https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/ Wed, 06 May 2026 12:32:10 +0000 MyBB https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-664.html Sat, 14 Jan 2023 15:09:05 -0500 aleshanee]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-664.html was trauma medicine in the middle ages really as bad as movies would lead us to believe?
....maybe not.... apparently doctors and medics on the ancient battle field had more tools
 and skills at their disposal than modern people are aware of....  and yet... it was still 
primitive compared to modern standards..... 
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]]> was trauma medicine in the middle ages really as bad as movies would lead us to believe?
....maybe not.... apparently doctors and medics on the ancient battle field had more tools
 and skills at their disposal than modern people are aware of....  and yet... it was still 
primitive compared to modern standards..... 
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]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-659.html Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:26:31 -0400 aleshanee]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-659.html a good video from kevin hicks.... the warwick castle archer.. .. on how to prepare a 
traditonal self bow for shooting.... (or a bow made out of a single stave of wood)....

.... everything he does here is great advice... . i do most of it the same way he does
with my bows that are self bows.. . there are a few things i do differently.... for one
.. i don;t stand a bow on the floor on either limb to store it.. ... i have seen severe
curvature and weakning of a lower limb on other archers bows who have done that..
.
i have a bow rack similar to a gun rack that my bows lay horizontal on.. (with arrow
quivers suspended from the hangers).... .. and i also keep a strip of seal skin wrapped
around the riser on the arrow contact point to prevent the kind of burn in.... (or wear
in)... he describes, that carved a groove in his bow... and i also use regular tru-oil made
for gun stocks to oil mine... i also oil my wood traditional hunting arrows with true oil too
.... and then both are waxed with gun stock wax made by the same company.... 
...... ..... (birchwood casey).....



]]> a good video from kevin hicks.... the warwick castle archer.. .. on how to prepare a 
traditonal self bow for shooting.... (or a bow made out of a single stave of wood)....

.... everything he does here is great advice... . i do most of it the same way he does
with my bows that are self bows.. . there are a few things i do differently.... for one
.. i don;t stand a bow on the floor on either limb to store it.. ... i have seen severe
curvature and weakning of a lower limb on other archers bows who have done that..
.
i have a bow rack similar to a gun rack that my bows lay horizontal on.. (with arrow
quivers suspended from the hangers).... .. and i also keep a strip of seal skin wrapped
around the riser on the arrow contact point to prevent the kind of burn in.... (or wear
in)... he describes, that carved a groove in his bow... and i also use regular tru-oil made
for gun stocks to oil mine... i also oil my wood traditional hunting arrows with true oil too
.... and then both are waxed with gun stock wax made by the same company.... 
...... ..... (birchwood casey).....



]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-658.html Thu, 04 Aug 2022 18:35:34 -0400 aleshanee]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-658.html ]]> ]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-657.html Sat, 30 Jul 2022 15:25:06 -0400 aleshanee]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-657.html some might think the last time a longbow was used to kill an enemy combatant in battle
was some time during the middle ages.... but would you be surprised to know a longbow
was actually used by a british officer named mad jack churchill in world war 2?.... france..
. 1940... near dunkirk.. at the beginning of an ambush on a german patrol.. ...

there is also documented proof that this same officer carried a scottish claymore into battle
at least once... a photograph of a beach landing shows him going ashore with it in his hand

]]> some might think the last time a longbow was used to kill an enemy combatant in battle
was some time during the middle ages.... but would you be surprised to know a longbow
was actually used by a british officer named mad jack churchill in world war 2?.... france..
. 1940... near dunkirk.. at the beginning of an ambush on a german patrol.. ...

there is also documented proof that this same officer carried a scottish claymore into battle
at least once... a photograph of a beach landing shows him going ashore with it in his hand

]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-654.html Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:55:45 -0400 aleshanee]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-654.html i always thought the trebuchet was a cool device...  but i never wanted one of my own
... until now.... . seeing this made me wish i had a big piece of property and all the 
materials to make one.... 

]]> i always thought the trebuchet was a cool device...  but i never wanted one of my own
... until now.... . seeing this made me wish i had a big piece of property and all the 
materials to make one.... 

]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-650.html Sat, 30 Apr 2022 16:43:49 -0400 aleshanee]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-650.html ]]> ]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-649.html Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:18:47 -0400 aleshanee]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-649.html besides the obvious longbow and quiver of arrows...  what other weapons did a medieval
archer in the ranks of the english army carry with him and know how to use?.... 

thanks to hollywood movies many people think of medieval archers as hapless carefully
micromanaged extras on a battlefield, that only had one skill... and who could do nothing
but run away when the enemy charged down on them or when they ran out of arrows...

but the truth is very different from what many people think.... 
.

]]> besides the obvious longbow and quiver of arrows...  what other weapons did a medieval
archer in the ranks of the english army carry with him and know how to use?.... 

thanks to hollywood movies many people think of medieval archers as hapless carefully
micromanaged extras on a battlefield, that only had one skill... and who could do nothing
but run away when the enemy charged down on them or when they ran out of arrows...

but the truth is very different from what many people think.... 
.

]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-644.html Sat, 05 Mar 2022 21:56:25 -0500 aleshanee]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-644.html i actually know how to assist in putting all the parts of this set up together..... someone
else i know actually knows how to wear this gear into the deep and put it to use... 
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]]> i actually know how to assist in putting all the parts of this set up together..... someone
else i know actually knows how to wear this gear into the deep and put it to use... 
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]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-642.html Sun, 27 Feb 2022 14:32:47 -0500 aleshanee]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-642.html
i always said the only kind of guns i think i would ever be comfortable with is black 
powder muzzle loaders.. ...to me it seems like more of an art form compared to the
science of shooting modern guns.... .... (when i teach archery i use the same 
comparison between the science of shooting compound bows versus the art of
shooting traditional stick and string bows)... 

and, similar to the case with traditional bows, the art form of black powder 
shooting is more than just the artistry and skill one must obviously have to know
how to properly prepare and load these guns.. and make an accurate shot... but
the firearm itself is a work of art as well... 

at this point i don;t have any plans to actually acquire a black powder firearm and
start learning about it.... but i still love to watch these videos....

what is your experience with black powder muzzle loaders?.....  does anyone here own a
muzzle loader or have spent time loading and shooting one ..... 




]]>
i always said the only kind of guns i think i would ever be comfortable with is black 
powder muzzle loaders.. ...to me it seems like more of an art form compared to the
science of shooting modern guns.... .... (when i teach archery i use the same 
comparison between the science of shooting compound bows versus the art of
shooting traditional stick and string bows)... 

and, similar to the case with traditional bows, the art form of black powder 
shooting is more than just the artistry and skill one must obviously have to know
how to properly prepare and load these guns.. and make an accurate shot... but
the firearm itself is a work of art as well... 

at this point i don;t have any plans to actually acquire a black powder firearm and
start learning about it.... but i still love to watch these videos....

what is your experience with black powder muzzle loaders?.....  does anyone here own a
muzzle loader or have spent time loading and shooting one ..... 




]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-639.html Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:38:47 -0500 Alexa Glukova]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-639.html

The United States Air Force gives high priority to advanced bombers projects, considering these aircraft can project their power worldwide. Now, the USAF is expecting a new strategic bomber, the B-21 Raider. Northrop Grumman will produce the aircraft, which will be operational in the next couple of years.

The characteristics that determine how powerful a strategic bomber are range, payload, and survivability. According to Northrop Grumman, the Raider can cover the requirements of all of these three aspects for many years to come. The B-21 Raider strategic bomber wants to continue the legacy of the American company when it comes to designing, developing, and producing top-class bombers and aircraft in general.]]>

The United States Air Force gives high priority to advanced bombers projects, considering these aircraft can project their power worldwide. Now, the USAF is expecting a new strategic bomber, the B-21 Raider. Northrop Grumman will produce the aircraft, which will be operational in the next couple of years.

The characteristics that determine how powerful a strategic bomber are range, payload, and survivability. According to Northrop Grumman, the Raider can cover the requirements of all of these three aspects for many years to come. The B-21 Raider strategic bomber wants to continue the legacy of the American company when it comes to designing, developing, and producing top-class bombers and aircraft in general.]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-638.html Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:53:32 -0500 Alexa Glukova]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-638.html The F-22 Raptor is not What the Air Force Needs in the Future — but the Fleet Will Be Upgraded Anyway: The F-22 Raptor stealth fighter is the best air superiority fighter ever, but it is not the right tool for defending American interests in Asia.

An F-22 Raptor Upgrade Is Coming

The U.S. Department of Defense wants to upgrade the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor fleet in what could be the stealth fighter’s most significant enhancement ever.

“Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $10,863,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Advanced Raptor Enhancement & Sustainment (ARES) for the F-22 Program Office,” a Department of Defense contract award announcement reads.

]]> The F-22 Raptor is not What the Air Force Needs in the Future — but the Fleet Will Be Upgraded Anyway: The F-22 Raptor stealth fighter is the best air superiority fighter ever, but it is not the right tool for defending American interests in Asia.

An F-22 Raptor Upgrade Is Coming

The U.S. Department of Defense wants to upgrade the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor fleet in what could be the stealth fighter’s most significant enhancement ever.

“Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $10,863,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Advanced Raptor Enhancement & Sustainment (ARES) for the F-22 Program Office,” a Department of Defense contract award announcement reads.

]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-629.html Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:44:50 -0500 aleshanee]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-629.html wind resistance.... the place where we practice most often now is on the windward tip 
of an island.. ..... and so we are always having to deal with wind coming at us one way or
another.... usually quartering into us from about 10 to 25 degrees head on, but some -
times from the side at a straight 90 degrees.... seldom ever from behind... but in those
few occasions when we did have a wind advantage from 180 degrees back we learned
a lot about arrow flight that no doubt had a major influence at the battle of towton...

i am not a big fan of tods "lock down" longbow as there is much more to what makes
arrows shot from a true longbow authorative than simply the speed at which they leave
the string.... ..but as he says..since he can;t draw back a 160 pound longbow this will
have to be the best we can get.... .and besides.... right now he is the only one doing any-
thing even close to this in a true scienctific manner, and putting it on video.... 

]]> wind resistance.... the place where we practice most often now is on the windward tip 
of an island.. ..... and so we are always having to deal with wind coming at us one way or
another.... usually quartering into us from about 10 to 25 degrees head on, but some -
times from the side at a straight 90 degrees.... seldom ever from behind... but in those
few occasions when we did have a wind advantage from 180 degrees back we learned
a lot about arrow flight that no doubt had a major influence at the battle of towton...

i am not a big fan of tods "lock down" longbow as there is much more to what makes
arrows shot from a true longbow authorative than simply the speed at which they leave
the string.... ..but as he says..since he can;t draw back a 160 pound longbow this will
have to be the best we can get.... .and besides.... right now he is the only one doing any-
thing even close to this in a true scienctific manner, and putting it on video.... 

]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-619.html Wed, 27 Oct 2021 08:31:11 -0400 aleshanee]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-619.html arrow making...

i learned these skills many years ago... and while i haven;t practiced it in a long time
i still have a whole box of flint and obsidian arrow heads i made from scratch.... plus
also around 150 pounds of flint and obsidian in large chunks anywhere from the size
of a small book to a shoe box.... all of which came from somewhere else since those
types of stone don;t exist on this volcanic island......

today i prefer to make arrows using modern hand tools, and also using nice straight
pieces of cedar lumber cut in a mill.... which i then cut down further and shape into
arrows.... even better is pre-cut arrow shafts bought from a supplier which are already
weighed and spine tested... and of course feathers in bulk straight from a turkey farm
which they heat sanitize so they can be shipped and bag up by the gross.... but i still
make all my arrows by hand.... and without the use of power tools or machinery..

....playing with modern high tech computers and devices is enjoyable.... but if you really
want to learn or sharpen some skills that will be rewarding in a way modern technology
cannot... try your hand at the primitive technology that our ancestors used for survival...
it will not only give you a new found respect for them.... but also help build new confidence
in yourself... 

one day modern technology will fail... ..all of it... and the refined materials we so rely on
to keep the high tech machines of today working will become hard if not impossible to find
... .but even before that happens other things that could temporarily throw us back into
primitive conditions could happen.... and we could find ourselves forced to rely on only what
we can do with our bare hands to survive...... things like that happen to people all the time...
and are the basis for all the survival shows on tv and the internet.... most of which are fake
and a few of which are downright silly.... . but all of them should make us ask ourselves one
simple question......  how would we fare in a world like that?.... how well would you do in it?
..
]]> arrow making...

i learned these skills many years ago... and while i haven;t practiced it in a long time
i still have a whole box of flint and obsidian arrow heads i made from scratch.... plus
also around 150 pounds of flint and obsidian in large chunks anywhere from the size
of a small book to a shoe box.... all of which came from somewhere else since those
types of stone don;t exist on this volcanic island......

today i prefer to make arrows using modern hand tools, and also using nice straight
pieces of cedar lumber cut in a mill.... which i then cut down further and shape into
arrows.... even better is pre-cut arrow shafts bought from a supplier which are already
weighed and spine tested... and of course feathers in bulk straight from a turkey farm
which they heat sanitize so they can be shipped and bag up by the gross.... but i still
make all my arrows by hand.... and without the use of power tools or machinery..

....playing with modern high tech computers and devices is enjoyable.... but if you really
want to learn or sharpen some skills that will be rewarding in a way modern technology
cannot... try your hand at the primitive technology that our ancestors used for survival...
it will not only give you a new found respect for them.... but also help build new confidence
in yourself... 

one day modern technology will fail... ..all of it... and the refined materials we so rely on
to keep the high tech machines of today working will become hard if not impossible to find
... .but even before that happens other things that could temporarily throw us back into
primitive conditions could happen.... and we could find ourselves forced to rely on only what
we can do with our bare hands to survive...... things like that happen to people all the time...
and are the basis for all the survival shows on tv and the internet.... most of which are fake
and a few of which are downright silly.... . but all of them should make us ask ourselves one
simple question......  how would we fare in a world like that?.... how well would you do in it?
..
]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-614.html Mon, 20 Sep 2021 23:53:16 -0400 aleshanee]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-614.html the last one i bought was the nintendo game cube... and it worked great until this past week..... i used it more in the past 2 years than all the previous i can;t even rmember how many years i have owned it....  it;s one of the ways i have been surviving the multiple lock downs of this pandemic.... .....but now.... when i turn it on.... i get a chime and a message that there is no game disk in the machine... ... but there is a game disk in the machine..... . the lazer lens is just not reading it..... plus i also don;t think the disk turner is spinning either..... 

but anyway..... i looked online and apparently this is a common problem with the nintendo game cube once it gets old.... .it has an adjustable resistor deep in the heart of the works, that regulates the amount of ohms.... (whatever those are).....  that flows into the turning and reading devices..... i found multiple youtube videos that show in precise detail... step by step... how to disassemble the machine... measure the ohms... and make an adjustment...... it;s going to be like performing machine surgery... and i have to order specialized tools that fit all the weird nintendo only screws.... ... but i am going to do this....  .....i have to do this....... ....or else buy a new nintendo of a newer model.... (which i have not heard good things about).....

so.. i am studying these videos until i can repeat the process in my sleep....  and i am going to begin when the tools come in.....  i once took a course at community college on advanced bicycle repair... plus bought all the books and tools required.... so i would be able to maintain and repair my own bicycles.... . so i do know a little about turning nuts and bolts.... ....and we already have a diagnostic machine in the automotive tools box that can read ohms...... a few of them actually of different sizes......

so we will see what happens........ .......

more to follow............... .]]> the last one i bought was the nintendo game cube... and it worked great until this past week..... i used it more in the past 2 years than all the previous i can;t even rmember how many years i have owned it....  it;s one of the ways i have been surviving the multiple lock downs of this pandemic.... .....but now.... when i turn it on.... i get a chime and a message that there is no game disk in the machine... ... but there is a game disk in the machine..... . the lazer lens is just not reading it..... plus i also don;t think the disk turner is spinning either..... 

but anyway..... i looked online and apparently this is a common problem with the nintendo game cube once it gets old.... .it has an adjustable resistor deep in the heart of the works, that regulates the amount of ohms.... (whatever those are).....  that flows into the turning and reading devices..... i found multiple youtube videos that show in precise detail... step by step... how to disassemble the machine... measure the ohms... and make an adjustment...... it;s going to be like performing machine surgery... and i have to order specialized tools that fit all the weird nintendo only screws.... ... but i am going to do this....  .....i have to do this....... ....or else buy a new nintendo of a newer model.... (which i have not heard good things about).....

so.. i am studying these videos until i can repeat the process in my sleep....  and i am going to begin when the tools come in.....  i once took a course at community college on advanced bicycle repair... plus bought all the books and tools required.... so i would be able to maintain and repair my own bicycles.... . so i do know a little about turning nuts and bolts.... ....and we already have a diagnostic machine in the automotive tools box that can read ohms...... a few of them actually of different sizes......

so we will see what happens........ .......

more to follow............... .]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-613.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:17:59 -0400 aleshanee]]> https://www.fightingfundamentalforums.com/thread-613.html there is no evidence in the historical record that any such command was ever given to
archers in combat at any time in history.... .if you have ever drawn and shot a traditional
bow powerful enough to be effective in warfare, then you know why the whole "nock..
draw.. hold... loose.." scene,.. ...(made popular by the movies)... is nothing but fantasy..
and not even based on ancient or classic mythology .. .. it;s an image totally invented by
hollywood in the 20th century for nothing more than dramatic effect.... and never
occurred in any real battle... or even archery practice prior to hollywood....

but i suppose it;s useful if you want to video what being downrange with a volley of
arrows coming at you looks like... you only have a small handful of archers... and
none of them can hit the target consistently enough to keep the desired "rain of
arrows" effect, coming into the camera without some kind of command being given
to make certain they all shoot together... hoping a few of them will hit the target at the
same time.... and he did make that point clear in the video.....

]]> there is no evidence in the historical record that any such command was ever given to
archers in combat at any time in history.... .if you have ever drawn and shot a traditional
bow powerful enough to be effective in warfare, then you know why the whole "nock..
draw.. hold... loose.." scene,.. ...(made popular by the movies)... is nothing but fantasy..
and not even based on ancient or classic mythology .. .. it;s an image totally invented by
hollywood in the 20th century for nothing more than dramatic effect.... and never
occurred in any real battle... or even archery practice prior to hollywood....

but i suppose it;s useful if you want to video what being downrange with a volley of
arrows coming at you looks like... you only have a small handful of archers... and
none of them can hit the target consistently enough to keep the desired "rain of
arrows" effect, coming into the camera without some kind of command being given
to make certain they all shoot together... hoping a few of them will hit the target at the
same time.... and he did make that point clear in the video.....

]]>