Fencing in Meridies
Matthew R. Popalisky
mpopali at comp.uark.edu
Fri Nov 15 23:48:57 PST 1996
Llywelyn, thank you so much for your reply. m'lord and I were ver curious
and concerned.
On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Todd W. Marsh (Sierra Dallas) wrote:
> Safety? In Meridies there have been no fencing injuries. In Trimaris, a
> fencer took a blade that had been banned from use onto the practice
> field. The marshal on the field didn't know this and didn't check the
> equipment. The blade broke and penetrated the other fencer's jacket and
> pectoral muscle. Both fencers and the marshal on the field got
> suspensions. It took a triple failure (blade, jacket, marshal) to cause
> an injury about as bad as those seen monthly at armored practices. (One
> armored fighter in this barony currently has a broken hand and another a
> torn rotator cuff in the shoulder.) Yes, it could have been _much_
> worse. Does this mean all fighting should stop?
>
> In another situation in Atenvelt, a blade broke and the broken end hit a
> mask. It slid off the mask and tore the vinyl padded edging. No one
> was hurt. In doing its job, the mask was damaged. When was the last
> time _you_ saw armor damaged? Is this a major safety incident? I don't
> think so either.
I most heartily agree with you, but then if I move to a "pro-lite"
kingdom, I plan to try out light weapons, and my husband might.
>
> We don't know yet what this means for fencing at Gulf War. I don't
> expect that Meridies will reinstate fencing by then. If the Crown of
> Meridies denies the field, I will bring suit to their court. I will not
> fight secretly to avoid their decision, as has been done in the past.
I fear certain parties in Calontir have been having a field day with this.
We have a vocal member of shire who is virulently anti-light wrote a
charming ditty (tune-Johnnie Comes Marching Home, very sentimental for
Calontir)
.....And one of these days you will kill someone/And we
all shall know why/The Society's Not Their Home...
The only excerpt I remember. We will need to do some damage control, no a
lot of damage control, for these above incidents. I know we will never
change this gentle's mind, but I hate to think of those he has predjudiced
that haven't bothered to find both sides of the story.
I will leave off now before I start dithering. This is a very touchy
subject and I am not in accord with my shire.
Kateryn
Grimfells.
Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.
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