[Ansteorra] Combat Archery Challenge

[Paul Thorne]

I guess I should have said "It used to be..."    ;)


-JP



On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:44 PM, B Scott Mills <b.scott.mills at gmail.com>wrote:

> That's sorta a gray area  and how that has been viewed as changed depending
> on who to Society EM is.
>
> The current ruling is that such fight the knight type of activities are not
> considered combat and are OK and authorizations for the shooters are not
> required.
>
> -EA
>
>
> On 3/23/2011 2:43 PM, Chris Zakes wrote:
>
>> At 11:53 AM 3/23/2011, you wrote:
>>
>>> The is no way you can do without the authorization.  We have taken this
>>> to the Society level on a couple of occasions.
>>>
>>> When you are shooting at another live person it becomes "combat"  and
>>> from the Marshals Handbook.
>>>
>>>   *II.B.2.* /No person shall participate in Official Combat-Related
>>>   Activities (including armored combat, period fencing, and combat
>>>   archery) outside of formal training sessions unless they have been
>>>   properly authorized under Society and Kingdom procedures. /
>>>
>>> So if it is a "tournament" or a "competition"   it is almost impossible
>>> to call it a "formal training session".
>>>
>>> I agree with you that I would NOT want it to be part of a Baronies
>>> "Archery"  Championship Tournament because it means that so many people that
>>> traditionally participate in target archery would have to be excluded.
>>>  However, it does not have to be part of "archery" championship and can be a
>>> stand alone competition.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I'm curious about something. If it was a "target" shoot, but the targets
>> were fighters in full armor, just standing there, would the shooters still
>> have to be combat authorized? (We did this, along with a boffer "fight the
>> knight" game several years ago at Canterbury Fair, a fundraiser for a local
>> wildlife preserve.)
>>
>>        -Tvar Moondragon
>>
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