[Bryn-gwlad] [Bg-announce] Rapier Melee Practice Tuesday 2/12

[Hatcher Kelly D]

We will be having Rapier Melee practice tomorrow at PiP beginning at
8:30.
 
We will be practicing using the Rules Of Engagement for Gulf Wars,
these are now available online although I have pasted them below:
 
1) Engagement Conventions 

*	The rules of engagement will be discussed before each battle.
*	No more than 3 fighters can be actively throwing shots at any 1
fighter at any time.
*	Units and individual fighters can move into an engagement at a
double time step as long as they do not make physical contact with their
opponents or strike them with excessive force.
*	Any engagement issue is subject to marshal review.
*	Point Stalking is not allowed - Fighters will not start to throw
a shot until they have gained engagement and can legally hit their
opponent.
*	Fighters who strike with excessive force will be removed from
the field.
*	Fighters will not strike the back of an opponent's head.
*	Attackers approaching from behind may choose to foul blades from
behind rather than forcing an opponent to turn and face them. Care
should be taken to bind the opponent's blades, not his hands and arms.
*	Death From Behind will not be used in Gulf War point battles,
though a surrounded fighter may choose to yield rather than be struck.


2) General Engagement Rules - These are the same engagement rules as for
the armored battles except that the back of the head is not valid target
in rapier battles. The person you want to hit must know you are there
and they must, through their words or actions, convey that knowledge to
you before you are allowed to hit them unless you are part of a unit
engaged with a unit. You must have one or more of the following to have
legal engagement when you approach an opponent on the melee field. 

*	Stand in Front - The first and most obvious is to be in your
opponent's front 180 degrees. This means that you are in front of their
shoulders and hips.
*	Make Eye Contact - Just because you do not have eye contact does
not mean that you are not engaged.  Having eye contact is the best form
of acknowledgment but it is not required. 
*	Defensive recognition - If you come up on a fighter's flank and
say to him, "I am on the other side!" and he adopts a defensive posture
towards you, he has acknowledged that you are there and that you are a
threat. 
*	Offensive action - If you come up on a fighter's flank and say
to him, "I am on the other side!" and he throws up a shot at you without
turning to see you, he has acknowledged that you are there and that you
are a threat. 
*	Verbal acknowledgment - If you come up on a fighter's flank and
say to him, "I am on the other side!" and he replies, has acknowledged
that you are there and that you are a threat. If he replies with, "I
can't see you, we aren't engaged!", well he is wrong. This falls into
the realm of avoiding eye contact to deny engagement, and is abuse of
the rules. 
*	Be part of a wall or organized unit of fighters. Any part of an
entire unit is engaged with the opposing entire unit and they are to
know that they may be struck by anyone in that unit. A unit is defined
as two or more fighters working in concert AND in close proximity
(weapon's range) with one another. A unit includes not just a single
rank but the entire formation, not just the front line of fighters but
the second and third ranks as well.  If two fighters choose to shoulder
up and advance into a group of twenty, then they are at risk from any
and everyone who is within weapon's range.


3) Breaking Engagement - In order to break an engagement all you have to
do is get out of weapon's range.  Weapon's range means the longest point
at which either one of the two of you may be struck with a lunge
(typically not more than 10 feet). If one guy has a 45" rapier and the
other only has a dagger, then the maximum reach of the rapier is
weapon's range.  If you decide to break engagement and turn to run back
to your unit, your opponent can chase you around the feast hall, through
the parking lot up one hill and back down the other side, as long as he
is still within that weapon's range.  He can still hit you in the back
if you turned your back to him and are still in weapon's range. The
second you get outside that range, he MUST reestablish engagement. This
counts in all cases. 


4) Other Engagement Details 

*	When moving forward past enemy fighters, the fighters you go
past are free to hit you in the back, as long as you are close enough to
hit.
*	You do not have to have a weapon in a melee in order to be at
risk. Just because you drop your sword it does not mean that they are
not allowed to strike you.  You are still fair game.
*	Fighters will not ignore opponents trying to gain engagement.

 
 
Looking forward to it,
Ld. Ceallach mac Donal
Rapier Marshal
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