Shinai in Ansteorra

[Randy Shipp]

It was written:

> > Shinai is a combative recreation.
> 
> So is chess

At the few chess tournaments I've attended, striking your opponent was 
grounds for disqualification and/or prosecution.  Or perhaps you were 
misinterpreting the gentles categorization of shinai?  I think he meant 
to group it with duello and heavy fighting.

In Service,
 
Antoine D'Aubernoun
mka Randy Shipp
rshipp at dale.hsc.unt.edu