I think that both you and Jean are right Wendy. I was very briefly in the SCA ~4-5 years ago and went to a single rapier practice. I suspect it varies region to region, but I was not terribly impressed with what I saw, mostly because I was able to hit the marshal, repeatedly, with only 1 year of modern foil fencing under my belt :P I'm only speaking of rapier however - I never tried heavy fighting and know little about it.
To bring the conversation back to costume, I'm considering making myself a fencing doublet similar to the ones in Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion, but using linen canvas rather than leather for economy. I want to make a few alterations of overlap and padding to match the safety features of a modern fencing jacket but otherwise stick with a period look and feel (all natural fibers, late 16th/early 17th c. silhouette). Has anyone tried this before? Allison T. > Message: 13 > Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:41:43 -0400 (GMT-04:00) > From: Wendy Colbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: playing in period societies? > To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Rapier (or fencing) in the SCA runs the gamut from those who fence in a style > close to modern sport fencing to those who are fairly serious researchers of > period techniques of the 15th through 16th C through translation and > redaction of period manuals. > > Wendy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jean Waddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sep 27, 2005 5:35 PM > To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: h-costume@mail.indra.com > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: playing in period societies? > > The SCA in general does not do period fighting techniques, they have > their own style of fighting which has developed from what the society > chose as safety precautions (rattan weapons, full armour). You might > find some individuals in some areas exploring the old manuals, but that > is not mainstream for the SCA. There is also SCA "fencing", but I'm not > sure where that lies between period techniques and modern sport fencing. > > Jean > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
