I just posted a new video describing a sword combat visualization technique called “the wall”. It is intended to help a fencer build a mental model of how swords can move in three-dimensional space and how to move their sword and body to be safe and to put your opponent at risk. It can be used to understand how a system works and why some plays work the way that they do. And it can be used to prune your decision tree during a full speed fight. But, the wall is a tool not a system. In particular, the wall only implicitly addresses tempo and measure. For a longer prose and photo discussion of the wall see my article at https://baronllwyd.org/the-wall .
This video has a whole lot of NEW in it. It’s a new topic, uses 90% new hardware, 100% new software, has composited special effects, and adds a couple of YouTube features for the first time. A list of all of the gear used for this video is available at https://lloydtech.org/my-vlogging-gear .
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I was pretty happy with the recording of my online Fiore Dagger part 1 class recently. So, I decided to go back and record several other classes that I previously taught online, but did not record at the original time. Here are the links to the videos and slides for the new recordings.
- Fiore’s Sword in One Hand
- Fiore’s Sword in Two Hands
- Fiore’s Armored Sword
- Fiore’s Longsword for SCA Combat (a best of collection of the previous 3 classes)
- Kingdom A&S booth video – clips from all of the online class plays with no audio, designed to go with me and a display of my other teaching materials: handouts, flashcards, books, etc. in a noisy room
Atlantia's February University session will be held online on Feb 3 and 4, 2024. I will be teaching two classes. The class slides are linked below. The full Fiore presentation with video is too large to post, so the slides and included videos are linked separately:
- QR Codes, Digital Business Cards, and Video Switching - New Tech for the SCA
- Medieval Dagger Play I: Fiore's Guide to Getting Close to Your Friends
- Slides without video (pdf)
- Video without slides (YouTube links) Plates 1-10, Plates 11-21
- YouTube recording of class
I just posted a new article on using QR codes and creating digital business cards for SCA networking. You can read it here.
One of the components of this site was at end of life, but updating it required updating something else, which in turn was dependent on a third thing. I got them all updated, but the site template (aka theme) doesn't work with the new version of Joomla! and the company that made it has gone out of business. So, things are working but don't look exactly the way I would like at the moment. I'm looking for a new free template that will look attractive.