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At 10:50 AM 10/15/2012, you wrote:<br><br>
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<dd>Let's turn this around for a moment. There aren't all that many Cut
& Thrust-authorized fighters, so maybe we shoud drop C&T, too.
After all, If I'm not interested in it, nobody else should be
either.<br><br>
<dd> -Tivar
Moondragon</blockquote></blockquote>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Tivar,<br><br>
That isn't at all a fair comparison. </blockquote><br>
It wasn't intended to be. I was pointing out the fallacy of banning
something *solely* because only a few people use it, or because some
people aren't interested in it. You said earlier that we have over
500 authorized rapier fighters. But only 34 of them are Cut and Thrust
authorized? That's a pretty small percentage.<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">You are comparing a dying art
form to one that is being born. </blockquote><br>
Being born? Well... sort of. C&T has been legal for almost seven
years (plus a few years before that as an experimental
"sidesword" program.) I did a survey a few years ago, and most
other kingdoms had numbers similar to Ansteorra's. As best I can tell,
C&T is a fairly small part of SCA rapier combat, and seems destined
to remain so.<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">But for the sake of fact
checking, there are twice the number of *active* C&T fighters than
there are F/E (34 in fact) and regularly schedules tourneys for C&T
as well as bouts being fought at the request of TRMs.<br><br>
--Dena</blockquote><br>
All this being said, I don't really have a problem with dropping foil and
epee *if* nobody is using these blades. But if they are still being used,
even if it's in relatively out-of-the-way corners of the kingdom (does
Elfsea qualify as out-of-the-way?) then I think we're doing people a
disservice to drop these blades.<br><br>
Maybe the folks who are so adamantly in favor of getting rid of the
lighter blades should sponsor some beginners tournments in the smaller
groups, with a brand-new heavy blade as the prize.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>-Tivar
Moondragon<br>
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