What you look like

[kromag]

Well my photo is my avatar!
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William

[rags]

William, what sort of sword are you holding?

[jj2007]

William, what sort of sword are you holding?

MouseKeys proc
  push ebx
  xor ebx, ebx
  invoke GetKeyState, VK_LBUTTON
  .if sword ptr ax<0
   inc ebx
  .endif
  invoke Sleep, 1
  invoke GetKeyState, VK_RBUTTON
  .if sword ptr ax<0
   inc ebx
   inc ebx
  .endif
  mov eax, ebx
  pop ebx
  ret
MouseKeys endp

[donkey]

William, what sort of sword are you holding?

By the look of the hilt it would appear to be a bastard sword, they were heavily used by the British in the late 13th century, the blade is too narrow for a broad sword.

[kromag]

Donkey is correct :bg
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William

[chrisw]

Do you practice fighting with that sword, kromag?

I once had the chance to join some training sessions for longsword fighting in the german style of Liechtenauer from 14th century. That is a complete combat system including fighting with different weapons, kick and punch techniques and wrestling, not a bit less complex than any asian martial art.

[kromag]

I have taken arts in the past which none allowed the use of swords and such; albeit, I have done some training on my own in the past for a few years with swords, and with nunchaku.

I usually prefer to take a blind leap at such things so I am not constrained nor tainted by outside influence and enjoy figuring things out :bg

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William.

[donkey]

Do you practice fighting with that sword, kromag?

I once had the chance to join some training sessions for longsword fighting in the german style of Liechtenauer from 14th century. That is a complete combat system including fighting with different weapons, kick and punch techniques and wrestling, not a bit less complex than any asian martial art.

The Germans did make a nice longsword, they are essentially the same as a bastard sword but are "hand and a half" with a slightly shorter hilt because of it, I still think the pinnacle of European sword design was the German Rapier, light, one handed and deadly on the thrust but at the same time a beautiful piece of art, even the small sword which came later and is the dress sword of the US Marines doesn't hold a candle to it.

[chrisw]

if you're interested in medieval fighting techniques, you may want to have a look at these nice YouTube-videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC5FIyfI8TA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj4Ng6DBfrg&feature=PlayList&p=AF8FD0E454996A8E&playnext=1&index=12

[anunitu]

A pic of me
My daughter finely got me to sit for a Photo, I seldom allow myself to be photographed.

Think it was Dave told me about the rename attach thing.





makes Hutch look like a Young buck huh?


Anunitu

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[PBrennick]

So who has the better beard? You or me?

Paul

[hutch--]

Anunitu,

Nice picture, its proof of seniority. I have never been so lucky as to go evenly gray, my beard is a mix and the top has a few gray ones but not enough to change the average colour.

[vanjast]

One cold winters day... my friends and I got together for a beer at the PC bar..

:8)

[rags]

Better keep an eye on your blue friend, it looks like he's had one too many! :lol

[gwapo]

This is me, perhaps one of the young ones in this forum  :bg

And this is me on the beach:


Cheers,

-chris