Chris White wrote:
>
> Parts of the SCA does rapier combat as well, (That would be fencing to
> the out side world, BTW).
>
> Sortof, it's a mutant form of fencing, i.e. non-linear. Something I would like to try, but most SCA fighting is severly biased toward the extremly large people.
>
> There are three types of fencing: Foil, which uses a straight, square in cross section blade and uses only the torso as a target area; Epee', which uses a heavier, triangular cross section blade with the entire upper body as a target area; and Sabre, which uses a slightly curved blade (not sure of the cross section) and uses the entire body as a target for legal hits.
You have Epee and Sabre mixed up. The whole body is the target in Epee,
while only the upper body is legal in Sabre. Sabre also has the damm
right of way rule.
>
> As to SCA, I saw a guy who was five foot nothing fighting Florentine style (two weapons) take out four opponents by himself.
Been there, done that. (on both sides as it happens)
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Received on Thu Aug 21 1997 - 18:19:42 UTC