ES - For those interested in fighting...

[Matthew G. Saroff]

On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Richard Threlkeld wrote:

> In one sense, it is all important.  In the middle ages, if you did not win
> you often died.  If you are not going to give your all to win in SCA combat,
> you should probably not fight.  Of course, a beginner against a knight has
> little chance of winning.  But they should try their best to win and gain
> experience that they might eventually beat knights (or even - gasp - become
> one).
	That depends.  In a tourneuy, deaths were not that common.
Particularly in late period, they were handled as a sport.  It probably
wasn't much more dangerous than hang gliding or golf (which interestingly
enough is the sport where is most likely to die, either from heart attack,
or lightning)

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