sir Chops Alot !!
That is really their names as sold by English Heritage .
We saw these two characters whilst visiting Pevensey Castle and with our family history could not resist them .
Tournament, also called tourney, series of military exercises, probably of medieval French origin and confined to western Europe, in which knights fought one another to display their skill and courage. Tournaments had become more pageantry than combat by the end of the 16th century, and the term is still used somewhat in this sense—for instance, in the Royal Tournament, an annual naval and military display held in London, and the New Year’s Day Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, California.
In the early 20th century, the word tournament also came to be applied to certain methods of conducting sports competitions. In the most common modern tournament, the contestants are matched in pairs, with the losers in each test eliminated and the winners paired anew until only one remains as the champion of the tournament. In some tournaments, called double-elimination tournaments, the contestant is not eliminated until defeated a second time. In a third form, called a round robin, each contestant opposes every other contestant and the one with the highest percentage of victories is declared the champion.
The tournament in its earliest form apparently originated in France about the middle of the 11th century. Several chroniclers credit a French baron, Geoffroi de Preully, with having invented tournaments.
The early tournament was a mock battle between two bodies of armed horsemen and was called the mêlée. (This term is also applied to a predecessor of modern football [soccer]. See mêlée.) Later came the joust, a trial of skill in which two horsemen charged each other with leveled lances from either end of the lists (the palisades enclosing the jousting ground), each attempting to unhorse the other; the mêlée, however, continued side by side with it.
About 1292 a Statutum Armorum (“Statute of Arms”) enacted that swords with points were not to be used (nor were pointed daggers, clubs, or maces). Fallen knights were to be helped up only by their own squires, wearing their heraldic device. The squire who offended was to lose horse and arms and be imprisoned for three years. Disputes were to be settled by a court of honour of princes and earls.
Some tournaments were harmless and some rough. For the Tournament of Peace held at Windsor Park, England, in 1278, the sword blades were of whalebone and parchment, silvered; the helms of boiled leather; and the shields of light wood. At others, however, contestants were often killed or wounded. Blunted, or rebated, lance points came into use early, and by the 14th century a crown-shaped coronal head was often fitted in place of the point.
By the 1400s, jousters usually ran their courses separated by a cloth-covered barrier, or tilt, to prevent the collision of their horses. Armourers began to devise special armour that was heavier and less flexible than armour for the field, being used only for tilting.
In the 16th century, fighting on foot at the barrier with short spears became popular. Poleaxes also were used, and there were mounted combats with swords or maces. Prizes were presented to the victors by ladies.
In continental Europe, lists were jealously closed to all combatants except those of noble birth. In the German lands, questions as to the purity of descent of a candidate for admission to a noble order were often settled by appeal to an ancestor’s having taken part in a tournament.
The tournament eventually degenerated into the carrousel, a kind of equestrian polonaise, and the more harmless sport of tilting at a ring. In modern times there have been occasional romantic revivals, the most famous perhaps being the tournament at Eglinton Castle, in Scotland, in 1839, described in Disraeli’s novel Endymion (1880). Later tournaments were theatrical reenactments.
William Marshal " The Greatest Knight of All Time " excelled at The Tourney and played a part in English history , he played a part in Magna Carta , repelled an invasion from France and ruled as Regent after the death of King John , quite a man . His is buried in Temple Church in London where his tomb can be seen .
I've seen a lot of broad swords and straight blades but i have yet to see a truly curvy blade. So i took it upon myself to make one and well here it is.
It has a 40.cal pistol hidden in the hilt for when you need the upper hand. the helical magazine slides into the handle and has 16 caseless rounds inside. If one of the rounds fails you just take out the magazine and pull back the slide to remove it.
I am very proud of this and i am keen to hear what you, the general public, think.
pastie: pastie.org/900337
It will be at the very top of the page when you import. So don't worry if it doesn't appear in the middle. As always, feel free to do what ever you please with it but just give credit.
For complete lighting details, larger view, as well as photoshop treatment, see my blog post for this image.
www.lightshootedit.com/2010/05/i-dig-chicks-with-swords.html
Strobist: (2 lights)
AB1600 metered at ƒ8 directly overhead into 22" white beautydish with a 15 degree grid.
Camera left and behind me was an SB800 speedlight metered at ƒ5.6 snooted.
Triggered by cyber commander.
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Angel Sword flowers (Lobelia dentata). Such beauties decorating the forest floor! [East Blaxland, Blue Mountains, NSW]
I just watched episodes 1&2 of the new Thundercats Series.
Being a huge fan of the earlier series, I needed to try my hand at a minifig-scale Sword of Omens.
It could still use some work.
It is just a CAD model for now.
Maybe I'll cut a proto mold, and maybe I won't. If I did, the Eye of Thundera (the Red thingy in the middle) would most likely be an overmolded trans-red insert that you could kinda see through. Can you see it in your mind's eye? You dig.
The Sword Dance is one of the accomplishments learned by some geisha, according to “The Story of the Geisha Girl” by Taizo Fujimoto, first published in 1917.
Pontarō (left) and Riu (right) of the Yosh-chō geisha district in Tokyo.
The dominant color in the Evergreen State (Washington) is definitely green. The spores of Sword Ferns are backlit creating interesting patterns.
C238GBH was the Spurs team coach but became the Arsenal team coach at the beginning of the 86-87 season. Sold to Hallmarks in about 92-93.
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Atholl Gathering & Highland Games 2014
The Sword Dance - Gille Calum or Gille Chaluim - Said to have originated in 1054 when King Malcolm Canmore clashed in battle near Dunsinane with one of Macbeth's chiefs. Having slain his opponent, Malcolm crossed his claymore with that of his opponent to make the sign of the cross and danced in exultation over them. After this time, it is said, clansmen would cross their swords prior to battle and if they could complete the war dance without touching the swords, it signified that they would be the victors.
Today is the first day that I am dreading work.
Today we are to be visited by the head of region and the ‘Grim Reaper’.
The hatchet man of the company is paying us a visit and apparently if he accompanies anyone anywhere then someone is going to be getting the bus home with a snotty nose and puffy eyes.
I feel like a kid at the park, having hysterical fun on the swings with my companions and then along comes a funny smelling man in a dirty mac who snatches one of them away to go and see some ‘puppies’.
I already loathe whoever it is who is coming. I’m not sure I will be able to hold back from barking and growling at him when he arrives.
It can’t be easy being that guy though. Everywhere he goes during working hours people avoid eye contact, rush to the photocopier, burst into tears or projectile vomit (oh no he isn’t the Exorcist). He probably gets scary calls late at night from high pitched little voices telling him he’s gonna get it for what he did to their daddy. He wakes to find all his windows smashed by Tonka toys. Women randomly crash their 4X4’s into his car (hearse) and then chuck their Frappacinos over his suit (black cloak).
His wife probably dreads him coming home each night in case he ‘axes’ her. His children probably scream when he comes into their bedroom to kiss them goodnight.
This is playing in my head constantly:
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4&feature=related
today may go something like this:
I caught Queen Mabb's personal guards playing at the 2010 Phoenix Faerie Festival.
Kids don't try this at home :-)
Played by Casey Plute left and Jake right.
waiting for the Sword Tourney to begin
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