In 1408, the anonymous book, “Livre des faits de Jean le Meingre, dit Boucicaut” spoke of knighthood, deeds, and the training of one of the most famous and successful knights in history, Jean le Meingre II. Among the training he did were mounting a horse without using the stirrups, climbing the underside of a ladder,…
Month: July 2020
King Rene’s Tournament Book
This is a classic in mid 15th century sources for the medieval tournament. Many of the ideas in here are used in various modern armored combat sports today. The entire text and many of the photos are available online if you know where to look. The text can be found HERE at Princeton University. On…
Outdoor Soft Kit Training
Today I joined the rest of The Knights Hall and friends to partake in a little soft kit training. This is where we don light, padded armor and play games to hone our fighting skills. These are fun, short rounds similar to “capture the flag” or as we joke about ir, “boffer tag”, but they…
I Need Your Help
Hello friends, I’m just beginning to publicise my journey here on Aspiring Knight dot com and I am wondering what sort of things you would like yto see more of. This might be more vlogging about my training ot my self reflection, how my journey meshes with my modern life, my progress in the various…
Alternative Workout….
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Helmet time
Today I decided to put some armor on and go brave the heat. My thermometer said that it was about 90 degrees outside. I’ve decided that I need more time in armor especially with the helmet. To that end I’m taking time when I have time to just armor up and walk around do the…
Doing it anyway
Today I am still very sore from my first workout in over six months Monday. Many of you may recall that regular exercise is difficult for me thanks to no one believing me when as a child I told them I couldn’t breathe when I did vigorous exercise. It is forty years of classical conditioning…
It’s good to be back.
Yesterday evening, I returned to Knights Hall for the usual training. We continued with the usual Tabata HIIT training followed by Pell work with wooden axe wasters. Working out wearing a surgical mask is brutal. The saliva and sweat make it feel like you are being water boarded at the moment you most need to…
Back to training.
Tonight I return to training. I’m off the blood thinners and I have a LOT of work to do to begin to rebuild. My cardio is mostly shot. My weight is up to 240 or so. My diet has been off an on. It is training time again. Time to move to a veggies and…