Armored and Rapier Combat

[James Crouchet]

> The Complete Participant's Handbook states that "At no time shall 
> Armored Combat and Rapier Combat be conducted on the same field at 
> the same time."
> 
> How is this rule applied when at fighter practice? Is one group 
> supposed (required) to wait while the other practices? Is it 
> sufficient to divide the field with some kind of physical barrier?
> 
> Larkin

The intent of this rule is to keep fencers (and foils/epees)
from being hit with ratan and armored fighters form being poked
in the eye with a foil. As long as you keep them far enough away 
from each other that this won't happen, they are effectivly on 
seperate "fields".

This virtual limit is a good thing here in Ansteorra because
otherwise you could consider the entire Gulf Plains one big
"field". ;-) 

Savein