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stacy

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About Me

I am a pretty mellow guy who is into spending time with my daughter,and i enjoy plants and gardening.I am a member of the SCA "Society for Creative Anachronism" and participate in historical fencing. My SCA persona is a 1510 Renaissance noble working with Teutonic order quietly(as to report the local happenings going on in the area from Gotha to Worms Germany) I also help to recruit new landsknecht when the need arises from the surrounding country side. My SCA name is Barnabas von Gotha. I currently serve the Barony of Concordia of the Snows in the East Kingdom.mundane world: I work for a distribution center for a major national retail chain.I like the outdoors and am interested in wicca and the paranormal.I also like British comedies and all things midieval.I like all sorts of music from celtic to heavy metal

My Interests

Society for Creative Anachronism/S.C.A/fencing,landscaping, gardening ,wicca,paranormal,poetry,literature,midieval history,all things goth,dragons, gargoyles, collect swords,also love all things british.

I'd like to meet:

someone who is kinda mellow and someone who shares some of the same intrests as myself

Music:

ren fest music,classical , heavy metal, celtic,classic rock,80's metal

Movies:

horror movies old and new,scifi

Television:

british comedies, dr who,gardening and landscaping,horror movies old and new

Books:

poe,hitchikers guide to the galaxy, poetry, wicca , charles bauldueire,keats,shelly,byron,coleridge,ext

My Blog

SCA EVENT WAR OF THE ROSES

War of the Roses XXVIII **UPDATED** (At-a-Glance Event Information) Friday, May 23rd, 2008 to Monday, May 26th, 2008Hosted by Barony of Concordia of the Snows - Mariaville, NY Event Last Modified: ...
Posted by stacy on Sat, 17 May 2008 06:28:00 PST

historical fencing and the spanish circle

..TR> ..TR>    .. --> BeginEditable "Body%20Text" -->  From Anthony De Longis: No nation had a more exacting scientific system of weapons training than the deadly Spanish "Mysterio...
Posted by stacy on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:45:00 PST

landsknecht images and ranks

I found this online and found it interesting. i posted it here for me to find faster but also thought i would share it... Landsknechte on the March Landsknechte in the Fähnlein Speisstrager Dopp...
Posted by stacy on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:59:00 PST

SCA shield construction

I found this info online actually info was sent to me frrom King Logan Lockley from the Kingdom of Newgarrd, an LARP group in the Utica -Rome area. I thought i would copy and paste it here as a quick ...
Posted by stacy on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:04:00 PST

landsknecht pike commands

The following is a list of German pike and formation commands. Many of the commands were taken from the 17th Century source "Des Kriegsbücßleins." ..> Basic Commands Achtung! Attention! Auffw...
Posted by stacy on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:03:00 PST

anatomy of a longsword and various blade types

A basic anatomy of the Renaissance longsword.    ...
Posted by stacy on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:35:00 PST

italian and german fencing terms

Abschneiden - ("cutting aside") in the German systems of long-sword (langenschwert) and later huge two-handers (dopplehänder/bidenhänder) short drawing cuts known also as Schnitt ("slices") called Rak...
Posted by stacy on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:32:00 PST

SCA East Kingdom eventDance of the three dons hosted bythe Barony of Concordia of the Snows

Brawl: The Dance of the Three Dons **UPDATED** (At-a-Glance Event Information) Saturday, March 15th, 2008Hosted by Barony of Concordia of the Snows - Cohoes, NY Event Last Modified: November 25th, 200...
Posted by stacy on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:11:00 PST

fencing parry related terms

 Parry-related terms Counter-Parry  also circular parry. A parry that moves in a circle to end up in the same position in which it started. A counter-parry usually traps an attack coming i...
Posted by stacy on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:18:00 PST

fencing blade work terms

 Blade Work Absence of blade  The situation in a bout when the opposing blades are not touching; opposite of engagement. Arret a bon temps  see Stop Hit. Attack  The initial ...
Posted by stacy on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:15:00 PST