[Ansteorra-rapier] Spears for heavy Rapier
Ed
gassion_de_beaumarchais at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 20 17:44:41 PDT 2009
Well said. I would add that even the best of our C&T authorized
fighters could not maintain enough control in melée to perform it
safely, I know I couldn't.
Gassion
Navarre's
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On Apr 20, 2009, at 11:56 AM, Kevin Wilson <kevwilson at swbell.net> wrote:
> I seriously doubt we'll ever see a C&T in melees, and I'm not sure
> I'd want to unless under VERY special and controlled circumstances.
> Since we cannot have C&T fighting vs. rapier, everyone would have to
> be doing C&T, and I know I wouldn't want an entire army of rapier
> fighters doing C&T.
>
> C&T isn't just 'grad school rapier', being done by more advanced/
> experienced fighters. It's the study of Historical Technique being
> applied in a way that is still considered new to the SCA. The
> Society tends to allow anyone who didn't injure their opponent in an
> authorization fight the OK to fight with rapier (both heavy and
> light). That is not the case for C&T, nor should it be. Every
> authorized C&T fighter has trained and shown that they can fight
> with technique and control under any circumstance they are likely to
> face. It is FAR too easy to escalate calibration in melees. Doing
> so with a rapier leads to hard shots and lack of control,
> occasionally injuring someone. Lack of control and hard hits in C&T
> will OFTEN injure someone.
>
> As for the spear/pike idea, while I'd love for melees to become more
> historically accurate, I think that the potential for injury and
> squabbling is greater than what we'd gain from doing it.
>
> Corvin
>
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