WAR

WELL THE SONG OF GOOD CHEER HAS BARELEY FADED FROM OUR DRUKEN BROW, THE MEMORIES OF REN
FAIR ARE REPLACED WITH A THROBING DRUM OF DULL PAIN.POUNDING,POUNDING,POUNDING,YOU REACH OUT FOR SOMETHING ANYTHING TO QUIET THE NOISELESS SCREAMING.YOUR EYES OPEN SLOWLY
WHILE YOU PRAY AND HOPE THAT YOU ARE SOMEWHERE SAFE.THEN YOU REALIZE FAINTLY WHAT THE
POUNDING SPEAKS.BL..TA..BLAC...TAL..BLACKTALON,BLACKTALON,BLACKTALON,CHARGEEE, THEN YOU NOTICE HOW BLUE THE SKY IS, HOW HEAVY YOUR ARMOR CAN BE WHEN YOU HIDE IN IT,THEN YOU REMEMBER WHATS ITS LIKE TO GO TO WAR.NOW IT ALL MAKES SENSE,WHY THE SKY IS BLUE WHY
THE SREAMING CANT BE HEARD,WHY YOU WILL WAIT A FEW MORE MOMENTS BEFORE YOU TRY TO GET
UP.....OR MAYBE YOU WONT.....YOU SAY TO YOURSELF THANK GOODNESS THIS IS ONLY A GAME.
THANK GOODNESS THIS IS ONLY A GAME.THATS RIGHT BOY AND GIRLS AND ITS OUR GAME.....
ITS TIME TO GET READY FOR WAR.. BLACK TALON WEST WILL TRY TO MEET AND PRACTICE AT LEAST
2 TWICE A WEEK UNTIL ESTRALLA.GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS TO ALL IN THE COMING NEW YEAR
PEACE,LOVE,WAR...TF

RENFAIR

SORRY ABOUT NOT POSTING SOONER*I DID NOT MAKE IT TO PENNSIC THIS YEAR SO I SUFFERED A MENTAL BLOCK..GO FIGURE.RENFAIR THIS YEAR WAS SUNNY WITH SOME OVERCAST TO MAKE THE DAYS
BRIGHT BUT COOL..AS ALWAYS BLACK TALON DELIVERED ON THE FRIDAY*** THE KIDS DAY.ALL IT TOOK
WAS ALTTLE VERBAL FENCING AND THE KIDS WERE LINED UP TO FIGHT.WE WERE IN THE SAME SPOT AS LAST YEAR AND HAD A VERY ENERGETIC CROWD.SATURDAY BROUGHT US OLD FRIENDS FROM YEARS
GONE BYE AND NEW FRIENDS EAGER TO HELP.OUR BLOOD OF HEROS WENT WELL BUT NOT FOR BT
ASIA*MUSASHI,TRIPLEFRY,SAKURA,KOMA,KUSOKU AGAINST STARKOFFFIN AS ALWAYS WE HAD TO BE
THE DEFINING LINE WHEN IT COMES TO FAIR PLAY.COWBOY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF ROUSHING THE CROWD TO OUR CAUSE...TALON,TALON,TALON WAS ALL YOU COULD HERE AND LOUD BOOS WHEN
ANYBODY BUT BT SCORED.BT EURO*KEEGAN,ARGH,OLD MAN,CAT,KUSOKU DID BETTER IN THIER MATCH AGAINST THE HORDE.THERE WAS MUCH TALK ABOUT EXCESSIVE POWER*CONSIDERING THE ARGH WAS RUNNIG FREE..ARGH 1*THE HORDE 0
SO THE GAMES CONTINUED....KUSOKU DID A GREAT JOB AS QUICK FOR BOTH TEAMS BUT TOOK
QUITE BEATING ON BT ASIA.FINALLY BT ASIA TOOK THE FIELD TO STOP HAMMER HIEM SO THEY
COULD NOT CONTINUE TO THE FINALS... TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR THE FINISH...TF

TRAINING

LAST WEEK WAS A BUST BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS GOING TO PENNSIC OR OUT OF TOWN.JUST TF AND
NECK WITH THE HAMMER HIEM GUYS.4 OF THEM TO 1 OF BT NOT BAD ODDS.THATS A STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME.WEEK BEFORE LAST WE WENT OVER FIGHTING STUFF WITH GWAEN,SHIELD SURFING,
CHARGING,STAYING UPRIGHT,SHIELD WALL COMMANDS.WE HAD THE HAMMER HIEM GUYS WHO ARE FIELDING 6-8 GUYS EVERY WEEK.COME ON BT LETS GET TOGETHER AND PRACTISE THE <@#$%> OUT OF THESE GUYS.LOTS OF NEW BODYS IN A TARGET RICH ENVIROMENT.GWAEN MADE THE MISTAKE OF EATING BEFORE PEACTISE AND BECAUSE WE WENT OVER ALOT OF STUFF WITHOUT STOPPING YOU CAN GUESS WHAT HAPPENED....NEW LUNCH...NECK RAN US TO THE POINT OF EXHAUSTION....THEN RAN
US SOME MORE.SHIELD PUSHING,UNHOOKING SPEARS,CHARGING,GROUNDING-WHICH NOBODY LIKES BUT
DID ANYWAY.IT WAS KELLY,CAT,ROCCO,NECK,SPENCER,GWEAN,TRIPLEFRY,GENE AND TAMMY. COWBOY
AND SHARON WAS VISITING HIS BROTHER.IM SORRY BUT I CANT MAKE PENNSIC THIS YEAR.HOPE
TO MAKE NEXT YEAR.PEACE,LOVE AND WAR MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF BLACK TALON......TF

TRAINING

DEFCON5..MADRA SHOWED UP FOR THE INSPECTION AND TRAINING TOUR.CAT,KELLY,NECK,SPENCER,
GWEN,TRIPLEFRY,KUZUKU,TAMMY,SHARON AND COWBOY IN ATTENDANCE.MADRA WENT OVER ALOT OF
TRAINING TIPS ON SHIELD WALL,SPEAR,SWORD AND BOARD TACTICS.HE GOT TO SEE WHO WOULD BE AT PENNSIC THIS YEAR AND WENT OVER SOME DRILLS WITH US..SO WHEN THEY GOT TO THE BIG SHOW THEY WOULD BE READY.HAMMER HIEM FIELDED 5 GUYS 3 OF THEM NEWBIES THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON BECOMING A COHESIVE UNIT.RIGHT NOW THEY ARE JUST WORKING ON FIGHTING SKILLS.MADRA LIKED OUR LITTLE WARBAND PRACTISE AREA HE MET TY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING US THE SPACE WE NEEDED FOR THE SCA APPROVED FIGHTING FIELD.
MADRA COMMENTED ON OUR NEW ROUND SHIELDS BUT ADVISED US FROM NOW UNTIL WE LEAVE WE SHOULD BE CARRYING OUR WARBOARDS TO GET IN SHAPE.HE SHOWED US SPEAR ON SPEAR DRILLS,SHIELD AND SPEAR DRILLS AND WARBOARD DRILLS.AFTERWARDS WE ALL WE TO NIKI LEES AND SUCKED UP THE SUDS.A GOOD TIME FOR ALL.PEACE,LOVE AND WAR...TRIPLEFRY

TRAINING

HAPPY 4 JULY..NO REAL FIGHTING.BUT THE WEEK AFTER.THE HAMMER GUYS FIELDED 5 GUYS WE FIELDED NECK,CAT,GWAYNE,SPENCES FRIEND AND TRIPLEFRY.GWEYNES FRIST NITE IN ARMOR HAD
ALL THE VEGAS BUMPS AND GRINDS.HIS ARMS WERENT HUNG RIGHT, BACK PROTECTION NOT THERE AND HE NEEDS TO HANG HIS OWN DOOR.HE WAS ALL IN 110%...NECK,CAT PEPPERED HIS DOOR
WITH SPEAR SHOTS I RAN INTO HIM MORE THAN A FEW TIMES.WE HAD HIM FIGHT SOME NEWBIES
HE DID WELL FOR HIS FIRST TIME OUT.WE WENT OVER THE PENNSIC WAY OF DOING THE SHIELD WALL,HE GOT THE BASIC COMMANDS..HES EXMILITARY(BRITISH INTELLIGENCE) SO GIVE HIM ALL YOU GOT.LOL.WE ALSO HAD GRACELAND DON BORROWED ARMOR AND RUN THROUGH SOME FIGHT
NITE TRIALS,HE HAS ASKED TO JOIN BLACKTALON.MADRA WILL BE OUT NEXT WEEK SO I TOLD THEM BOTH TO SHOW UP AND DO THIER BEST.ON A PARTING NOTE 1 OF THE HAMMER GUYS A NEWBIE GOT KNOCKED DOWN ALMOST OUT FROM A SHIELD CHARGE.LOL
PEACE,LOVE,WAR..TF

TRAINING

WOW...What a difference a few bodys make.....Big time had by everybody...
sakura,rocco,cat,kusoku,tammy,spencer & his newbie friend,triplefry,daniel,ty,cowboy and sharon..Hamarr Heim.....Siguler..fielded 5 of his guys 2 were newbies...
OKAY HERE WE GO...WE WORKED ON BOARD AND SWORD,SPEAR,GLAVE,2 SWORD,SINGLE COMBAT,
SHIELD WALL TACTICS,4 ON 4,FLANKING, 2 ON 1,4 ON 3,5 ON 4,AND ANY COMBINATION WE COULD THINK OF ....FOR WAR.
Spence,tammy on shield wall,daniel on glave and spear,triplefry on 2sword, fighting
for BLACK TALON against 4 or 5 Hamerr heim fighters 2 of them newbies...WAR..WAR..WAR
WAS THE BLACK TALON CHANT.I Think SPENCE,HIS FRIEND,TAMMY,KUSOKU,SAKURA,CAT ARE GOING TO PENNSIC SO WE WORKED THEM HARDER...WE FOUGHT EVERYBODY AND MOST OF THE TIME THE OTHER GUYS FOUGHT BACK...SPENCE IS LIKING HIS NEW ROUND SHIELD SO MUCH HE MADE TF ONE.. HIS FRIEND MADE SOME ARMOR LIKE NECKS BUT WITH ABS PLATES ON LEATHER I SOLD HIM MY ARMS,COWBOY PUT A NEW GRILL ON SPENCES OLD HELM..HES GOOD TO GO.I HAD CAT BRING
HER EXBOYFRIENDS 2 SETS OF ARMOR SO WE COULD BUY IT.THE GUY SHOWED AT ESTRALLA 1 DAY
AND QUIT FIGHTING...WE FOUGHT HARD..GOOD TIMES..PEACE,LOVE,WAR.. THATS THE WAY IT IS...TF

TRAINING

THIS WEEEK WAS A WIZ BANG OF A TIME..LOTS OF PEOPLE SHOWED SO PRACTICE WAS HEATED...
ON CALL...AKEEMM,ROCCO,KELLY,CAT,TRIPLEFRY,SHARON AND COWBOY.
NOT TO BE LEFT OUT DANIEL AND TY WITH A NEWBIE IN ARMOR ..LANCE ...FILLING OUT THE FIGHT CARD WAS THE BROTHERHOOD BUT THEY ARE NOT THE BROTHERHOOD ANY MORE..THE GROUP
GATHERING WITH US IS NOW CALLED HAMARR HEIM...SIGULFR IS THIER MAN IN CHARGE.....
ALLRIGHTY THEN...CAT AND KELLY ON SPEAR WITH DAN AND LANCE...HIS FIRST TIME IN ARMOR HE DID NOT LAST LONG . THEY WENT OVER AND OVER AND OVER BASICS UNTIL HE GOT THE IDEA.AKEEM AND ROCCO DID A SHINAI SPEAR DEMO AND CLASS...WHILE I 2 SWORDED SIGULFAR AND TY AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTED SOME...DONT WORRY ..KELLY NOT ONLY GOT ME SHALL WE SAY HEATED BUT KEPT ME IN CHECK SO AS NOT TO DRIVE OFF THE NEWLY ACQUIRED FRIENDS OF BLACK TALON...WE DID GLAVE,2 SWORD,SPEAR UNTIL WE RAN OUT OF TIME.I STAYED IN ARMOR AND ON THE FIELD AT ALL TIMES FIGHTING AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO SEE HOW
LONG I COULD LAST ...THEN THE PRACTISE WAS OVER....I TOOK VIDEO BUT THE CAMERA ATE THE TAPE...MAY NEXT TIME.....PEACE,LOVE AND WAR MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS...TF

TRAINING

TRAINING THIS WEEK
consisted of some spear traning for cat,daniel and triplefry...instruction was by
akeem...The brotherhood did not show due to work related events.
BEER BOOTH AND BLACK TALON DEMO THIS WEEK ALSO AND ON THE SAME DAY....
We started at @12noon setting up the beer booths..roll call musashi,kelly,sharon,rocco
akeem and triplefry.AT AROUND 5PM WE ROLLED TO THE BOY SCOUT CROSSOVER HAD A DEMO
HELPED THE KIDS CROSSOVER GOT A BIG THANK YOU LETTER AND PATCH DID BOFFER AND RUSHED
BACK TO BEER BOOTH UNTIL @MIDNITE..LONG DAY FOR WEST COAST..AND THATS THE WAY IT IS
TRIPLEFRY

TRAINING

TRAINING
IT went well this week..NECK,CAT,KUZUKI AND CAT WORKING ON SPEAR,BOARD AND SWORD,NECK
EVEN WORKED ON 2 SWORD BUT NOT WELL....HE CAME BACK STRONG WITH BOARD AND SWORD..WE
FOUGHT THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE GAUNTLET...SINGLES AND THEN MELEE,,,GENE WAS ON BOARD
AND GOT A LITTLE CUT ON HIS BROW FROM NO PADDING IN HIS HELM...PEOPLE NOW IS THE TIME
TO WORK ON ARMOR MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS RIGHT...NECK WILL BE GIVING A CLASS ON
SPEAR NEXT WEEK.....PEACE,LOVE,WAR...TF

TRAINING

WELL TRAINING DAY IS SADLY OVER!WE had some new people come back....thank goodness because i did not want to be responsible for scaring them off...honest i went light but we didnt see
them for a couple of practise days...PEOPLE GOT WORRIED
so i didnt want to get all happy and say something until they returned...
KELLY,GENE,ROCCO,SPENCER AND TRIPLEFRY ON THE SCA ERIC...COWBOY AND SHARON TOOK CARE OF OUR ECS COMITMENTS...
JOINING US on the field was the Brotherhood of the gaunlet, they brought some new
people to try and hook them into playing...WE PRACTISED
SWORD AND BOARD.... SPENCE MADE A NEW ROUND SHIELD TO TRY OUT..NOT BAD BUT ONLY HAD A SMALL TALON ON IT.....AND SOME BOWLING PINS..WE PRACTISED SPEAR, GLAVE,FLORINTINE
3 ON 3 MELEE...WE BROKE IN THE NEW GUYS REAL FAST...AS SOON AS WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE
ITS BLOOD OF HEROS....NEXT WEEK WE HOPE TO DO IT AGAIN,,,TF..LOL