Armored and Rapier Combat

[Chris Walden]

> From:          "Larkin O'Kane" <larkin at apache.webstar.net>

> 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?

Essentially the fights are taking place on seperate fields, with 
seperate marshals whose job it is to keep them seperate.  (If this is 
not what you are seeing, then let me know so we can fix it!)

The difference is the definition of *field* as a large open grassy 
area, and Field as a defined space where SCA combat takes place.  
Fighter practices are usually held in a *field* where we divide it 
into several dynamic Fields that are controlled, contained and 
seperated by the marshals.

Hope this helps.
Antoine Dore
Alden's