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Chivalrous deeds at renfaires and events.
Sir James (Fiat Lux):
--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2008-04-07, 19:55:38 ---At NCRF this past weekend, we saw a group called The Knightly Order of the Fiat Lux (http://www.knightlyorderofthefiatlux.org/), which is a non-profit chivalrous group that does combat demonstrations to raise money for charity, among other things.
We got to watch some of their combat, and I handed them a business card for this forum. It'll be interesting to see if any of them jump in and talk with us.
The combat looked vaguely like SCA combat, but they fight with steel and go for leg shots, so it's definitely different.
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The combat is an adaptation of SCA rules, but opened up a bit. Some of the Knights have formal training, but a great deal of us are more of the brawler type. It makes for an interesting experience when coming across folks from the SCA, EMAA, former fencers, etc. It's amazing to see how quickly people adapt, and just how much of their styles get drawn into our own!
Oh, and for Sir Edward RE: doing something similar - the Fiat Lux has 4 chapters currently spread across NC and TN. If you're interested, let's talk!
Sir Edward:
That's cool. I wasn't sure if your group had a specific rule-system, or if it's been more of a free-form adaptation or evolution. Bringing in a wide range of backgrounds probably makes for some interesting results.
I'm afraid NC and TN are both quite some distance for me. I'm up at the northern end of VA, probably less than 2 miles from the Potomac. Has there been any talk of a VA chapter?
Dragonlover:
--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2008-04-04, 21:11:02 ---
I'm going to resurrect this thread and talk about myself. :)
Something that I haven't seen much of at the renfaires, but I enjoy doing, is letting some of the kids come up and ask me about knights and armor, and feel the chainmail and try on the helmet. I've done this in cooperation with a couple of our forumites here:
But there was one moment this past year that I'll never forget. On the day that I was at MDRF with my brand new helm and linen surcoat, I was already getting more photo-ops and attention than I typically would. One young boy and his mom came over, and asked me some questions and checked out the armor. I let the boy try on the helmet, but it was the mother doing most of the talking while the kid looked on, wide-eyed. When they were done and started to walk away, the boy looked up at his mom and said "WOW! OH.. MY.. GOD!!! WOW!!!!" At that moment it really made my day. For one day, I was this child's hero.
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Dragonlover:
Well Sir Edward, it will do you good to know that Sir Brian and I were doing our
usual "walking forum" with the masses at NCRF this past week-end. It's a different
site and most everyone (workers and non) seem to like it immensely. Gives them a lot
of room to grow as well.
The Fiat Lux boys were there and they are always very gracious to Sir Brian and
myself. ;D
Sir James (Fiat Lux):
--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2009-04-06, 19:22:45 ---
That's cool. I wasn't sure if your group had a specific rule-system, or if it's been more of a free-form adaptation or evolution. Bringing in a wide range of backgrounds probably makes for some interesting results.
I'm afraid NC and TN are both quite some distance for me. I'm up at the northern end of VA, probably less than 2 miles from the Potomac. Has there been any talk of a VA chapter?
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We're more than willing to travel in order to start a chapter. That's how Raleigh got started, actually! So long as there's interest and a group of about 4 or 5 who have seen what we do and want to know more, we can certainly dispatch someone from our National organization to organize a get-together.
As for the rule system, we actually detail it before our fights. The basics of it is a point scoring system, with hits, sufficient force, and points determined by a head Marshal with his line judges. The fight normally goes to 7 points, with the torso being worth 3, head worth 2, and limbs worth 1. There is, of course, the devilish Advantage rules, where the winner must lead by at least 2 points. We keep things open-ended enough so that we can tailor the fight to the combatants and the crowd. Slashes and thrusts are fine, but thrusts to the face are grounds for warnings and disqualification.
Ninja edit: I'm sorry I wasn't able to make it to the NCRF this year! I had a blast last year despite the rain, though there are stories circulating about some of our members getting coated in mud helping to dig stranded motorists out of the parking lot!
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