[Ansteorra-rapier] Pros and Cons of change
Chris Zakes
dontivar at gmail.com
Mon Oct 15 06:10:18 PDT 2012
At 07:34 AM 10/15/2012, Pug wrote:
>Good Morning,
>
> Weve given the discussion about five days
> now including a weekend and there appear to be
> no knew arguments for or against. Based off of
> that, Im going to try to succinctly articulate
> the Pros and Cons of this change. To revisit, the proposed change was:
>
>Ansteorra convention: Except under the Youth
>Rapier Program, Light Rapier is to be eliminated
>within the borders of Ansteorra effective March
>17th, 2013. After that date, Light Rapier blades
>can only be used with variances obtained in
>writing from the Kingdom Rapier Marshal at least
>30 days in advance such as for historical SCA
>theme events. Ansteorras Rapier authorizations
>permit use of Light Rapier blades at out of Kingdom events where allowed.
>
>Some individuals have suggested it be reworded as such:
>
>Ansteorra convention: Except under the Youth
>Rapier Program, Light Rapier is to be eliminated
>outside of training within the borders of
>Ansteorra effective March 17th, 2013. After that
>date, Light Rapier blades can only be used with
>variances obtained in writing from the Kingdom
>Rapier Marshal at least 30 days in advance such
>as for historical SCA theme events. Ansteorras
>Rapier authorizations permit use of Light Rapier
>blades at out of Kingdom events where allowed.
>
>
>· Cons:
>o The blades are allowed by Society and have
>not been proven to be unsafe so we need to allow them.
>o It eliminates part of our origins within SCA Fencing.
>o It is exclusionary of those who prefer lighter weight blades.
>o It eliminates an option for those who are
>physically unable to use heavier blades.
>· Pros:
>o The blades are statistically non-existent
>comparing the possibly 10s of bouts to the 1000s of bouts per year.
>o Heavy blades are more historically accurate than light blades.
>o A significant majority of the SCA kingdoms
>as well as most inter-kingdom wars have gone to heavy blades only.
>o The enforcement of the regulations around
>the lighter blades is lax at best creating a risk point.
>§ Combatants being authorized without having shown to be safe.
>§ Marshals being authorized without knowing how to inspect the equipment.
>o Light blades break more frequently than
>heavy blades elevating the risk due to lax enforcement.
> Please let me know right away if I
> misrepresented any of the above or missed a significant Pro or Con.
As stated in my previous post, I'd say that last
bullet point is a significant misrepresentation.
-Tivar Moondragon
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