theM.A.dDogge

this on has been tarred.....

here are but a few....styles for examples

oi...wot he said.... some head coverings wouldnt be proper for certain impressions.....some would set the character perfectly...... so i recon the first question is....:who you want to be??

here's me mug...and me tankard too..... holds shy under 3 ales....including foam....coarse thats whats the m'stache is fer.... no...dont ask me where the dent came from...can't remember if it was from my head...or somone elses!?!

course...ya realise that sounds bad.....a dogge-fighting video....!?!?..... ...please keep PETA away from me...thanks

just for those interested...i am in the process of putting together a trainning video....i plan to use Hurricane&Diosa's group as guinea pigs....of the style i teach my group....(the crewe of the Archangel)....this i believe will help facilitate the long distance learning of many members....and help in the interim before we get together again.

ok....first off...most faires wont let ya play wit others...and the "paid performers"...well they dont like to play wit not paid ...hurts their wallet too much.... but on the other hand....their are other events...such as re-enactments...where they do set aside battles and skirmishes....or even fight circles....where various "REGISTERED" groups may play wit one another....i believe it is in this vain that Miss Nelly was infurin' to....yes?? but i also see nuthin wrong wit other groups...who play amongst themselves...in their areas(camps,fight circles,designated spaces)....where the general public(stupid people) could not git hit.....we always called this sparring....just like in boxing....real hits...real lumps...just half speed...half strength...bouts.... but those who sparr....and those who choreograph dont play well wit each other.... now from an event organizer perspective....the sparring will not be as popular with the insurance companies(real pirates) nowadays.....but as a re-enator....i see the wealth of knowledge as well as historical signifigance of sparrin....and have done both sparring and choreographed in front of audiences.....but for most paid performers(actors)...tis the showy stuff that sells the most. so....i am afraid that for the faire circuit...any type of sword play(albeit from an paid performer)...will be poo-pooed.... but from a more....re-enactor freindly(ie registered participants)...event.....as long as safe measures/perimeters can be agreed upon.....both sparring and choreographed can be adopted....depending on the level of authenticity reached and goals of the group/event. tho i believe everybody should take up some form of swordsmanship...i do not believe just anyone off the street should engage anyone at any event.....i believe swords...like black powder weapons.....should have a saftey meeting for all registered participants....as well as some guidlines dictated by the host group/event organizers before alowing anyone to participate.

thats fantastic read....i had a copied copy (?)...of that pamplet years ago...and could nolonger find it.....thanks (and for pyrating from blackjohnm) for posting. i also have a copy of period drawrings of forsaid exercises...if i can find that too...somewhere....i think....

Yes by adult I mean drinking and adult language, nothing too crazy. darn.... ...i was hopin fer the other... heard them pilgrem girls git buck wild when the sun goes down!??!... ..er...iwait...thats that the other boat??

wow...that is really pretty....i want one....i mean...how bout a matching mens cloak??.....damn...i got to start scavengin the roadways again...see what i can come up with.....

cool...new scars....hell of a way to get em tho....next time your lookin to prove how tough you are...how 'bout just arm rastlin instead!?!?!

yes...but you look so pretty in it....your wife must be jealous!!! Awe, thank you Mad Dogg you're too kind. Of it should be expected coming from some who also cross dresses humself. yep...made that chamise meself too.....i still think it funny...that after all these years...there are more men making the clothes for their women then the other way 'round...tho not sure i would much use for it if me wife made me a mantua???

yes...but you look so pretty in it....your wife must be jealous!!!

again depends on the time period portrayed....but paper cartridges are not the standard...but extremely popular as it were....but again the standard for shooting with a flask...is as stated....pour to measured device...then barrel....ie....chargers,measure, horn measures...what have ya. in fact i have seen a trend to go paper-less"....because of complaints off wadding left behind.....from park staff and event organizers...not necessarily from re-enactors.

im interested...will start plannin on it...but gotta see how the new babyboy and mamma doin round then first....but keep me posted.

padre:" tho i walk thru the valley of the shadow of death...i shall fear no Evil..." robbie: "EVIL, EVIL"

You know, I thought I had collected a pic of the seats of ease, but I couldn't find it. As I had been working at this page basically all day (between writing, idea-ating, sorting photos and constructing that page), MD got quickly added into the script rather than going back and trying to figure out where I had seen that photo. There are literally 10-20x more photos available to me this year than last. (Besides, that pic looked so much like that jailer from hell to me that I laughed out loud when I thought of including it. In fact, I think it's better this way.) well...considerin i did have a slight bout of disentary at pip for a day... ....a clean head would seem like a god-send compared to the port-a-lues on the beach... ..and that would add a bit of nastieness to stynkys sentance.....

i agree that most Faires i know of..would be no place to have a "walk in"....most of there stuff is on stage only...to keep the sharpies away from the drunkys.... but some of the other Pirate festivals or re-enactments would offer a place...being a fight circle or designated battle feild....to have close quarter combat to their participants...again not the general public..not just anyone who shows up with a sword...but a registered participant who agrees to the same saftey standards put forth by the host group of the event but againb the crux of the matter still seems to be...which one. higley choregraphed(then stick to your own group and pair off)....loosley choreagraphed...(pair off with another group)....not choreagraphed...(wear protective armour your goinna get thumped) me thinks this will probably go along the same lines as what are the historic guidelines of the event.....meanning....if all participants are required to be ultra historic in clothing...then thumpin seems the correct style.....if mostly historic...with a few inconsisitancies aloowed....then full choreographed willmost likely work well....if a bit loose in clothing requirements...fantasy to historic....then a looser style may apply.. i still not sure if a organised "one style" can be achieved...for the reasons mentioned else where in this post....blackpowder weapons have alot of agreed upon saftey standards...but also distance is the saftey mechanism...or the tolerance......which would not apply to close quarters........

i was thinkin more like: the FOUR PYRATES OF THE APOCALAPSE WAR - PESTULANCE - FAMINE - DISEASE now we just need a pale horse?!!? I thought I was pestulance? I don't want to be disease! You nailed the young one though, young Merriweather is the only one in the lot that could pass for famine, I think the rest of us are too... full of life to play that part. no no dear micky...the capn is definatley the bigger PEST.......hehehe

i was thinkin more like: the FOUR PYRATES OF THE APOCALAPSE WAR - PESTULANCE - FAMINE - DISEASE now we just need a pale horse?!!?

i'm actually thinkin 'bout gittin the musketeer boot....(allready got the brown and black shoes from them)...anyone else git this one yet??

damn it man...you were wearrin them wrong!?!?!?...

ahhhh.... ...nuthin...... ...thats me story an i'm stickin to it.....

Ya! Nothing like a bunch of drunk reenactors falling about the lobby of a grand, upscale hotel...then having the cops crash the party. All in all...a grand time! Yes, I do plan to bring a few bottles of the Pyrate's Rum (thank-you Master Brown)! Also, I just found a case store here in town that has traditional Absinthe. Still looking for the white shade...not the green fairy stuff. Oh, we have Pimms too... i thought the "white shade" was the watered down stuff...add water turns white(cloudy)...popular in yugoslavia...or turkey...or.....damn green faiery...done took me memory.....(swats the air above me head)

I may use that if you don't mind. Hmmm use it ... how? Put it on my web page version of the journal. With credit, naturally. I haven't decided how much of this I'm going to do yet. Probably not too much. I do plan to use M.A. d'Dogges description of winning the Walk the Plank contest since it's vintage MD and I wasn't there. (Come to think of it... M.A. dDogge, do you mind if I use your description of winning the Walk the Plank contest? With credit, of course.) ah.....ok? vintage MD....does that meen i'm olde??