[Ansteorra-rapier] Spears for heavy Rapier
Chris Zakes
dontivar at gmail.com
Mon Apr 20 09:27:21 PDT 2009
At 08:54 AM 4/20/2009, you wrote:
>I don't know how many on this list have been hit by a heavy spear
>(on the heavy field, of course) but as I have (frequently, sadly)
>this seems like the opportunity to add:
>
>Back when I was fighting heavy often, I played florentine, and I was
>hit by spear a lot. Most people knew how to control their shots,
>and most shots were legal. However, a few people did not really
>know how to control their force, and I recevied many shots that felt
>like they were about to take my head off. That was *with* a 14-16 ga. helm on.
>
>I'll grant you that statistically speaking our rapier fighters are
>going to have a lot more "touch control" than most heavy fighters,
>by nature of our training and experience,
Even so, there are those occasions where somebody hits too hard, even
with a rapier. I don't think I want to find out what such an "oops!"
shot feels like with an 8 or 10 foot pike against a fencing mask.
-Tivar Moondragon
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