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Yeah, "Reenactment is for pussies", eh? I'm part of the SCA. I've done fencing (heavy rapier) and some heavy. Yes, the heavies use rattan (wood) for their weap

by kefka 10y ago

Yeah, "Reenactment is for pussies", eh? I'm part of the SCA. I've done fencing (heavy rapier) and some heavy. Yes, the heavies use rattan (wood) for their weapons. That's because we like our fighters to live afterwards, and be relatively uninjured. Have injuries happened? Yep. Have deaths happened? Yep. But the SCA's policies on fighting are battle-tested, over melees of thousands of fighters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrueFTheV-Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrueFTheV-Y This article is just 'Not Even Wrong'(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong) - There's ways to do mostly safe fighting, and ways to be a douchebag that can end up breaking bones and killing people. This is certainly the latter.

marcus_holmes 10y ago
I've fought both European re-enactment and SCA, and they're both totally different styles, and both about as safe as each other. I wouldn't say the SCA method is the only safe way of doing this. But I don't think they're too worried about safety anyway. Re-enactment (in Europe anyway, I can't speak about US or Japanese re-enactment) has always has two sides: The desire to recreate historical costume and practices vs The desire to get drunk in a castle with your mates and have a damn good fight As re-enactment spread east through Europe from the UK, the latter tendency became more pronounced. The Russians and Poles get a real reputation in the European scene for fighting dirty, hitting hard and not taking their shots. This sport developed from that. Their gear is almost completely unrelated to what was actually used in the time period they say they portray, and safety takes a back seat to "not being a pussy". I suspect the rules around drinking are more lax than you'd expect from a conventional re-enactment society too. They're all about the "beer and bash". I expect that there'll be a few more splits as they evolve, with the safety-conscious moving to a more toned-down style while the real nutters keep the rules rough and accumulate scar tissue.
KingMob 10y ago
Seriously. "...a fast-growing sport that began in Eastern Europe about five years ago..." Even a cursory background check would reveal that the SCA was started in the late 60's and predates these other organizations by decades.

by kefka 10y ago

marcus_holmes 10y ago

I've fought both European re-enactment and SCA, and they're both totally different styles, and both about as safe as each other. I wouldn't say the SCA method is the only safe way of doing this. But I don't think they're too worried about safety anyway. Re-enactment (in Europe anyway, I can't speak about US or Japanese re-enactment) has always has two sides: The desire to recreate historical costume and practices vs The desire to get drunk in a castle with your mates and have a damn good fight As re-enactment spread east through Europe from the UK, the latter tendency became more pronounced. The Russians and Poles get a real reputation in the European scene for fighting dirty, hitting hard and not taking their shots. This sport developed from that. Their gear is almost completely unrelated to what was actually used in the time period they say they portray, and safety takes a back seat to "not being a pussy". I suspect the rules around drinking are more lax than you'd expect from a conventional re-enactment society too. They're all about the "beer and bash". I expect that there'll be a few more splits as they evolve, with the safety-conscious moving to a more toned-down style while the real nutters keep the rules rough and accumulate scar tissue.

KingMob 10y ago

Seriously. "...a fast-growing sport that began in Eastern Europe about five years ago..." Even a cursory background check would reveal that the SCA was started in the late 60's and predates these other organizations by decades.