Melee for Beginners - Jobs

In a melee each person has a job that they are responsible for. The two most important things to know in a melee are the overall objective for your team and what you are responsible for. The size, objective, and field of the melee will affect how many of each type of unit there are.

Not dead

I've been busy with Christmas stuff and haven't had a chance to write anything. Next on the schedule is part three of the Melee for Beginners series and after that an article on carrying stuff.

In the meantime, I leave you with this.

Practicing Disengages

One of the drills I was taught early on to practice disengages was to take my sword and do half circles around the bottom of a doorknob, without hitting the doorknob. I never really liked that drill for a few reasons, the main one being is that the standard doorknob height is really too low for me.

Remembering a conversation I had with Melchior zum grauen Wolf about a similar topic I was talking to Don Diego Miguel Munoz de Castilla at the Quintavia practice about it and as a result, came up with this.

Melee for Beginners - Objectives

This was originally published as part of the first part of the article. After a suggestion from Wistric, I have broken it off into its own section, and each section will now cover one topic. Coming next - Melee for Beginners - Roles in Combat


Common Objectives

The battle objective is the goal for each side in the melee. Some scenarios are fairly simple, others can be more complicated. Before the melee begins, the marshals will explain the objective and any other rules such as whether death from behind is allowed or how many resurrections each fighter has. Be sure to ask questions for clarification if anything is unclear. The most important thing to do in a melee is remembering the objective and working to meet it. 

Photos from the Higgins

Photos from my trip to the Higgins Armory Museum on November 20th for the Living Timeline of Arms & Armor are up here.