Shinai in Ansteorra

[R.Michael Litchfield]

>As a Minister of Arts & Sciences - I would like to nip in the bud the
>thought of Martial ARTS being placed under this office.

Really where would you place martial arts? What about tai chi?

> Shinai is a combative recreation.

So is chess

>I would like to reiterate that we are trying to recreate Western
>Europe - I have yet to find a reference to a Shogun fighting in
>Britain, Wales, Germany, etc...

We were not talking about a shogun fighting (though that would be just
barely within out period). We were talking about the martial exercise which
uses the shinai.

If you want references, I suggest reading italian, Marco Polo


>On another note... I have participated in Shinai fighting in another
>kingdom - it was fun and had minimum armoring requirements.  But I
>would not like to see it offered at an SCA event.

And lots of people didn;t want to see fencing at SCA events.

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-Michael