Stefan li Rous wrote:

> On Sep 22, 2005, at 5:39 PM, Baronman@aol.com wrote:
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>> I may have to scuba dive for my armor in order to fight or change  my persona
>> to begger.
>> Bors
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> Hey, there you go! A new tournament style. Underwater armored combat.  A mix of the medieval and modern world! Compared to regular scuba  diving, you wouldn't need a weight belt. Sure would change some SCA  fighting styles, though. That extra water resistance would sure slow  things down. Might give a big advantage to spears over swords or even  maces.
>

Short thrusting spears, or thrusting swords like the gladius iberius would be my recommendation, longer weapons would suffer a real penalty in lateral or rotary movement.

> And no three or four hour courts, since your air wouldn't last that  long!


With tanks, sure, but some of the new rebreather setups have impressive duration.

David Gallowglass

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> :-)
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> Stefan
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