Re: period fighting styles

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From: Aryk Nusbacher
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:02

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In article <1993Jan25.161803.3865@colorado.edu> klosky@cage.Colorado.EDU (KLOSKY JAMES LEDLIE ) writes:

>To add to this, isn't there a story about William Marshall having to be
>cold-chiseled (sp?) out of his helmet after winning a tournement?  I don't
>have docs for this story, does anybody know if its true?  If it is true, 
>that would say to me that the padding used in period was sufficient to
>withstand multiple steel-bending blows without the occupent becoming
>senseless.

I had to be cold-chiselled out of my helmet after _losing_ a
tournament once ... and it only took one blow!

Aryk (who might well have been knocked senseless, and just didn't notice)

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