Newbie stuff

Amber Wilkinson fredw at airmail.net
Fri Aug 2 11:25:28 PDT 1996


stddly at SHSU.edu wrote:
> 
> Well fellow fighters...a question has been asked! "...can we develop a method
> to allow 'quarterstaff' style combat?" Maybeso, even "quarterstaves" themselvs!
> Kief here... Does anyone wish to volunteer a bit of their time to look into
> this?

I'm no fighter (sigh... When I have time, I promise....), but in Amtgard, we
solved this problem long ago. It looks kind of funny, but all our weapons
are "boffer" weapons: PVCV (?) and camping foam, of a particular kind that
doesn't compress too badly. You pad both ends of the staff, so that they are
at least 2 inches in diameter, to avoid aynone getting poked in the eye, and
you wrap the shaft in duct tape to prevent splintering. You are only allowed
to strike with the padded portions of the staff. It works pretty well, from
what I've seen. I can get more info from a friend who fights this style if
neccessary.

-- 
Amber/Heather
confused pagan, bard, Amtgardian, and SCAdian
Plano, TX
fredw at airmail.net



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