Gordon Kinloch

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Gordon Kinloch (aka Godai Katsunaga)

Photo

In Armor at BAWT 1
Information
Resides: Barony of Bright Hills, Atlantia
Status: Active
Awards: Order of Precedence Entry
Heraldry

Registered Arms

Introduction

Gordon resides and is active in the Barony of Bright Hills. His interest include archery, armored combat, combat archery, and bardic.

Persona

Gordon Kinloch is a persona for a 14th Century Scottish noble. Gordon holds land in the Angus area of the east coast adjacent to the highlands. He is a minor lord under The Earl of Crawford, David Lindsey.

Godai Katsunaga is a persona for a 15th Century Samurai, previously an archer in the army of his lordship Shimazu Yoshihirsa, the Lord of Satsuma and Osumi provinces. After years of warfare, he is currently living a life of contemplation.

Offices & Positions

Current Office Kingdom Earl Marshal for Atlantia

Positions Held

  • Baron of Bright Hills
  • DEM Combat Archery
  • Principle, Order of the Yew Bow
  • Emergency DEM Combat Archery
  • Target Archery Marshal Bright Hills

Projects & Publications

Japanese research and class handouts

  • Yumi and Ya, a history of Archery in Japan
  • Japanese Archery, rules for shooting and warfare
  • Arrow verses Armor, A penetration experiment with Japanese arrows
  • Building the Japanese Arrow for the target archer
  • Ya, period arrow construction
  • The Japanese Quiver construction
  • Sumi-e, ink drawings
  • Training and Leisure time of a Samurai
  • The Hokku, a Japanese Poetry overview
  • Ikebana, flower arranging up to 1600
  • Hanko Stamps, signature seal history and construction
  • Agriculture in Japan during the late Medieval period.
  • Merchants and crafts in late medieval Japanese Cities

General research and class handouts

  • Science of Archery
  • Great Highland Bagpipes, a history the music and pipers
  • Calculating static arrow spine
  • Basics of Combat Archery

Heraldry

Sable, a pheon inverted within a mascle argent.

Registered with the College of Arms in September 2009.