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Conquest: Roman Weapons

5/28/2016

Hosted by Peter Woodward, Conquest is a TV series about weapons from throughout history. This show was recommended by Michael, our Training Committee Chair, who found it while doing research and thought it would be an interesting addition to the blog. Well, he thought right!

Roman Weapons is Episode 6 of Season 2. It aired on August 17th, 2003. Here's the synopsis from TV.com:

Conquest is a documentary show by the History Channel, which demonstrates the technologies and tactics used by conquering armies over the centuries. In Roman Weapons, the Conquest team uses detailed replicas of the weapons used by the Ancient Romans, along with re-enactments, to show how the Romans achieved their victories.

You can watch the full episode in three parts below!

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Conquest: The Axeman Cometh

5/14/2016

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Hosted by Peter Woodward, Conquest is a TV series about weapons from throughout history. This show was recommended by Michael, our Training Committee Chair, who found it while doing research and thought it would be an interesting addition to the blog. Well, he thought right!

The Axeman Cometh is Episode 4 of Season 2. It aired on July 23rd, 2003. Here's the synopsis from TV.com:

Actor and fight master Peter Woodward guides viewers back to a time when knowing how to swing an ax meant the difference in life and death. Our experts practice with the Viking single- and double-headed types and learn that in the right hands these difficult and exhausting weapons had no equal. We also examine the berserker, an ax-wielding Viking warrior who worked himself into a state of concentrated fury. Finally, we look at the double-headed Saxon ax that was nearly the size of a man.

You can watch the full episode in three parts below!

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LANCE Photographs

5/2/2016

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Greetings from your Friendly Neighborhood Documentarian! As part of LANCE's ongoing efforts to record as much of our activities (and antics) as possible, we've recently completed an overhaul of our photo storage system. As an awesome side benefit, this means that the photos we have are now freely viewable by all of you!

Collected below are all of our photos from 2015, organized by date. Albums of note include the first official LANCE event at the Jewett School of the Arts and the first full tournament held at the Cloak and Blaster.

LANCE Orlando 2015 Albums

And here we have all of the photos so far from 2016 so far, again organized by date. Pictures from the Valentine's Tournament at the Cloak and Blaster are here, as well as photos from the LANCE outing to the Bay Area Renaissance Festival.

LANCE Orlando 2016 Albums

Of course both links also have all of the pictures from our training days, too, as well as other miscellaneous events. Check it out!

-- Marissa, Documentarian

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April 2016 Graduations

5/1/2016

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We'd like to take some time to recognize these individuals for their achievements this past month. Through a whole lot of hard work and sheer effort of will, they have accomplished their goals and gained a few new skills in the process. We are so proud of our graduates, and we look forward to training and performing with them for a long time to come!

April 3rd, 2016
♜  Ritchy and Robby tested out of Basic Unarmed!
♜  Amy and Darren tested out of Basic Staff!

April 10th, 2016
♜  Heather tested out of Basic Unarmed!

April 16th, 2016
♜  Ash and TJ tested out of Basic Sword!

April 23rd, 2016
♜  Nella tested out of Trainer Training: Basic Unarmed!
♜ Marissa and Nella tested out of Basic Quarterstaff!
♜ Ric and Tim tested out of Basic Sword!

Great job, everyone! See you at training!
-- Casey, Webmaster

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Conquest: Roman Weapons

Conquest: The Axeman Cometh

LANCE Photographs

April 2016 Graduations

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