Of course there's also the problem especially in the ancient period of figuring out how many troops were actually there as many of the ancient sources tended ...
Of course if you do this for the 100 years war, you find that the English fought in 2/3 ranks and they cleary were more than capable of stopping a mounted...
Hi Tom, I am unclear what we are discussing with HYW and 2/3 ranks. First, I hope all this "density" stuff doesn't offend anyone about ancients. With our...
... sources detailing deployment with 4.5' per horse, minimum spacing, and operating in 7 ranks as common. This shows up repeately from "Tarantine" time...
... 'The Sources?' - as in The Oracle / Font, PtB? ... years ago. And having fenced as college level closer to 40 ago! - Yup my County days were only - ooo -...
I just came back from one of the opening night presentations of Mel Gibson's new movie, Apocalypto. And I can sum it up in one word: AWESOME! Be warned,...
Hi Curiously, "the Naked Prey" with Cornell Wild was a true story. One of the more amazing comparisons is that I often see variants of this movie decried as...
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Did we see the same film? Gibson's acting has not improved over the years and, although I was not bothered by the subtitles, do they really add anything? This...
I get the impression Ken, that you're not a 'realist'. You seem to enjoy the fantasized world over a slice of reality. And I don't see the connection between...
I think that it is really interesting how we can watch the same film and have varied opinions. We all bring our different backgrounds and prejudices to the...
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Apocalypto really P#**ed me off for one reason. Why has no one done this for Homer? The most striking thing to me was not being transported to another time...
... either was a slice of reality and I would not use any of them to teach history. Ken I don't think Gladiator and Troy are at par. Ok Gladiator had its flaws...
Hi I will defend "gladiator" this much. When we saw the first trailer in the theatre months before, my oldest looked at me and said "Caligula or Commodus"....
My regard for the film is already on record. I think it was terrific, both as an action film and as a piece of historical reenactment. What the "average Joe"...
Hi Thanks....we think so. I married an overeducated geek. Our kids claim to have been "homeschoooled" however. Our dinner conversations never revolved...
... its ... was ... Troy was absurd, I agree. I am now looking forward with an equal mix of shame and glee to the 300 which will far exceed troy in absurdity,...
Paul asked why the Iliad didn't get such good treatment as Mel's Mayan subject. I tried to watch Troy a couple of weeks back when it was on local (Greek) tv. I...
That's right. 300 was a graphic novel by Frank Miller, author of Sin City. Like the movie adaption of the latter, this film will keep the same visual style as...
Some of the moves they use look like Tuchux moves. Try to drill that out of them. Lee (Foscadh) hyperbarry@... wrote: That's right. 300 was a graphic...
Good lord, why? Tuchux moves tend to be fairly effective... -Sloth ... From: Lee Dowd To: AncientTactics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 5:26...
Effective at irritating people. Of course if you mean reintering fights after they've been "killed" I guess you could consider that effective. In stand up...
Huh - very different experiences, I guess. I've never seen Tuchux as being less sportsmanlike than the general SCA pop. I'll grant you that the discipline...
IN EACH OTHER'S WAY Japan produced one genius swordsman and tactician: Miyamoto Musashi. He discovered something that had been lost in the West since the days...
... ... Musashi was lucky that he never had to fight a group of oponents that were trained to act as a team. As for circle kicks they may work well sometimes...
