SC - special needs

[R. Del Boccio]

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan li Rous" <stefan at texas.net>

> Tristan commented:
> > From: "Rovena" <rovena at softdisk.com>
> > > You stated that every person should have the option of participating
in
> > > everything.  Is that realistic?  How would a wheelchair  person fight
in a
> > > melee?
> >
> > Actually Quite well thank you :-) Even won some tounrey's.
>
> Thanks Tristan for giving us a first-hand example. I've seen folks in
> wheelchairs in SCA battles. Apparently in some situations being in a
> wheelchair can be an advantage. I seem to remember a combat rule for
> either Pennsic or Gulf Wars that you were not allowed to use your
> wheelchair bound comrades as battering rams against your opponents.
>
YEs, which  was ok by me. I didnt appreciate the though of being used as a
battering ram lol. Wheelchair fighin has a huge advantage if you are good at
sword and board. the only target available to hit is 3" of Helm and sword
arm when throwing a shot.


> Similarly, down here in Ansteorra, we have Sir Kief. Sir Kief, currently
> Earl Marshal for Ansteorra, has one leg amputated above the knee. He
> fights in both tournaments and melees. Crutch and sword, anyone? The
> last thing you want to do with Kief is take his leg. He's a tough
> competitor on one leg. He's much, much worse on the ground.
>
 I owe a lot to Sir Kief. It was the butt chewing i took from him that
convienced me to put away my bow and pull the light archer tape markers from
my helm to return to the melee with a big stik. It wouldnt have been so bad
that chewing out but it was at Northern Regional Tribute in front of
eveyone, hehe. called out in front of royals...hehe tried being called down
on the carpet in front of TRM's and court and the whole bleeding northern
Anst army!

Yes it was Ansteorra where i relearned to fight from a wheelchair in many of
the northern region tournies including a couple NR Warlords.

> If after reading this, particularly if you have comments from personal
> or professional experience, please feel free to send me a message for
> possible inclusion in this file.

BTW I sent you off list an old email from my fighting days. called
Wheelchair Combat: Limits and Precautions.  If anyone else would care to get
it jsut give me a yell. its basically soe observations and helpfull hints i
learned along the way of adjusting to fighting in a wheelchair from being a
stand up kinda guy er i mean fighter :-)

Tristan