[Ansteorra-rapier] Proposed revision to rapier rules

[Jhan Knebel]

Yes, I agree that is a potential solution, but the wording as proposed
makes the epee illegal to anyone except a youth fighter and an authorized
youth marshal. There are many adults that will fight a youth, but have no
interest in being an authorized marshal for that type of activity.

Rixende
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Cody Hoffman <glowpoi at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Rixende when I was a youth fighter twe could only use foils and most
> fighters at that time only carried epees and heavy. So my solution was to
> carry extra foils. With this new rule won't that make more epees floating
> around that could be donated to a youth program to help it flourish.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 10, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Jhan Knebel <rixende at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   If you eliminate the epee for all but the youth program, we may
> negatively the youth program. Under these proposed rules, the only people
> that can fight a youth with epee are the youth and the marshals. As a
> former youth marshal (waiting on my background check to clear again) I
> personally do NOT want to be the fighter when I am working with youth. I
> want to be watching them work with someone else. I can be a much more
> effective marshal and teacher when I am not the one fighting. My son gets
> much more out of not fighting his Mom.
>
> Our current program allows any adult to practice with a youth as long as a
> youth marshal is present and decides the person is safe to fight the youth.
> This law change will remove from play the blade most children start with.
> And, while our youth program is tiny, it has a RIDICULOUSLY high success
> rate of "graduates." A good portion of that is because they have an
> opportunity to fight with adult fighters.
>
> Daniel is 14 and has since graduated to my husband's ridiculously light
> Schlager when he fights heavy rapier, but he really can't fight anything
> much heavier.  (And mind you, he does not have weak wrists. He's in his
> third year of gymnastics and is much stronger than his size implies)
>
> Rixende
>
>
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Baroness Rixende de Rouen, CIM, CSM
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rixende at gmail.com
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