Re: Fighting

[Bards keep <s0jswelc@atlas.vcu.edu>]

Poster: Bards keep <s0jswelc@atlas.vcu.edu>

> 
> 
> Poster: stephancm@juno.com (Peter H Clarke)
> 
> I have recently had an experience that I feel is worth sharing.  In Caer
> Mear we all have a consistent calibration level.  All of us fighters are
> calibrated more or less the same.  I have been fighting for several years
> now (4 or 5).  I consider myself an experienced fighter.  I have recently
> purchased a new helm.  I had it made for my head.  At my first practice,
> this past Thursday, I tried my new helm.  I fought my squire brother
> first.  We fought a while and he said "weren't any of those blows good?"
>  I said "I didn't feel a thing".  We then preceded to recalibrates me and
> my new helm.  I can no longer feel the blows but must listen to the sound
> to determine good blows, if I wish to keep the same calibration everyone
> is used to.  
> 
> I'm new to the net and I'm sure this horse has been beaten to death,
> dragged through the mud, beaten again, stomped, mauled and burn					
ed.  But,
> I felt it was worth sharing.
>
----> This is a good point,Stefan, that is often overlooked by
esp. new fighters.I had a similar experience when I changed helms
earlier this year.Stuff like where the helm sits on your head(in
comparison to the old one) and padding makes a big
difference-IMO.Padding can be a esp. tricky thing, as we have
rules on the least amount of padding a helm can have, but none
are really realilistic on a "maximum amount".Not to mention the
different angles of a new helms shape and how that may affect the
force of a blow.EX #1: If you've ever tried on Sir Corby's 12th
D-face and fought with it you may experience two things about
blow force.1:Light blows to the top front feel stout and 2:
Blows to the top sides feel light.
  I was lucky to see my knight do acknowledgement tests on his
own new helm the same day I got mine.But it still took a lot of
work to reconize the differences in the helms on the field.

BdeB
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