Toowoomba Medieval and renaissance
Mynydd kynghordy (Minuth cinghawgi)
We are currently meeting at Harlaxton Neighbourhood centre
we meet every week on Thursday at 7:00 pm till 10:30 pm
Activaties include ,
- Period jewellery making
- Period garb ( clothes )
- Sword fighting
- Shield making
- Heraldry
- Medieval cooking
- Archery (coming soon)
- Chainmaile making
We are also looking for experienced people with knowledge of medieval Arts and Crafts to help teach members and interested persons.
So if you have an interest in the medieval, renaissance or Tudor periods please get in contact with me as we are always looking for new members and healthy men to fill the ranks for battle
Mynydd Kynghorgy is a Canton of Riverhaven
yahoo group :: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mynydd/ main list site
Face book page :: http://www.facebook.com/groups/myncynmem/ unofficial contact site as everybody is on facebook
The SCA, or Society for Creative Anachronism Inc.,
is a non-profit, educational organization whose aims include re-creating the arts and crafts of the pre-17th century world. (600AD to 1600AD) which include the medieval, renaissance and Tudor periods.
Mynydd Kynghorgy is a proposed Canton of the (SCA), Based in Toowoomba Queensland dedicated to the study and recreation of the Middle Ages concentrating on Western Civilisation (Europe).
There are many SCA groups around Australia and We get together, learn all sorts of skills and crafts from cooking to fighting and everything in between, and we have a good time doing it.
We are as much a recreation groups as a re-creation group - that is we do what we do as much for fun as for authenticity.
Engage in heavy combat (knights clad in full armour, medieval) or Rapier combat (renaissance) followed by a splendid feast made from recipes of old.
The only things required are that you at least make an attempt at period garb ("garb" means costume). Try to avoid the look and feel of the modern world (the terms "mundane" or "mundanity" usually refers to the modern world), and that you be polite to others while you are doing it.
Rapier Training
Rapier
Greetings good gentle! This is a place devoted to Rapier Combat as we practice it in the SCA. We the fencers of Canton of Mynydd Cynghordy bid you welcome and hope that what you see, you find interesting.
What is 'Rapier Combat' ?
A rapier is defined as: "A long narrow two-edged sword with a guarded hilt, used as a thrusting weapon, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries." Thus 'Rapier Combat' is fighting using a long narrow two sided sword.
Rapier combat as we practice it in the SCA is a recreation of historical combat as it actually took place in the period of time that the SCA studies. This time period (600-1600) saw dramatic evolution in the practices and equipment of rapier combat. We strive not to simply fence well, but seek to emulate and practice the 'Art of Defence' as was taught in the period. This begins with a (relatively) simple goal of mastering the safe use of the blade and then progresses to the learning of period styles.
We practice fencing in period styles using schlager type blades. We have chosen to use the schlagers as they are the closest approximation of the blades used in period that are available commerically today. The blades in period were longer and heavier than the modern fencing blades (foil, epee & sabre) so the extra weight and shape of the schlager makes it more suitable for our recreation.
What do I need to come out and try it out?
You need:
- Comfortable loose fitting clothes (track pants & sweatshirt for example)
- If male, rigid groin protection
- (Women may desire rigid breast protection, but it is not required)
- Sneakers or equivalent comfortable shoes
We'll be happy to loan you:
- Appropriate fencing armour
- A schlager blade
- One of our Marshals In Training, to help teach you!
When and Where is the practice?
Thursdays: 7:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. - Harlaxton Neighbourhood Centre- 7D Coonan Street Harlaxton QLD 4350
WHO:
For details, contact Radulf Dimicheavlar:
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