First O.A. Meeting/Battle

Thank You to all who showed up to the O.A. meeting Monday!  Next battle I will try to acquire a few water balloons for those of you who prefer to be flame throwers. :)

For those of you who could not make the battle, and would like to know more about it, we started with a woods skirmish, and then we did a lot few open field battles. 

One of my brothers was using my biggest sword, dubbed "The Wallop Sword", and it was an especially dangerous threat because the blade unintentionally can fly off during battle.  If it didn't wallop me, it certainly dolloped me!

We learned that PVC cement or glue is better than using only Duck Tape at the joints, because it makes the swords more durable.
I recently assembled a battle axe, and during the battle I attached cloth streamers that made a menacing whooshing sound as it was swung.  The sound of it was just about as threatening than the weapon itself!

For those of you who are wondering what armor to make for the next battle, I strongly suggest that you find some leg, arm, head, and shoulder protection.  Football pads or converted knee pads will work very well for shoulder protection.

I learned that our teams would have had fairer victories, had we balanced them early on.  Our teams were pretty disorganized until the last battle, when we changed teams, and had a tougher fight.

I also learned that all rules should be pr-established and reviewed, and that you need to hit someone hard so that they, and the referees know that they're hit.

Overall, it was a very fun meeting, and I will Lord willing have another one soon.