[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,
>
>   We’ve 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, I’m 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. Ansteorra’s 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. Ansteorra’s 
>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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