three post, time in effect, Judged by RAGNAR
(00:30:49 )
| | | | ~Dylan~ | | | |
~Askari~
Warrior Poet
~MTC~
says to Michael Clan of Kaiila T: …Standing 6’2”, 250 pounds, I wear the scarlet of the Caste of Warriors, with black leathers, around My waist is the master belt of the Men of Torvaldsland, on My left hip hangs an empty sheath, on My right hip hangs a 22” short sword made in the glorious city of Ar, in My right hand is a short sword of 22”, held waist high the blade perpendicular with My body about six inches out from My hip, the tip pointed towards Your chest, a Torvie round shield 36 inches in diameter, bossed and rimmed in Steel, is strapped tightly to My left forearm, the shield hangs covering from My left shoulder to just above My left knee, on My master belt hangs two 12” throwing quiva, My feet are a shoulder’s length apart, My knees are bent, left foot forward, toe pointed forwards, I allow You to set the distance between Us…
physical description present
ss on right hip
ss in right hand
Torvie shield in left (Torvie shields are held in hand, naught strapped to arm)
2 quiva on belt (where?)
(00:36:26 )
Michael
Clan of Kaiila Trainer
He who has no Honor is My Enemy
MTC
says to | | | | ~Dylan~ | | | |: -Michael stands 6 ft 8 and around 280 lbs give or take a few pounds. Attached to His belt upon the right, a single throwing quiva. Neither shield is shealthed, He is carrying them both, two 22 inch swords, forged By His own craftmensship as His days of a Weapons Maker, before He camp to the Wagon life. In His right hand of course is one, held with the right elbow bended in a v formation, bringing the blade a little higher than Midrange, while the left One, tilting downward but still at Midrange. He is but a few paces directly in front of You, His feet are equal length from The Shoulders, neither foot forward, and He is standing upright. Making Mental note of what He is seeing from You, He waits-
physical description present
belted quiva on right
shields? sheathed? (lost me bro. carrying two shields i guess from your post. what type and how?)
two swords (what type?)
sword in right
sword in left (seems no shields now? typo?)
a few paces (how many? one pace=3 feet)
ROUND ONE=========================
(00:42:52 )
| | | | ~Dylan~ | | | |
~Askari~
Warrior Poet
~MTC~
says to Michael Clan of Kaiila T: …taking note of how tall You are, and where Your weapons are, and how You stand and 1) clearing the distance between Us to a two feet, keeping Your blades away from Me, I 2) bring My sword up and to My right Your left, and then down right to left, in a loop towards that of Your left calf, the blade’s slash thrown a solid foot deep into Your stance, hoping to catch one or both of Your legs, and then 3) bringing the sword’s momentum across My body, and snapping My wrist up and to My right towards that of Your right shoulder, and then taking into account Your movements I 4) bring the blade up and to My right in a loop over Your head, and down in a slash towards that of Your left knee, and then 5) I bring the short sword back to it’s starting place 6” from My right hip, My shield covering My left shoulder, and just above My knee…
-1...(1)... his swords are nearly two feet in length. add his arm and that is a distance greater than the distance you allowed between the two of you with your advance. also be specific in how you keep his blades away from you.
-1...(2)... opponent's legs are even with his shoulders. getting both legs would require actually going through his left leg. better to just take the left leg and naught try for the right in this position.
-1...(3)... now here we have a couple things you must consider. the first is your shield still in front of you... and more importantly your opponent's swords are still in there at this close range. you have a shield... perhaps it would have been wiser to drive it into your opponent or something to get his weapons out of the way or even block his vision before striking low on his torso?
-0...(4)... taking into accounts his movements? as yet opponent has naught moved persay. otherwise clean.
-0...(5)... clean
-3
27/30
(00:52:28 )
Michael
Clan of Kaiila Trainer
He who has no Honor is My Enemy
MTC
says to | | | | ~Dylan~ | | | | : -Watching You close in the Distance, Eyeing the shoulder area, watching the movement, looping fashion of Your Right sword in a loop fashion, and as You do, My left blade drops low, clashing with steel, feeling the push at you would be dipping in deep (1) The movement of the blade, in the momentum, causing Him to draw Up The Right blade, tilting with a twist of the wrist, wherethat the flat end would Hit against it (2), Assuming Your using the same Blade, as there was no mention of a change, watching the looping Motion aim towards His left knee, the left blade Merely lifts up in its movements a foot, drilling into steel again (3). The right blade which the flat end was facing you, twists with His hands bringing the sharp end back into focus, as part of a loop that swung fully around and down towards Your left knee (4), coming in with His left foot, stomping downwards towards Your right foot, hoping to knock You offbalanced(5)-
-0...(1)... clean
-1...(2)... this rather unclear. what momentum of whose or what blade causes your right blade to move? how does the blade tilt and what flat end of a sword? it has the flat of the blade, but i am unaware of a sword having a flat end. this needs to be worded much better and cleaner.
-1...(3)... no need to state an assumption here of opponent using the same blade. it only clutters the post and wastes time in posting. a bit weal in sword positioning description. is the blade vertical with tip down... as i assume it to be? is it horizontal or angled in some way to intercept the strike? add just enough detail to your post to paint an accurate picture without being so technical as to require slide rule judging. the less you leave to judge's and opponent's conjecture the less chance of deductions and errors on your part. place yourself and your weapons where you wish them... naught where your opponent may wish them to be. leave no doubt or open window for opinion.
-1...(4)... we covered the flat end aspect already. the focus aspect is really no matter if it comes into focus. if it were me i would already know the tip is there. need to state where the blade is coming around... meaning a point of view (POV), clockwise your pov which would be outside or counter clockwise inside your pov. this seems minor but it makes a great deal of difference in possibility and feasibility as would the inside or outside of opponent's knee. one can usually serve both purposes by stating at least one of the two mechanics stated, but again... stating both leaves nothing to chance. it is the small details at times that make all the difference. just know where to place the details and which are really important to the movement and post.
-0...(5)... i can see the foot stomp but how will it knock him off balance? sore foot yes. iffy but will allow as it does naught seem to be a match maker or breaker.
-3
27/30
ROUND TWO============================
(01:00:26 )
| | | | ~Dylan~ | | | |
~Askari~
Warrior Poet
~MTC~
says to Michael Clan of Kaiila T: ….I watched You parry My blows, My blade had been moved back to My right hip area and as Your right short sword looped down at My left knee I 1) dropped My shield down a foot to cover My knee, the tilt of the shield such that Your blow would be deflected and as You stepped in almost a pace to stomp at My foot I thought You were kicking at Me, and 2) Brought My right leg up so My knee is bent in towards My body and seeing You more then face to face, Your left blade up in the air, and Your right having been deflected, I 3) drive My knee in towards Your groin, You already soooo close, and then I 4) bring My blade from it’s place at My hip in a thrust up and towards Your exposed left shoulder, and then 5) I break My wrist on My right hand, and drive My right fist towards that of Your nose, looking to knock You out My blade now out to My right, My shield lowered protecting more of My knee, and My chest…
-0...(1)... shield move clean.
-1...(2)... i see his left blade low around his left knee area after dealing with your strike. careful with these distances. it is rather difficult for two bodies to occupy the same space.
-0...(3)... clean
-0...(4)... clean but again watch the distance issue. it is extremely difficult to maneuver a sword for s thrust at such close promimity.
-1...(5)... you did what? well... if you did just strike for his nose from the thrust position, keeping your blade out to your right... it is a great possibility you may have in fact broke your wrist. perhaps thrusting your shield forward into your opponent still keeping it in front of you to guard trying to create a bit more distance between you may be a better option.
-2
25/30
(01:13:53 )
Michael
Clan of Kaiila Trainer
He who has no Honor is My Enemy
MTC
says to | | | | ~Dylan~ | | | | : -Your right knee would have been bent foward thinking I was kicking at You, With My Left foot foward, the hit to somewhere was bound to happen, however having enough Mind in the situation He was able to turn His body clockwise to Him, Counterclockwise to You, bringing His left side a little more into contact with the knee, saving His groan for the most part, a very little of the momemtum may have gotten through (1) His left blade swinging upwards to try to hit off some of the mommentum from the imcoming sword shot, hoping to hit more of the blade, verses what He might have taken otherwise.. but alas, there is a hit, as it too seemed nearly avoidable, a flesh wound, perhaps a tad deeper as there was some contact of steel and steel (2) His body however Side Steps to the right, HIs right Your left missing the aim of the hit to His nose (3), as He does, He swings His right sword around in a loop, starting High then ending low aiming for Your left leg, digging in a good foot in the process (4)..His left blade swings around in a single loop from Low to High aiming for Your right shoulder should it hit, it would come right across the top and hit on the downward swing (5)-
-1...(1)... by turning clockwise you are turning to your right. for your opponent it is still clockwise and you still turn to your right. directional error. did take the hit to your thigh/upper leg area.
-1...(2)... how are you bringing your blade up to defend? just raising it from its current postion is of no use. need more detail here.
-0...(3)... clean but you really only need one pov.
-1...(4)... right sword was low. what part of the leg and you would need to get it high before striking from the high position.
-0...(5)... clean.
-1... broke time
-4
23/30
ROUND THREE==========================
(01:24:29 )
| | | | ~Dylan~ | | | |
~Askari~
Warrior Poet
~MTC~
says to Michael Clan of Kaiila T: …You had turned counterclockwise to Me, taking some damage to Your left side, and to Your left left shoulder and as You side stepped the punch to the nose I noted the attack from Your short sword in Your right hand as it came attacking towards My leg, I didn’t know what part as You hadn’t said and as My shield was already down covering low to protect My knee, I just let the blade whack into the shield, My short sword was out to My right and as I saw the loop as it came I 1) Brought My right arm in towards My body the pommel of the blade at My chest the tip of the blade off at a 15 degree angle to keep Your blade from burying itself into My right shoulder 2) Attempting to push Your left short sword up with Mine and 3) slide parrying down the length of Your blade in a slashing motion with My right short sword towards that of Your left arm pit 4) We were still far to close together and I threw up and out towards that of Your nose, looking to bloody it and then 5) bringing My shield back to cover again My left shoulder, just above the knee, My right short sword out in front of Me to My right, Your left…
-0...(1)... no... his directionals were in error. he in fact turned clockwise... but you are correct in that he was struck on the left
-1...(2)... bad bad bad technique. at this angle any deflection of the opponent's blade has nowhere to go but along the length of the blade into the side of your neck or collarbone. better to bring your sword up to angle the other way to deflect his strike away from your head.
-1...(3)... the way you set this up, i can naught really see this happening. your arm is at such an awkward angle with your sword that this is just naught really possible. which way are you slashing? your swordarm is way out of position in this movement.
-1...(4)... okies... what was thrown where? shield? sword? did you just hurl all over him expelling chunks at such high velocity they would break his nose?
-0...(5)... looks good... but no need to state what direction it is for your opponent. no sense in helping the enemy. state your pov and that is good enough.
-1... broke time
-4
21/30
(01:34:34 )
Michael
Clan of Kaiila Trainer
He who has no Honor is My Enemy
MTC
says to | | | | ~Dylan~ | | | | : -Feeling the sliding Motion of the blade, I tilt My body back about 20 degrees to My left causing Your mommetum to disrupt and as such would never hit HIs armpit (1) And You threw up and out towards His nose? Which hand? Weapon? Shield? The only thing He sees is You coming foward and He steps back a good pace, feeling the air of whatever would have come at Him, but Missed His face (2).. Watching You Move Your shield and sword, as You paced Yourself to My left and Your right and now about a pace away, He closely in the short distance (3) as He swings His Left Blade around from His left to Right, Your right to Left, but swinging low hoping to His Your right knee from Your right to left (4) Swinging His right elbow around hopping to His Your nose dead on (5)-
-0...(1)... clean
-0...(2)... clean under the circumstances
-1...(3)... closing in three feet with two foot blades is just no good here. too close for swords being used in this fashion. you would be running into his shield one another's blades, etc. wasted move. strike from where you are. you have a blade nearly two feet long and arms roughly three feet long. use that.
-0...(4)... a bit too much directional stuff. it muddies up the clean movement we seek in this system of combat. it becomes confusing.
-0...(5)... clean under the circumstances, but do try to seek moves that would allow you to strike more decisively from better position.
-1... broke time
-2
21/30
FINAL DEFENSE POST================
(01:40:38 )
**defense post**
| | | | ~Dylan~ | | | |
~Askari~
Warrior Poet
~MTC~
says to Michael Clan of Kaiila T: …My blade was out from the slide parry/slash, and as You swung it down towards that of My right knee which was still a shoulder length apart, I 1) brought it down left to right in a slashing loop to parry Your blade out to Your left, My right, and 2) as Your elbow came flying for My head, I ducked My head behind My shield protecting it from the hard elbow…
all clean, but recommend raising shield to take the blow instead of trying to duck your head behind it.
Dylan....... 21/30
Michael..... 21/30
overall recommendations:
watch the distances. allow yourself room to move and wield your weapons effectively. if your opponent wishes to be closer than you desire, then drive them back or move to where you can wield and move effectively. try to make your opponent fight your type of fight.
less confuzzling directionals. state your directions from your pov and let your opponent figure it out for himself. remember... this is training for actual combat. you will be trying to defeat your enemy. there is no reason to help him as he tries to defeat you.
be clearer on your choice of weapons and how they are being used. state which is being used. ailing to do so will earn you a deduction as well as allowing your opponent to make use of the situation to their best advantage. this once again assists the enemy in defeating you.
i see breaking time as a factor. i think when each of you clean up and use only the directionals necessary, this will also help in keeping time.
there is really nothing here that a few more spars will naught knock the rust off of. most of the deductions were for the above reasons.
tie match. i can see a rematch already. *S*
Traditional Combat... three alternating... 10 min time limit.
(23:19:09 )
| | | | ~Dylan~ | | | |
~Askari~
Warrior Poet
~MTC~
says to \\-Haldir-//-MTC-Haruspe: …I stand 6’2”, 250 pounds, I wore the scarlet of the Caste of Warriors, and black leathers, in My right hand was the Gorean war spear, its head tapered of bronze, the head 18” in length, it’s shaft more than an inch, and a half in thickness, more then six feet in length, the spear was held in My right hand held shoulder high the bulk of the shaft behind Me, on My right hip hung a 22” gorean short sword, on My left hip hung a 12” quiva, made in the glorious city of Ar, on My head hung the face chained helmet of the Wagon People, the multi-colored chains chimed against one another, My left foot was forward, My right foot shoulder length behind Me, My knees bent, I looked towards You, standing 3 paces from You…
physical description good
right hand spear... recommend stating t least in approximate terms where you grip the spear just for specifics in the stance post.
short sword on right hip
quiva on left hip
helmet of the Wagons
stance good
nine feet away
(23:21:40 )
\\-Haldir-//
-MTC-
Haruspex
Outrider Orman
says to | | | | ~Dylan~ | | | | : ~..blinks looking at the spear as I walk into the pit ..I stand 7'4'' and weigh 345lbs..in my right hand I hold a 36'' spatha blade aimed at Your chest.in My left hand I hold a round Torvie sheild with a 10''boss center at My shoulders hight..I wear black pants and tunic..My boots are black as well in My boots are two 16'' quiva's..on My Masters belt I hold a tomahawk..My right foot faces you..My left foot back at 90 degrees...I stand about 3 paces from You.. ready for Your attack..~
physical desription good
right hand spatha
left hand Torvie shield... should spcify diameter as done with the boss.
a quiva in each boot. recommend shortening them a bit. they are about a foot in length btb.
canhpi in belt... located where?
stance good. recommend losing the 90 degree stuff and stating it more simply unless you wish to start facing opponents stating everything in dgrees requiring you to keep a compass, protractor, sliderule, etc as tools for online combat.
nine feet away
ROUND ONE**********
(23:28:52 )
| | | | ~Dylan~ | | | |
~Askari~
Warrior Poet
~MTC~
says to \\-Haldir-//-MTC-Haruspe: …taking note of Your weapon and shield positioning, I 1) take off in a run towards You, clearing the distance to a single pace between Us, moving a bit to Your left keeping Your spatha from Me, and 2) Dropping the spear letting it roll off My shoulder I 3) Duck low into a crouch, and 4) Drawing the short sword from My right hip into My left hand I 5) continue with the momentum of the drawing of the short sword and slash towards that of Your right knee, looking to incapacitate You completely…
-0... (1)... ummm... how much of a run is two steps bro? recommend wording this another way in case a judge who is prick ever judges your match. his spatha is three feet long. a pace is judged as three feet. this is really cutting it close.
-0... (2)... dropping a weapon is naught considered a move. you wasted this move. no deduction as it is yours to waste.
-0... (3)... clean
-0... (4)... clean
-0... (5)... clean
-0
30/30
(23:35:47 )
\\-Haldir-//
-MTC-
Haruspex
Outrider Orman
says to | | | | ~Dylan~ | | | | : ~ I watch You drop the spear~ 1) I move back and try to counter You with My sheild drawing down and to My right..2) I take time to re-group and fall back a 2 paces..3) faceing You again...4) I swing the flat end of the blade towards Your head..5) rasing My sheild back to My chest...~ trying figure out why Your trying to cripple Me~
-1... (1)... you move back how far? try to be more specific where/how you use shield to defend.
-0... (2)... how much time do you think you have bro? this is h2h combat. forget the "taking time" aspect of the post in the future. falling back two paces. distance is now at nine feet plus since you already moved back.
-1... (3)... recommend stating how you come to face him again. do you step to the right, pivot, etc?
-1... (4)... too far back for this strike. you fall at least three feet short with it.
-0... (5)... clean. (recomend reading the thread on the wall bro. none of these wounds are permanent.)
-3
27/30
ROUND TWO**********
(23:43:11 )
| | | | ~Dylan~ | | | |
~Askari~
Warrior Poet
~MTC~
says to \\-Haldir-//-MTC-Haruspe: …I was still in a crouch, and as You backed off the two paces, and then swung the flat of Your blade towards one side or another of My head I 1) twisted My body backwards, pulling My head back away from Your blade, knowing You were stretching Your reach from that distance and then 2) Drawing My quiva into My right hand, from My left hip, I 3) Rise back to My standing position, and 4) Take aim, and throw the quiva towards that of Your right shin, and 5) lifting My left foot up from the sands kicking dirt towards that of Your face…
-1... (1)... twisted or just pulled back? unclear as typed.
-0... (2)... clean
-0... (3)... clean
-1... (4)... here i have an issue. taking aim and throwing the quiva is fine... but you need to specify how it is thrown. if thrown from the draw it is a clean single move. if raised in the more usual style of throwing overhand you would have to relocate the quiva in order to do so. that would also require another movement to achieve position.
-0... (5)... clean
-2
28/30
(23:52:00 )
\\-Haldir-//
-MTC-
Haruspex
Outrider Orman
says to | | | | ~Dylan~ | | | | : ~I watched You slip by.My swing fruitless~ 1) I jump back and trun My head to the right shuting My eyes to block out the sand...2) My flash steel blue I launch the round shield for Your head from My left hand.3) I reached behind Me and drawed out My tomahawk from the belt..4) I move in fast ..I swing the tomahawk up to My shoulders..takeing aim for Your chest((collar bone))..5) I step back about 4 paces..
-1... (1)... never defended against the quiva throw. jump back how far? turning your head would be an extra move, warning.
-1... (2)... what is flashing? unclear.
-0... (3)... i take it you grabbed the canhpi with your left and that it was located in the back of your belt. recommend stating you did so with your left hand in the future.
-0... (4)... moving in is a move.
-1... (5)... swinging the canhpi is a movement. which shoulder are you swinging it up to? which side of opponent's chest (collarbone) are you steiking for?
-1... (6)... clean. distance now at twelve feet plus. extra move now deducted for.
-4
23/30
ROUND THREE**********
(00:00:40 )
| | | | ~Dylan~ | | | |
~Askari~
Warrior Poet
~MTC~
says to \\-Haldir-//-MTC-Haruspe: …You hadn’t defended against the quiva as it had flown for Your shin, so I thought it must have been embedded in You, and as You jumped back a pace or so (?), there was a huge Frisbee style shield headed towards My head, and I 1) swing My short sword left to right to parry it away from My head to My right, 2) watching You come in towards Me with Your tomahawk in Your left hand I’m assuming since You chucked the shield from that one, and You have a spatha, I’m not sure how close You get but I swing My short sword in My left hand from right to left and up to parry the tomahawk axe up and away from My chest while I 3) step to My left, hoping the blade will now find empty space, 4) I reach down and pick up the previously dropped spear , and seeing four paces away I 5) take aim, and throw the spear towards that of Your chest…
-0... (1)... clean
-0... (2)... he is close enough to swing his tomahawk. LOL clean.
-0... (3)... clean
-0... (4)... recommend stating you pick up your spear with your right hand in the future as well as how it is gripped.
-1... (5)... again i have an issue here. you stated no positioning of the spear after picking it up.
-1
27/30
(00:11:30 )
\\-Haldir-//
-MTC-
Haruspex
Outrider Orman
: ~tricky .tricky..grins~ knowing that you have perryed My attack I take note You picked up Your spear..Me with No shield..1) I just droped to the ground hopeing it misses Me..2) on My knees in the sand I take aim with the tomahawk in My left hand and fling it towards Your chest.3) I also take aim with My spatha and aim for Your chest..4) pulling the blade out of My calf.(lower leg)) ..5) I fling that also towards Your chest..~ any where is a good hit~
-1... (1)... how did you drop to the ground? this would suggest you "hit the dirt" so to speak. this has a direct affect on your next move.
-1... (2)... did you land on your knees? rise to your knees? unclear. careful with the tomahawk throw. had your weapon naught been parried up to your right by your opponent you would likely have been nailed for naught positioning it for the throw. as it is it is sort of a diagonally thrown weapon from your high right with your left hand.
-1... (3)... you need to position your spatha for the throw. why you would throw away a perfectly good spatha is beyond me. given enough posts in this fight we may have been subjected to the horrors of you stripping down and throwing your clothing as well. LOL *W*
-1... (4)... which hand is doing this?
-1... (5)... again the positioning to throw... or state you throw it underhanded from your position of removing it from your right shin.
-1... time violation
-6
17/30
DEFENSE POST**********
(00:19:02 )
| | | | ~Dylan~ | | | |
~Askari~
Warrior Poet
~MTC~
says to \\-Haldir-//-MTC-Haruspe: ….holy hell, You dropped to Your knees, and just started tossing shit at Me, seeing first the tomahawk come flying from the ground at Me, I 1) Dive to My left, hoping the huge tomahawk misses Me, seeing the spatha fly soon behind it, over My head, 2) The quiva was flying for My chest, but I rolled a bit and it sliced a bit into My right shoulder as I rolled…
-0... (1)... dive is fine... the miss of the spatha is rather weak as he did state he was aiming. will accept but try something better next time.
-1... (2)... which way did you roll?
-1
26/30
Dylan........26/30
Haldir.......17/30
Dylan winner
work on positioning for throwing. overall naught too bad. the score does naught actually tell the tale of the fight.
i see much improvement in Haldir's fighting. much better in movement counting, but still some work to do in this aspect. be more clear in your movements. there is a need to maintain time but that will come with experience. pay more attention to the small details. i can see what you are trying to do, just state it with more clarity. soon it will become second nature and once it does you will be able to concentrate more on naught breaking time again with the few added descriptive details. you are certainly on the right track. keep it up.