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ArwendeLuhtiene In reply to Aglaira [2015-10-29 22:13:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much !

It's a leather tabard, yes , this one (www.efeyl.org/tienda/product_i… )

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Aglaira In reply to ArwendeLuhtiene [2015-10-31 01:31:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for sharing that site. I recently stumble across this one www.etsy.com/listing/185301936… but honestly, I like yours more. Maybe because I prefer strings.

Have a nice day!

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ArwendeLuhtiene In reply to Aglaira [2015-11-01 11:52:52 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome !

I have that Etsy tabard bookmarked, I love it too ! I quite like strings as well, but this other one protects the clavicle-neck-shoulder area more, and that's also a pro for me Female-oriented armour too often lacks necessary protection in some parts, which sucks :/

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Aglaira In reply to ArwendeLuhtiene [2015-11-02 18:57:47 +0000 UTC]

I completely agree! I am not much familiar in archery, although I would like to get to know it better one day,(not sure if here I have anyone who can show me that much) I am more into swords. But either way, lack of female protection if the armor is beautiful or lack of nice armor xD if it is protective is always there. I am still hoping that they will make more effort in designing a female armors.

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ArwendeLuhtiene In reply to Aglaira [2015-11-03 21:19:23 +0000 UTC]

I totally recommend archery, it's an awesome activity ! I'm into swords as well, although I only taking Spanish rapier classes for now, the longsword will have to wait until I find more time

And I agree about female armour, I do hope they make more effort in designing armour that's both protective and nice - although of course if we're going for realistic protective should go before nice xD! I have seen quite a few examples of protective+beautiful female armour, though, I think that if there's so much armour that's not only non-protective but blatantly sexualized it's because it's a male-oriented thing :/

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Aglaira In reply to ArwendeLuhtiene [2015-11-05 11:29:25 +0000 UTC]

The longsword is awesome although it requires to be enough strong to sustain in combat. It is not typical that girls practice longsword fight, usually because they cannot maintain tempo and sustain in workout. But I wish that changes. I am talking from experience, I have witness years and years of sword instructions and people who came and go. Although in my opinion, if they really wanted to learn they would have made more efforts, go on workout beside that. Although there is always at least one stubborn gal

I am doing rapier and dagger and longsword quite long. I like them. When you want to expand your knowledge try rapier and dagger. I highly recommend. It is more hm mentally demanding, but surely much more interesting because of new variations of moves.

Of course, protective first than nice. I found this, maybe you will be curious like I and take a look viralearth.net/2014/12/04/fema…

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ArwendeLuhtiene In reply to Aglaira [2015-11-05 16:37:07 +0000 UTC]

Well, in my experience, I know quite a few female longsword-fighters, some of them in my HEMA sword-fighting group, so I'll say that there are definitely quite a handful of very abled female swordfighters out there ! (also in the Esfinges group, dunno if you're familiar with it).  I'm (unfortunately) not the strongest out there by a long way xD, but you don't need lots of sheer strength when it comes to some kinds of swordfighting, in my opinion, it's more about practising, agility, and gaining stamina (and I'm definitely stronger now than when I began taking classes !).

Of course, some swords and styles are heavier than others, but I think the longsword, especially in a class where not everything is about hitting harder and being the strongest , is still something that women can try, if they want to Also, regarding strength per se, the longsword is double-handed, so even though it's heavier, in a way it can be easier than the 1 kg one-handed rapier, because you get to use the strength of both arms. 

On a general basis, men are in general stronger than women, yes (apart from 'biology', factors also include the fact that women don't exercise their muscles as much because it's not a traditionally 'feminine' thing to do in a gender-roled masculine society, it is thought that male and female strength was more equated in Paleolithic times). But we also should bear in mind that, apart from that general tendency, which does exist, there are stronger women and less strong men , it can all depend on each one's body, ability to exercise muscles and all that  I know women who are way stronger than many men, men and women with similar strength-levels,...I'm not the strongest, like I said (most unfortunately !), and my build is pretty slim, and yet I can best some men who are stronger than me because I am more trained/more agile/similar. So it all depends  And although strength comes into the equation when it comes to sword-fighting, other elements such as agility, stamina, dexterity and general practice are also very important, in my opinion, and, in many cases, actually more essential than just sheer strength  What I meant to say  - Female warriors ftw !

I'd love to begin with the rapier+dagger, but it's on Fridays and they're full for me, so rapier it is for now, and, in the near future, longsword as well

Thanks for the link, I think I read it a while ago, but it's nice to see it again, I love critisizing unrealistic armour

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Aglaira In reply to ArwendeLuhtiene [2015-11-05 17:00:17 +0000 UTC]

Actually I didn't know about Esfinges. I just googled it. I will take a detailed look later, but I don't have facebook, so I am sometimes off the track with that kind of things.
It is indeed about agility, technique, constant practicing, but that all isn't good enough without strength and will power. For 14 years of practicing sword fight, I have seen quite a bit. About weight of the sword, I must say, I did find sometimes easier to control two handed one, than one handed because of the using both arms. And of course, there will be at least one person who is practicing sword fight, that goes on pure strength. We had those people in our group, and almost always you go out of combat with them in bruises but you can defeat them by tiring them counting on your agility, avoiding that hits at first until they get slower.

Well thank you for the conversation. Always good to hear that other people have similar interests. And good luck with lessons! I hope someday I will be able to take archer lessons too!

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ArwendeLuhtiene In reply to Aglaira [2015-11-08 12:00:58 +0000 UTC]

It's a great group, imo, when I joined it was nice to see just how many HEMA women there are  Will power is an important factor, absolutely! And constant practice, of course.  As for the people who just go on pure strength, I tend to avoid them when it comes to sparring, it's no use to get bruises just because a person (and usually it's a male) wants to abandon technique and consideration for their opponent by declaring their 'tough masculinity' (in the 99% cases when it's a male) and 'strength superiority' *rolls eyes*

Thank you too, it's nice to chat with fellow sword-fighters !  I hope to go back to archery in the near future as well, so many things and so little time!

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ArwendeLuhtiene In reply to AnnabethLovegd [2015-03-09 21:53:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much !

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AnnabethLovegd In reply to ArwendeLuhtiene [2015-03-10 17:55:12 +0000 UTC]

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ArwendeLuhtiene In reply to oshirockingham [2015-03-03 02:38:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much !

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oshirockingham In reply to ArwendeLuhtiene [2015-03-03 02:59:31 +0000 UTC]

you're very welcome

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ArwendeLuhtiene In reply to EmmaFlorian [2015-02-28 23:19:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank *you* very much!

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EmmaFlorian In reply to ArwendeLuhtiene [2015-03-04 19:54:12 +0000 UTC]

Yeah no problem!

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