Most annoying people in HEMA?

[bigdummy]

hey I put equastrian crop fighting between them!

[The Salmon Lord]

Next annoying crowd in HEMA: people who wear those half-length trousers and try to get everyone else to, with socks pulled up to their knees like an Edwardian schoolboy.

The only reason you don't like that look is because you don't have the calves for it.

Indeed. Its no funnier than wearing a pair of pyjamas for Eastern arts. Or those big baggy trousers with the stripe down the side. Whats that all about.

Also as somebody who went to school until I was 12 in shorts with socks up to my knees it also makes me feel right at home. I still pull my sports sock right up at all times in case my old P6 teacher catches me.

[Lyceum]

Breeches are awesome. 30% of the reason I fence. Admirable for both calves AND genitalia? truly a divine garment. If we could get away with dressing however we wanted then I literally would spend all day in breeches with a loose tunic shirt. Maybe a large hat with feathers.

[admin]

Next annoying crowd in HEMA: people who wear those half-length trousers and try to get everyone else to, with socks pulled up to their knees like an Edwardian schoolboy.

The only reason you don't like that look is because you don't have the calves for it.

I would champion trousers like these if my physical attributes were a deciding factor in this:

[bigdummy]

Dude... that dog is sniffing ... something.

[Mitlov]

High degree of piercing penetration from the knee upward; slight abrasion resistance and good ventilation from the knee downward. Knickers (US term) / breeches (UK term) just plain make sense with piercing weapons. They protect your femoral artery marvelously while not overheating you like full-length pants of the same material would.

[bigdummy]

Dude, you are such a noob. They are called 'kneebundhosen'

Or something like that.

BD

[the_last_alive]

The kind of big, dumb, idiots that class tea cup throwing alongside Pugilism.

It's a dying art man. It's needs all the support it can get.

[The Salmon Lord]

High degree of piercing penetration from the knee upward; slight abrasion resistance and good ventilation from the knee downward. Knickers (US term) / breeches (UK term) just plain make sense with piercing weapons. They protect your femoral artery marvelously while not overheating you like full-length pants of the same material would.

Actually many of us dont use fencing breeches only jackets.

[bigdummy]

Actually they don't wear pants at all.

BD

[zarlor]

I'm pretty sure "jacket" is a euphemism, too.

[Mitlov]

High degree of piercing penetration from the knee upward; slight abrasion resistance and good ventilation from the knee downward. Knickers (US term) / breeches (UK term) just plain make sense with piercing weapons. They protect your femoral artery marvelously while not overheating you like full-length pants of the same material would.

Actually many of us dont use fencing breeches only jackets.

I know people who do that. Also know people who don't wear plastrons under their jackets. I personally don't think omitting either is a particularly good idea.

[admin]

Longsworders who use steel swords but refuse to use feders, they are annoying.

[admin]

I know people who do that. Also know people who don't wear plastrons under their jackets. I personally don't think omitting either is a particularly good idea.

In fairness, sport fencing breeches will not stop a broken rapier or longsword blade any more than a regular pair of trousers. We know because we've tested them and it's like stabbing a t-shirt. Can we keep this on topic or start a new one though please.
There you go - HEMA moderators = annoying people.

[Ben Floyd]

People who have read the forum for years, never post anything, but when they do it's about how they annoy themselves because they should post more.

[Lyceum]

People who use German terms for everything. I genuinely can not follow lots of the stuff posted here due to a variety of random words.

EDIT: PS Vom Tag just sounds stupid and nonsensical. I would not be averse to numbering the guards.

[Phil C]

People into Bartitsu (and related activities) who spend far more of their time discussing what historical training kit they have researched and made than actually doing any Bartitsu.

[Ben Michels]

People who use German terms for everything. I genuinely can not follow lots of the stuff posted here due to a variety of random words.

EDIT: PS Vom Tag just sounds stupid and nonsensical. I would not be averse to numbering the guards.

People who refuse to learn an activity's specific lingo, which almost every activity has.

[Cutlery Penguin]

People who use German terms for everything. I genuinely can not follow lots of the stuff posted here due to a variety of random words.

EDIT: PS Vom Tag just sounds stupid and nonsensical. I would not be averse to numbering the guards.

People who refuse to learn an activity's specific lingo, which almost every activity has.

People that think German terminology is the specific lingo for every form of HEMA regardless of where it originated.

[John H]

people that insist you can't translate the term to English, as if the Italian or German term is somehow magical and needs special reverence.

I never had to learn the Japanese for Punch...