Kiltie on MythBusters (no kilt, though)

[Nick]

On MythBusters tonight they did "Ninja myths". Their expert was Dale Seago, who's an accomplished martial artist, and also a member of the kilted bretheren. I'm not sure if he's a member here, but he is on SFI. He was wearing martial arts appropriate attire, not a kilt, of course.

[elitekiltedcommando]

Awesome.

[McMurdo]

Too bad he wasne kilted.

[Mr. MacDougall]

Out here in the West, we get our TV later than you Eastern folks. Watching the "can you catch an arrow in your hand" segment reminded me of something that happened when I was a younger man. For a while in my early adulthood, I was a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. At that time, one of the things they were expirimenting with was lighter-armor combat.

I went to the first Shinai war held in the Phoenix area. My friend Andy and I were the only ones wearing actual bogu, kendo armor. On the field with us were archers. Now, the following caveats apply -- SCA field archers fire very weak bows. I think the maximum draw weight at the time was thirty pounds. Plus, they were firing arrows with boffer heads, so they couldn't possibly have flown exceedingly fast. However...

A hold was called on the field, and all the swordsmen took a knee to indicate that we were holding (and to catch our breath). I noticed an archer taking aim at me, which was technically against the rules. But as soon as fighting resumed, he fired, and I deflected the arrow with my shinai, then went over and "killed" the archer. It was a lucky, one-in-a-thousand block... but it happened. I bet a lot of historical accounts were just as lucky, but if you've got an archer sighting in on you, what have you got to lose from trying?

And no -- I no longer play with the SCA.

[AllenJ]

here is the website for Dale's Dojo:
http://www.bujinkansf.org

[David White]

here is the website for Dale's Dojo:
http://www.bujinkansf.org

Yup, Allen

Dale is the real deal. Top's in his field and a good guy to boot.

[kallen]

That would have been a cool myth...The Kilted Ninja.

[Monkey@Arms]

That would have been a cool myth...The Kilted Ninja.

What do you mean myth?





Image courtesy of Big Dave in this thread.

I've had the pleasure of meeting Dale Seago for lunch once, and have read his postings on a number of forums. Nice guy.

Best regards,

Jake

[benkilt]

didn't see it, but do recall that there was a bloke in a kilt on 'Monster Garage' a while ago. I know, totally useless piece of info, but my first post, so I care not.