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Showing posts with label medieval equestrain sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medieval equestrain sports. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Playing Polo on Camels

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Polo is the sport of kings, with a rich history going back 1000s of years. Today's top level polo horses are graceful, quick, dashin...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

mounted archery on a camel

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Today my smart phone slipped into voice dictation mode so I decided to try it out. The phone typed "Blessi and I are going to mate ...
Thursday, February 4, 2016

More Icelandics and Mounted Archery

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Lasse Reusch posted this great video of more folks having fun with mounted archery on Icelandics.
Monday, March 9, 2015

Period Barding Based on the Visconti-Sforza tarot cards

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The Visconti-Sforza tarot cards were painted around 1451 AD.  The cards depict members of the Visconti and Sforza noble families of Mila...
Saturday, March 7, 2015

A little historical knowledge can be a dangerous thing--horse barding the wrong way

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A few summers ago, I wanted to make full barding for Blessi for equestrian tournaments held by the Society for Creative Anachronism.  Since ...
Friday, January 30, 2015

Identifying Gait in Medieval Art on Falconry

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As you watch the above video montage of art on the sport of falconry, observe the horses.  Almost all of them display lateral gaits or ambl...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

Perhaps an Icelandic used in Falconry

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I am pretty sure that the above video features an Icelandic horse featured in a display of falconry. Despite its obvious dangers, “Hun...
Friday, December 28, 2012

A Duck Walking Horse

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As member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) I have the  persona of an Icelandic woman from the 1100s, I am designing a coat of a...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

So You Think You Can Joust

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Northwest Jousing Association " O just and faithful knight of God! Ride on! the prize is near. "   Lord Tennyson, “Sir Galah...
Friday, December 7, 2012

Brief History of Jousting

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Knights of the Myst joust.   Melinda Leach and Stephanie Printy, on their draft horses Mikie and Bob, thunder down the list.   Photo by E...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Blessi and the Knightly Challenge

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Photo by Dawn Gilbert Blessi and I attended a SCA event inspired by the medieval French tract Traictié de la forme et devis d'un tou...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

A Modern Bayeux Tapestry

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During the SCA Autumn Wars this year, I snapped the following photograph.  Riders are beginning to line up to escort the Queen, shown to ...
Sunday, November 4, 2012

Spamalot with Blessi

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“ We are no longer the Knights who say Ni. ….We are now the Knights who say …Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ptang. Zoom-Boing. Z’nourrwringmm .”   Mo...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Blessi and the Apple Paddle

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This summer, Blessi and I attended a Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) tourney. One of the most challenging obstacles did not invo...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Why is there an arrow through my pants

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Ok, I am not the most coordinated person on the planet.  So in preparation for the mounted archery clinic, I decided to take a few archery...
Sunday, October 21, 2012

Preparing your horse for mounted archery

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There is a lot of prep work to get your horse ready for mounted archery.  The horse has to be desensitized to the sound of the bow, arrows w...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

Resurgence of Mounted Archery

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Blessi and I are trying to attend a workshop on Mounted Archery with Katie Sterns.   Katie has represented the US in several international c...
Friday, October 19, 2012

Blessi and Dannelle canter and shoot

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Blessi and I started preparing for our mounted archery clinic (which we haven't attended yet)  in the spring of 2012.  I got a child...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

What is Mounted Archery

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In the previous video of Blessi and mounted shooting, I use the term "take a Parthian shot," which refers to a type of shot made...
Monday, October 15, 2012

Mounted Archery--If Monty Python tried it

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It has been awhile since I posted--but never fear.  Blessi and I spent the summer having adventures so we have lots of new material.  My f...