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American Medievalist Association
Sir Edward:
Right, the type of tournament they're discussing would be competitions using historical weapon techniques on foot. Very few people have access to horses, and there's little documentation out there about mounted combat techniques. The HEMA/WMA community has a lot of different approaches to their studies, which I think leads to a certain amount of disagreement about scoring and safety.
Granted, injuries occur, but can be minimized with clean and controlled techniques and proper equipment. We've done some bouts with steel where we can go at a pretty good speed and mostly be safe, with gambesons, helmets, and gauntlets.
A larger scale melee could be fun, but I don't think there's a good way to score it if you get past a certain number of participants. We've done some 3-vs-3 fights with shinai, and those are certainly fun.
I think the argument about diluting the martial training is along the lines of having people practice to fight within the confines of the tournament rules, at the expense of learning the deadlier portions of the art.
Sir Wolf:
hehe ya DIE DIE DIE oops i mean YIELD YIELD YIELD
Sir William:
--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2010-09-15, 17:28:02 ---
Right, the type of tournament they're discussing would be competitions using historical weapon techniques on foot. Very few people have access to horses, and there's little documentation out there about mounted combat techniques. The HEMA/WMA community has a lot of different approaches to their studies, which I think leads to a certain amount of disagreement about scoring and safety.
Granted, injuries occur, but can be minimized with clean and controlled techniques and proper equipment. We've done some bouts with steel where we can go at a pretty good speed and mostly be safe, with gambesons, helmets, and gauntlets.
A larger scale melee could be fun, but I don't think there's a good way to score it if you get past a certain number of participants. We've done some 3-vs-3 fights with shinai, and those are certainly fun.
I think the argument about diluting the martial training is along the lines of having people practice to fight within the confines of the tournament rules, at the expense of learning the deadlier portions of the art.
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Well, we could do it like they used to in the olden days, take the losers and make them ransom themselves back into the fray? Maybe everyone could bring some prearranged item that would function as their ransom should they be taken on the field; it need not be elaborate, just as a means of furthering the adventure, so to speak.
Man, ideas are flitting about in the darker reaches of my mind...imagine training as a group until we were like a well oiled machine, taking ransoms all over the field! I should never have read Chadwick's The Greatest Knight, lol.
Sir Edward:
Poker chips instead of gold coins? :)
Sir Wolf:
belt favors that get stolen like flag football ;)
Sir Edward, sounds like a "knighthood" order is needed much the way we used to do things in UEMA etc. hehehe just get together, camp and hang out
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