A few more cents from my corner:<br><br>This is a big kingdom distance-wise, and no matter how widely traveled everyone on this list is, I suspect that part of this discussion arises from the fact that some people have practices where epees exist, and some don't, but we have to be open to realizing that what is the case in our home Barony may not be the case everywhere. <br>
<br>Personally, I'm ok with epees just at practices, even though my favorite memories of tourneys are nearly all of epee-only or epee-majority. I recognize that although my personal preference is to play with the lighter blades, the majority of the kingdom prefers to play with the heavier blades and if I want to play with most people, I will have to at least try to use a heavy blade.I also recognize that it is not the responsibility of the SCA or the marshallate to cater to my specific physical issues. I will be sad if I have to leave rapier fighting, but the world would keep turning.<br>
<br> I must ask, however, what harm would allowing epee to continue cause the kingdom and the fencing community? So far, the arguments that I have seen against it is that it might inconvenience the marshals which, while I can understand that it might be annoying, doesn't seem to me to be quite equal to that of denying some people the ability to play at all. Granted, there aren't many of us, but we're still here, and I'd like to think that we still contribute at least a little bit to this great game we call rapier fighting in the SCA. <br>
<br>Sincerely, <br>Catlin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:37 PM, James Crouchet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@crouchet.com" target="_blank">james@crouchet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">If they are banned you cannot legally spar with them at SCA practices.<br><br>Doré<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>
<div>On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Andrew Heinrich <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew.heinrich@gmail.com" target="_blank">andrew.heinrich@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Greetings, <div><br></div><div>The arguments for killing the foil are the same as the arguments for killing the epee. I have lived here for 6 years, and in that time I have only heard of one instance where an epee has been used in a tournament, a tournament dedicated to recreating SCA rapier from 20 years ago or so. </div>
<div><br></div><div>You can train people with broom handles. Getting rid of Epee as a legal weapon would not prevent people from teaching basics with an Epee. </div><div><br></div><div>- Mateo<div><br><div><br>
</div>-- <br>it is good to know, it is better to do, it is best to be. <br>
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