[Ansteorra-rapier] Pros and Cons of change

[Kathleen Gormanshaw]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In my experience, back in the days when foils and epees were the standard
> weapons in Ansteorra, you might see one blade break in a tournament every
> few months. If it happened, the break usually made enough noise that it was

....

> Arguably, if we're going to be paranoid about broken blades, the ones we
> should worry about these days are Hanweis, not foils or epees. Those have
> been known to shatter and throw multiple pieces about the field.

Twice.


Frequency matters in statistics.

Eyrny