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Below is the 2008 Midlands Melee handbook

OK all,
The final revisions are in and here it is, the 2008 Midlands Melee Handbook. A couple of my guys came up with this idea and have been working very hard over the last few months to pull it all together. There are several components and each has a ton of information inside, but it is my hope that the separate sections and tables of contents in each will make accessing specific information easier for you the end user. The intent is to make this manual useful to several different interest levels. Do I expect anyone to read the whole thing cover to cover? No, not really, but as sections and situations come up I hope you find the information here useful and easy to understand. Please feel free to use and distribute anything you find useful as I believe the more people who are exposed to this information the better.

I also understand that this is not, nor was it ever indented to be, the end all be all of melee manuals. It is instead a start, a glimpse into what I, and several others, find as important melee concepts. Much of this information is based off of our experiences with the Thieves of Hearts. As your people, experiences, and training, are all different, not everything outlined here may work for you and that is OK. I do hope however, that you take the time to think about the options and ideas that are presented here and find the solutions that work best for your unit. If you do nothing else but take these ideas, refute them, and find a better solution for your unit, it has done it's job. For no article or paper, no matter how well written can replace the conscious thoughts and efforts of the individuals involved.

As you read through the articles I encourage you to write me back and challenge any of the assertions made here, as together we may find the weaknesses and repair them. Now is the time to poke wholes in each others tactics, for the more we challenge each other now, the less challenging we will find our foes in August.

Draco Invictus!!
Anton

Dedication - Acknowledgement - Foreword   (9 kb)

Basic Melee FAQs   (57 kb)

Section I - Warm-ups and Stretching   (129 kb)

Section II - Principles Philosophies and Rules of Melee   (74 kb)

Section III - Melee   (526 kb)

Editor's note: All sections of the 2008 Midlands Melee Handbook are in .RTF format.

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