[Ansteorra] "Off" weapons

[Michael Gunter]

>The chivalric community is also encouraged to use
>alternate weapons. A knight needs to be proficient in
>ALL weapons of tournament combat, per Corpora.

>Lord Morgan Buchanan

To quote my Master, "A knight should be able to fight with
a spoon if that's all he has."

On an interesting side note, I fought in the Atenveldt King's
Champion list this past weekend. Here in the desert the King's
Champion is only fought by the Chivalry. This was divided into
five single-elim tournaments consisting of Single Sword, Two
Sword, Great Sword, Sword and Shield, and Great Axe (usually
pole weapon but His Majesty is known to have a fondness for
Great Axes). The winner of at least three of the tournaments
then becomes King's Champion. If someone were just a specialist
in Sword and Shield, he wouldn't last long.

It's quite a meat grinder but very educational and rather fun.

I'm sore, I need to train more.

Yers,

Gunthar
Ansteorran expatriate

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