Weapons Training?

doodleflip · 9 days

Well I don't know where you live, but I recommend you check out classes at the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester MA. They are incredibly dedicated and their teachers are excellent. I took two 4 session classes there but unfortunately I don't live close enough to participate in regular classes. They do several different kinds of sword fighting from across history. Here's the link, hope it's helpful. Good luck in your search. http://www.higgins.org/academy-sword

brutusmcforce · 16 days

And earth just got a new dominant species.

SITGrass · 25 days

Your roommate and his cat could probably take over reddit and most of the internet in about five minutes if he wanted.

ScoopsHaagenDazs · 1 month

I actually don't think the lightning is very common. I think it's still very specialized, because when Mako gets out of the job at the factory he says he "made some good money." I take this to mean that its a very specialized skill so he got paid extra for it because not many people can do it. Might be wrong of course.

ashultz · 1 month

Love Talhoffer. Also in regards to dropping the weapon, my sword teacher always had us train with a dagger for German Longsword because he said that most knights would have a rondel dagger with them for close quarter combat. He also said that a lot of knights would just drop their sword and go immediately to their dagger when they fought another knight on foot.

Sketchery · 1 month

I'm sure that this has come up before, but I say the Tales series. They have fantastic characters that really grow and develop.

SorkenTheMeh · 1 month

Jaime in the third book. Essentially everything he does.

DarkNation · 1 month

Jaime really does look exactly like I always pictured him, as does Barristan Selmy. The only significant difference I found was with the characters that they aged like Ned and Robert since in the books they're in their thirties.

suhrob · 1 month

Eragon. And the sequel. And the sequel to that. Didn't read the last one.

I was a kid when I read them and I read the third for nostalgia so at the time I thought they were awesome, now I can see the extent to which Paolini ripped off like every other big fantasy series. Also his style of writing is essentially 400 pages of blandness and then one sentence of very intricate vocabulary to try and make up for it. My friend always quotes the "dolorous cacophony" line from the third one as proof of it. My apologies to any Inheritance fans out there if you disagree.

cowgrlbabe19 · 2 months

My first reaction was that it looked like a globe. "The Stallion that shits the world" for GoT or ASOIAF fans.

bellabob · 2 months

I can understand why they would do it for dramatic effect. Also the best part of that movie was the fact that they gave him prison tats based on alchemical symbols.

TheNoKarmaComment · 2 months

I'm sorry I don't have a formal source, a professor told me that in a history course. If you can disprove it I retract the statement.

kikkeroog · 2 months

Rob Roy. And Ironclad.

TheNoKarmaComment · 2 months

When Walt Disney wanted to secure the rights to Mary Poppins, he threatened to publicly out the author if she didn't give him the rights. Sorry if it's a repost, or if it ruined the movie for anyone.

Davidmoose · 2 months

Never turn down free food.

Always remove your hat when you meet someone, when you walk into a formal building, and when in the presence of a lady.

Learn the value of silence, a man who listens before he speaks comes off as especially sagacious.

"This above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow, as the night the day, thou can'st not then be false to any man."

ghostbusters42 · 3 months

Thank you all very much for the input, I've met the aikido teachers so I'll definitely go visit the Judo class and see what I think. Thanks again!

sesla · 3 months

"Never forget what you are. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you." Sorry if its been said before on this.

chellery · 4 months

Rory and Captain Jack. And the Tenth Doctor's clone and Rose. I want bunk beds with Rory.

Askura · 4 months

When I was 16 I had a recurring dream about being Batman in the old 90's Batman cartoon show. The villains all kicked my ass. I decided I wanted to learn how to handle myself, just in case. I'd always been interested but this kicked it off. I tried karate, but I had to quit after a complication arose. A few months later I started doing Historical Martial Arts. After seeing how the other guys in the class had a lot of experience with more commonplace martial arts, i decided to go back to karate. I've been taking it ever since. It's only been a year, but I'm really glad I did, my sensei's great and I love it. Also I want to study Historical Martial Arts more and I want to become a historian and specialize in the study of Arms and Armor, so I think that studying karate, and other styles later on, is probably in my best interest.

Plastic_Tramp · 4 months

Had a shiny Blaziken on Pokemon Emerald. Didn't realize it. Deleted the save file.
Also, back in Pokemon Red I guy I knew traded me a mew that he had gotten from a glitch. Thought it made the game too easy so I started a new game.

ghostbusters42 · 5 months

Thank you all very much for the advice and the Princess Bride references. They are all much appreciated. I did try Google before I posted but I wanted to see if anyone had any specific recommendations. I apologize I'll be more clear next time. Thanks again.

ghostbusters42

TROPHY CASE

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