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(Open Culture)   The first rule of Medieval Mixed-Gender Fight Club is: you do not talk about Medieval Mixed-Gender Fight Club   (openculture.com) divider line
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SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-30 3:15:28 PM  
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Therion [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 3:49:54 PM  
Website and subby just discovered 1999 HEMA ...
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-30 3:50:39 PM  

Therion: Website and subby just discovered 1999 HEMA ...


More specifically, the drawing of a man in a pit woman on the ground to make the fight more fair.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-30 3:50:56 PM  

Therion: Website and subby just discovered 1999 HEMA ...


PS:  Ringeck representing!
 
Pocket Ninja [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-30 3:59:45 PM  
Judging from the illustrations, the man is only allowed to go for crotch shots.
 
Therion [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 5:02:25 PM  
Are we not doing phrasing anymore?
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2023-01-30 5:02:33 PM  
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leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 5:07:07 PM  

SpectroBoy: Therion: Website and subby just discovered 1999 HEMA ...

More specifically, the drawing of a man in a pit woman on the ground to make the fight more fair.


That was German law.
 
moku9
2023-01-30 5:10:33 PM  
so, pre-op trans?
 
Wynn Duffy's Eyebrows
2023-01-30 5:10:47 PM  

LewDux: [cdn8.openculture.com image 512x358]

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Give em the old dick twist
 
Therion [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 5:11:01 PM  
from the 1459 edition:

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Therion [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 5:21:13 PM  
There's TONS of fun stuff in the 1459 Thott edition.     Ol' Hans was looking to rival da Vinci in the "I'm a military mastermind, hire me!" tradition.

https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Talhoffer_Fechtbuch_(MS_Thott.290.2%C2%BA)

My absolute favorites are

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"Sneaking up on the castle"

and

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"Stab your opponent in the head and release the flying death monkey inside!"
 
kozlo [OhFark]
2023-01-30 5:41:43 PM  
Okay. Isn't this trial by combat between spouses? Like, this is how domestic disputes got settled centuries ago.
 
Therion [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 6:04:17 PM  

kozlo: Okay. Isn't this trial by combat between spouses? Like, this is how domestic disputes got settled centuries ago.


Yes, for a short time in a small area of pre-Maury Germany.
 
Tom Marvolo Bombadil
2023-01-30 6:07:07 PM  
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Mouser
2023-01-30 6:14:26 PM  

Therion: kozlo: Okay. Isn't this trial by combat between spouses? Like, this is how domestic disputes got settled centuries ago.

Yes, for a short time in a small area of pre-Maury Germany.


Are we sure this guy didn't just stumble upon a medieval version of MAD Magazine, and the drawings he's taking so seriously are actually some cartoonist taking the piss?
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 6:19:36 PM  

Therion: kozlo: Okay. Isn't this trial by combat between spouses? Like, this is how domestic disputes got settled centuries ago.

Yes, for a short time in a small area of pre-Maury Germany.


Who'd have thunk a 90's talk show would be so influential on German history!
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 6:21:37 PM  

Mouser: Therion: kozlo: Okay. Isn't this trial by combat between spouses? Like, this is how domestic disputes got settled centuries ago.

Yes, for a short time in a small area of pre-Maury Germany.

Are we sure this guy didn't just stumble upon a medieval version of MAD Magazine, and the drawings he's taking so seriously are actually some cartoonist taking the piss?


Yes.

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Vacation Bible School
2023-01-30 6:42:02 PM  
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Phil: Besides, Ted could bring us a lot of street crud.
Lem: It's street cred. You know, "credibility"?
Phil: Oh, that finally makes sense.
 
chitownmike
2023-01-30 7:05:03 PM  

Therion: There's TONS of fun stuff in the 1459 Thott edition.     Ol' Hans was looking to rival da Vinci in the "I'm a military mastermind, hire me!" tradition.

https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Talhoffer_Fechtbuch_(MS_Thott.290.2%C2%BA)

My absolute favorites are

[Fark user image image 679x1000]

"Sneaking up on the castle"

and

[Fark user image image 850x560]

"Stab your opponent in the head and release the flying death monkey inside!"


Those Daleks are never going to fit through those doors
 
chitownmike
2023-01-30 7:06:15 PM  

leeksfromchichis: Therion: kozlo: Okay. Isn't this trial by combat between spouses? Like, this is how domestic disputes got settled centuries ago.

Yes, for a short time in a small area of pre-Maury Germany.

Who'd have thunk a 90's talk show would be so influential on German history!


Well, it was shiat
 
khatores
2023-01-30 7:17:03 PM  

kozlo: Okay. Isn't this trial by combat between spouses? Like, this is how domestic disputes got settled centuries ago.


This was probably much hyped but rarely invoked in practice. Ben if it was used, it looks like the chance of serious injury was probably fairly low. Kind of like the Peruvian fistfight festival.
 
kozlo [OhFark]
2023-01-30 7:20:39 PM  
khatores:

So much hyped.... Like illustrated in a manuscript? Because that's how things got hyped in the 1500s
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 7:27:04 PM  

kozlo: khatores:

So much hyped.... Like illustrated in a manuscript? Because that's how things got hyped in the 1500s


That and the guy with the trained bear and the honey paintbrush.
 
Therion [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 8:06:12 PM  
leeksfromchichis:

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This was actually a dickweed "rules lawyer" move for a judicial duel. Duel rules said you start with a thrown weapon (spears), then move to longswords (which you can't really hurt each other with much unless you use as a short spear (halfswording)), and then if shiat gets tight you go to daggers.

The dick on the left has pulled the pommel off of his sword to throw it so that it "counts" as a thrown weapon and he can keep his (useful) spear in place of his (not as efficient, can't really cut plate) longsword.

History does not record what the judges thought of this (dickweed) move.
 
Craw Fu
2023-01-30 8:17:32 PM  
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2wolves [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 8:21:10 PM  
Observations:
1.  No fatties
2.  She has damn fine hips
3.  Where the phrase "the pits" comes from
 
ippolit
2023-01-30 8:37:25 PM  

Tom Marvolo Bombadil: [Fark user image image 512x358]


That's the "I don't know you" hold...

KOTH Bobby goes nuts episode compilation
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Hinged
2023-01-30 9:08:41 PM  
'Divorce By Combat'


I like that.
 
Archie Goodwin
2023-01-30 9:15:46 PM  

Therion: There's TONS of fun stuff in the 1459 Thott edition.     Ol' Hans was looking to rival da Vinci in the "I'm a military mastermind, hire me!" tradition.

https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Talhoffer_Fechtbuch_(MS_Thott.290.2%C2%BA)

My absolute favorites are

[Fark user image 679x1000]

"Sneaking up on the castle"

and

[Fark user image 850x560]

"Stab your opponent in the head and release the flying death monkey inside!"


Well there's a rabbit hole I'll get lost in forever. Thanks. (I think.)
 
dyhchong
2023-01-30 9:45:07 PM  
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Prematch dance-off:
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anuran
2023-01-30 9:48:26 PM  
Judicial combat between men and women wasn't limited to divorce which would have been problematic in Catholic lands anyway. There are also specific arms and armor for combatants of different classes
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 10:14:58 PM  
Therion:

Doesn't matter, ended him rightly.
 
anuran
2023-01-30 11:23:39 PM  

leeksfromchichis: Therion:

Doesn't matter, ended him rightly.


You have a pommel?
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 1:50:33 AM  

anuran: leeksfromchichis: Therion:

Doesn't matter, ended him rightly.

You have a pommel?


You can pick it back up
 
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