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Having done some SCA heavy, those open inner thighs make me twitch (armpits too, but less could be done about that). One thing SCA has figured out that the spo
by Rhapso 10y ago
Having done some SCA heavy, those open inner thighs make me twitch (armpits too, but less could be done about that).
One thing SCA has figured out that the sports industry seems to have failed to is how helms work.
It turns out the best way to extend the reduce the impact of hits to the head is NOT cushioning or crumpling to extend impulse but rather just having a lot of mass to move. I've been smashed over the head at full force (with a full wieght sword) while wearing full helm and been more harmed by the gong-like ringing than the impact itself.
If you have not had a chance to try or watch SCA heavy, It is essentially full contact re-enactment (slightly less formalized than HEMA) and only using blunt (but full weight) weapons.
- huherto 10y agoSCA ? It is not in the article and it is hard to google.
- dsr_ 10y agoSociety for Creative Anachronism, www.sca.org
- dmckeon 10y agoSee also the Armored Combat League, http://www.aclknights.com http://www.aclknights.com and Battle of the Nations, http://botn.info/en/ http://botn.info/en/ for armored combat sports. BTW, the SCA is having its 50-year anniversary next week.
- falcolas 10y agoI had the same cringe-like response to the thighs. And if their weapons wrap at all (and that image indicates that they will, with a vengeance), they'll regret not armoring the backs of their legs.
- defen 10y ago> watch SCA heavy Holy shit, these guys don't fuck around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RiQR60-5gs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RiQR60-5gs
- ncallaway 10y agoI've only dabbled in SCA heavy — it takes a pretty big time commitment and I got really busy with my consultancy. It's a great time and a good way to get exercise. If you stick with it and train consistency, you'll be in good shape. Most of the sport — at least where I am — is focused on 1:1 battles, but these large field battles are really fun to participate in.
- Camillo 10y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj_3vYo2gF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj_3vYo2gF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9tkAV4nDCo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9tkAV4nDCo
- laxatives 10y agoIMO nothing compares with longsword fighting. By comparison, SCA looks like a bunch of big guys wailing on each other in the middle of a scrum. Longsword fighting has a much more competitive environment with well defined technique and strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhbcntqyiSo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhbcntqyiSo
- themartorana 10y ago"...bunch of big guys wailing on each other..." Add in death and dismemberment and you have what war actually probably looked like for thousands of years - pure, unadulterated mayhem.
- laxatives 10y agoFair enough. I'd imagine the guys fighting had a lot more fitness and probably weren't struggling with obesity though.
- cafard 10y agoThere was something on HN a year or two ago that said that gladiators tended to be on the fat side. On the other hand, given the distances marched, I doubt the hoplites and legionaries had much excess fat.
- codingdave 10y agoI don't think it is a matter of not understanding how armor works. It is more a matter of the energy and precision required for martial arts. I've done some SCA fighting, but mostly spent 20 years practicing kung fu, and they are completely different worlds.