Lot Ramirez
From Compendium Caidis
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  (top) Don Lot at Gulf Wars (bot) Lot on right, fights Ian Duncanson on left, CRO '08 | ||||||
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Don Lot RamirezRRE first found the SCA in Northshield in 1996 (back when it was just a Principality, now a Kingdom), where he took up the art of the sword and has never put it down. He is the Captain of the White Star, a ship and a nautical household that is a branch of the di Cellini households (a collection of households that now span three or more kingdoms). Don Lot was made a Companion of the Order of the White Scarf of Caid in A.S. 39 (2005), by Direk IV and Chamayn
Don Lot Ramirez is a Protegé to Master Gulliver Blackrune as well as a fencing student of Maestro Giacomo Cavalli da Treviso. He has 4 of his own personal fencing students, Raphael ben Gideon, Diego Antonio Vega de Palma, Wolferam Zenthpyr, and Mora Ottavia Spadera.
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Persona
Yuçef "Lot" Ramirez has a more complete persona story on the White Star website
Offices & Positions
- Queen's Guard, for Guillaume and Felinah
- Queen's Guard, for Guillaume II and Felinah II
- Queen's Guard, for Dirk V and Chamayn II
- Queen's Champion Rapier, for Drogo and Iðuna
- Queen's Champion Rapier, for Edward and Mora
- Queen's Champion Unarmored Combat, for Sven III and Cassandra
- Baronial Rapier Marshal, Angels 2000-2003
- Kingdom Rapier Deputy Marshal for Cut & Thrust, 2007-present
- Kingdom Rapier Deputy Marshal for Experimental Programs, 2008-present
- Commander for the Rapier Army at Estrella, 2008-2010 (During this tenure the position was changed to the Commander of the Rapier Corps of Caid)
- Editor, Compendium Caidis, 2008-Present
- Bard of Caid, 1/10/2009-1/09/2010
Event Staff
- Rapier Autocrat for GWW VIII
- Staff - KWAR 2006, Lyondemere
Projects and Classes
Classes Taught
Rapier:
- Intro to Rapier - Collegium Caidis various
- Rapier 201, Intermediate Concepts in Fencing - Collegium Caidis Spring 2004, Spring 2005
- Rapier 301, Historical Concepts of Time and Timing in Fencing - Collegium Caidis Spring 2005
- Rapier Marshalling - Collegium Caidis various
- Rapier Melee (under various titles of concentration, i.e. Unit Tactics, Command, etc) - Collegium Caidis various
- Rapier Melee Command, Collegium Caidis Fall 2008
- Capo Ferro's Measure & Tempo - Collegium Caidis Spring 2006, KWAR 2006 (Caid), KWAR 2007 (Northshield)
- Cut & Thrust Rapier for Beginners and Intermeditates - Collegium Caidis Spring 2008 (co-instructor Giacomo Cavalli da Treviso)
- Basic Rapier Melee, Collegium Caidis Fall 2008
- The German Rappier of Joachim Meyer - Practicum of the Sword 2009
- Cut & Thrust Practicum - Practicum of the Sword 2009, 2010, 2011
- Rapier and Dagger of Nicoletto Giganti - Practicum of the Sword 2010
- Critical Thinking for SCA Rapier, Collegium Caidis 2010
- Rapier Melee Tactics, Collegium Caidis 2010
- Bio-mechanics for Lunging, Practicum of the Sword 2011
- The Use of the False Edge from Nicoletto Giganti, Practicum of the Sword 2012
Bardic:
- Dramatic Presentation and the Art of Contrast, Collegium Caidis Fall 2008, Filthy Dirty Collegium 2008
- Bardic Arts in Caid Roundtable, Collegium Caidis 2010
Other:
- All Fighting is the Same; A Survey of Historical Fighting Styles - Collegium Caidis Spring 2004 (co-instructor Þorfinnr Bjarnason )
- Matters of Honor: Lessons for us from Baldesar Castiglione - Collegium Caidis Spring 2007
- Rapier Appreciation For Non-fighters, Collegium Caidis 2011
- The Abrazare(Grappling) of Fiore dei Liberi, Practicum of the Sword 2012
Songs and Prose
- Caidan Marching Song by Lot Ramirez
Others to be added later....
