War Wolf Mastery Challenges!!!

This thread will be to not only display what mastery challenges are available, but also to recognize those who were able to pass each challenge, etc.

konradr wrote:

MASTER CHALLENGES

Members of the Unit may attempt Master Challenges at the rate of one Challenge once a practice starting on the second practice Saturday of the Month.

Unit members challenge for Master when they want to be awarded with visible recognition of a
weapon’s class proficiency. The award can be a colored belt tassel or a painted, Velcro or pin back
metal symbol that is placed on the belt sash, Tabard or the War Wolf's personal banner.

SWORD MASTER

Single blue sword.

CHALLENGES:

1st: Defeat 2 opponents armed single blue only with no armor.

2nd: Win a Norse Duel to 15 points with an opponant chosen amongst the War Wolves by the War Wolves, single blue only.

3rd: Defeat a Chosen Warrior (as voted/chosen by all present War Wolves) who fights in whatever kit he wishes, and is considered fully armored, 2 out of 3 fights. Challenger fights single blue.

Award: Blue Tassel or Blue sword Symbol.

AXE MASTER

This award is for fighting with a hand axe, both as a Single blue and with Shield.

CHALLENGES:

1st: Defeat 2 opponants, one armed single blue, the other with a spear, while challenger is fighting Single Axe only.

2nd: Win a Norse Duel to 15 points with an opponant chosen amongst the War Wolves by the War Wolves, both fighter's armed with Axe and Shield.

Award: Copper Tassel or Copper Axe symbol.

SHIELD MASTER

The shield to be used is preferrably the Norse Round shield with a punch grip or strapped.

CHALLENGES:

1 st: Challenger faces off against a chosen warrior armed with a single blue in a 12 foot circle or square. Challenger has only his chosen shield. Challenger must fight for two minutes without being killed.

2nd: Shield Push: mark out a square or two end lines about 6 to 8 feet apart. The challenger has a shield of his choice. 8 opponants are chosen by the War Wolves with shields. Each opponant will face off against the Challenger one at a time. Each fighter steps to the center of the marked off area. They must be within shield touching distance of eachother but they do not press the shields against eachother until the herald calls '”Lay on”. Once lay on is called the fighters slam the shields into each other and attempt to push the opponant across his endline.

The Challenger must defeat 5 of his opponants.

3rd: Norse Duel to 10 points with an opponant chosen by the War Wolves. The fight is with Norse Shields only. There are two ways to score a point. One, the fighter can shield check or shield push his opponant completely off the hide. Two, if either fighter shield edges the body or leg of his opponant with a good amount of force, the herald will stop and award that fighter a point.

Award: Gold Tassel or Gold shield symbol.

SPEAR MASTER

Any Spear of 5 feet or more. May fight two handed and have a sidearm, or one handed and a shield.

CHALLENGES:

1st: Defeat 2 unarmored opponents, One of whom is armed with a pole arm, no
sidearm, the other with a single blue, no shield.

2nd: Norse Duel, Spears only. 12 foot hide, 15 points, opponant chosen by War Wolves. No shields are used, but the one arm rule still applies. If pierced in an arm. Call “Arm” The herald will stop the fight while the fighter puts that arm behind his back. The fight will then continue with the arm wounded fighter wielding his spear with one hand. Pierces to the leg or body counts as one point. No spear pushes or checks are allowed. If the spear is dropped completely from the hands, a point is awarded to the opposing player.

3rd: Defeat a Chosen Warrior, voted for by the War Wolves from amongst themselves or Realm Warriors, with kit of his choice and considered fully armoured. Challenger may be spear and sidearm and shield plus may wear armor if he has it.

Award: Green Tassel or Green Spear symbol.

FLORENTINE MASTER

Any two weapons used, one in each hand. No shield in hand, but a back shield or strapped buckler is okay.

CHALLENGES:

1st: Defeat 2 opponents one of whom is Florentine, the other armed with any non-missile weapons and may have a shield.

2nd: Norse Duel, both opponants are florentine with at least one sword and any other blue weapon except a flail. Fight is to 15 points with all normal rules including loss of first arm.

3rd: Defeat a Warrior chosen by the War Wolves who may fight in any kit and is considered fully armored. Challenger must fight florentine and may wear armor if he owns it, and may wear a back shield or strapped buckler.

Award: Purple Tassel or Purple crisscrossed swords symbol.

RED MASTER

Any Dag legal two handed 4 to 8 foot red. Weapon can not be used to stab with.

CHALLENGES:

1st: Defeat 2 opponents, one of whom must be wielding a Red, the other a blue and shield.

2nd: Norse Duel, minimum Red only. That is a 4 foot weapon and preferably a Danish Axe but may also be a two handed sword or a glaive. Fight is to 15 points. First Arm hit rule still applies.

3rd: Defeat a Warrior chosen by the War Wolves who may fight in any kit and is considered fully armored. Challenger must fight with a Red and may wear armor if he owns it, and may wear a back shield or strapped buckler.

Award: Red Tassel or Red two handed sword symbol.

DAGGER MASTER

A single Dagger only.

CHALLENGES:

1st: Defeat 2 street thugs armed with single daggers as well.

2nd: Norse Duel with single daggers only. All other rules still apply.

Award: Gray Tassel or Gray dagger symbol.

MASTER ARCHER

A DAG Legal bow and arrows.

CHALLENGES:

1st: Hit a moving target, 2 out of 5 Arrows, at 20 feet, target must walk, can not evade, on a straight line between two points.

2nd: Hit a 24” +/- Round Shield 5 out of 5 shots at 10 feet, sitting or kneeling. 15 for 15 shots at 10 feet, standing. 10 for 10 at 30 feet, standing. And finally, 5 for 5 at 40 feet, standing.

3rd: Defeat 2 opponents on an open field one of whom is an Archer, the other a shieldman with a blue. Challenger may also have a blue sidearm and a back shield or strapped arm buckler.

Award: Yellow Tassel or Yellow Bow and Arrows Symbol.

MASTER JAVELINEER

Dag legal 4 to 7 foot Javelins.

CHALLENGES:

1st: Hit a moving opponent 2 out of 5 at 10 feet. Target must walk a straight line between
two points and can not evade.

2nd: Hit a 24” +/- Round Shield 10 out of 10 at 5 feet, and 5 out of 5 at 20 feet.

3rd: Must catch a Javelin cleanly that has been thrown at him from 10 feet, and then return the throw and hit the original thrower with a kill or gimp shot, three times in a row without dropping javelin.

4th: Defeat 2 opponents. Challenger and Opponents armed with javelin’s only.

Award: Black Tassel or Black Javelin Symbol.

MASTER STONE SLINGER

Dag legal rocks.

CHALLENGE:

Hit the head of a living target 5 out of 5 times at 5 feet while target is standing still. 2 out of 5 times at 5 feet while target is walking back and forth between two points and, 2 out of 5 at 10 feet while target is standing still.

Award: White tassel or white rock or sling symbol.

GRAPPLING MASTER

The Norse had their own traditional Wrestling syle called “Glima” which they used for competition as well as combat training.

CHALLENGES:

1st: Challenge is fought within an 8 foot 'Hide'. A warrior chosen by the War Wolves is the opponant. A hand axe is placed in the center of the hide. Fighter's start from either end of the hide. When Lay on is called they fight for the weapon to kill one another with it. If either steps or is pushed off the hide, the fight is restarted. The challenger must win.

2nd: Challenge is on an 8' foot hide with an opponant chosen by the War Wolves. The opponant has a blue weapon of his choice, other than a flail, the challenger has none. Rules as in the first challenge.

3rd: Glima Duel. The Challenger will fight 3 opponants one at a time using “Backhold” glima rules , and 2 opponants using “freestyle” glima rules all within the confines of a 10 foot hide. He must win all 5 fights.

BACKHOLD GLIMA rules to be used are these:

Opponants place arms about eachother, each with one arm over one of the opponants arms, and one arm under the other of his opponants arms. Hands must be clasped at the back. Opponants look over eachother's right shoulders.

At “Lay on” the fighters attempt to win by:

1. making their opponant touch the ground first with any part of the body other than the soles of the feet.
2. Forcing the opponant to step with both feet outside of the hide boundaries or any part of his body.
3. If either contestant unclasps his hands, he looses.

FREESTYLE GLIMA rules to be used are these:

Opponants start from opposite ends of the hide. They may use any grip to make their opponant touch the ground with any part of their body other than the soles of the feet or the palms of the hands, or push him so that both his feet touch ground outside of the hide.

Award: A tassel of intertwined red and gray

Aside from the the copy/paste, challenges are not limited to just War Wolves. Any person from another unit (or not part of a unit) my try their hands at any challenge. If you wish to partake in a challenge, you must first ask either Konradr Leader of the War Wolves, Oddvar the Terrible, James 'Templar' Stoneheart, or Izzy and Convel of the War Wolves. They will then prepare the challenge were any may volunteer after the first challenger(s) have gone first.

Althing of May

Templar succeeded in the first challenge of the Achery Mastery!


Practice of Aug 27, 2011

Bosma, Dante', and Acrid succeeded in the first challenge of the Sword Mastery!

This jokester also managed the first sword challenge

cool guys congrats

hmm Shield MAster sounds fun. and right up my alley hehe

Grek wants to do grapple

EDIT
also javelin huehue

Shield Mastery sounds a lot like sumo wrestling...