[Ansteorra-rapier] Spears for heavy Rapier

[Cody Hoffman]

"But if you want pikes and rapiers together, exactly what period
fighting are you trying to simulate?"

Tivar wrote:


<shrug> As I said before, if you're *that* enthusiastic about fighting
with a spar or pike, go over to the armored field where they *do* have
all the bugs worked out.


Maybe there just trying to make a rapier melee fun???? It seems that
sometimes on the rapier field and in the whole of SCA, people forget
to just have fun. I understand its a sport and there are winners and
loosers but in the end we are putting on a costume (however period it
is its a costume) and we are fighting our "fellow nerds/friends" with
swords. And to on lookers and even family members we  look a little
crazy. So why do we do it? for me  its to have fun. From personal exp.
having been in heavy and a rapier melees if i where to compare the two
it would prob offend some people on this list. But i will say that if
people are trying to find a way to have a little more fun why bash
them b4 they or even you have tried it.
Ramirez

On 4/21/09, Jay Rudin <rudin at ev1.net> wrote:
> Tivar wrote:
>
>> <shrug> As I said before, if you're *that* enthusiastic about fighting
>> with a spar or pike, go over to the armored field where they *do* have
>> all the bugs worked out.
>
> He's exactly right.  We have great pike melees (although we call them
> "spear melees").  I particularly enjoyed the pike work on the far bridge at
> the bridge melee at Gulf Wars.  But I have no desire to face them with less
> armor than I was wearing then.  Specifically, I really don't want to face
> them in a fencing mask or C&T helm.  For those interested in more authentic
> combat, it has the added advanatge that it doesn't have rapiers, using
> instead swords that are similar to what was used against pikes.
>
> If you want pikes, go to the field where pikes are legal.  If you want
> rapiers, go to the field where rapiers are legal.
>
> But if you want pikes and rapiers together, exactly what period fighting
> are you trying to simulate?
>
> Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
>
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