That picture is of the Torneo del Cigno Bianco, or the Tournament of the White Swan, held every year in Verona, Italy. This year, the Torneo will be held from 3 June 2016 to June 2016.
I’ll be there.
I’ve spent a year recovering a shoulder injury, and also making my harness better; that is, upgrading my armour so that it is both more authentic to my chosen period (1385) and a better fit for my body and my fighting style. I’ve worked with Andrey Galevsky and Jeffrey Hildebrandt and Aurora Simmons and Craig Sitch and perhaps most of all, Jiří Klepač to make all my armour and all my other kit as authentic and beautiful as could be done with the time and money at hand. There will be pictures, once I have it all on…in Italy.
But the Torneo is not just a peak experience because of…
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