[Regia-NA] Regia Combat (was Greetings)

[Douglas Sunlin]

Brian:

If you can make it to the Fort MacArthur living history event in Los Angles 
next July, you'll find some worthies that you can practice on!



On manręden,
Osweald of Baldurstrand
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/California_Viking_Age
http://www.geocities.com/baldurstrand/





>From: Brian Caruso <uriell666@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: list-regia-na@lig.net
>To: list-regia-na@lig.net
>Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] Regia Combat (was Greetings)
>Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 23:07:41 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Mark,
>
>I tried to get together with the local SCA Barony out
>here in So.Cal. None of the people I contacted seemed
>interest in who I was and wanted to do. I finally was
>able to contact the guy running the Fighter
>practice(and he was like all the others). So I went
>and it ended up just me by my self in this guys
>backyard practicing hits on a pole( which is not bad
>for practice, but I could have done that at home ). It
>really turned me off to the SCA. Although that was a
>couple years ago, and I heard they have a bunch of new
>people running the Barony now so I might give it a try
>again.
>
>As for training for Regia combat( seeing as I can't
>get to England to often) Are their any moves one can
>practice at home to prepare for an event? I know you
>have to go through their training before you can
>fight, but is their anything one can do at home to
>help?
>
>I know I should not be thinking about combat when I
>don't even have the clothing yet. So my next question
>would have to be...what materials do I need to get
>some clothing together?
>
>Brian
>P.S. thanks to eveyone who answered my "what is the
>combat like question"
>
>--- Mark Patchett <patchett@sybase.com> wrote:
> > Hi Brian,
> >
> > I'd agree with Andy -- it's great fun.
> >
> > For my background -- I've been fighting in the SCA
> > for about 12 years, which
> > does full contact combat with blunt rattan ( 1.25"
> > diameter) swords.
> >
> > I was surprised by how "quick" regia combat moves -
> > I was expecting that things
> > would have needed to be slowed down a lot to remain
> > safe with metal swords and
> > no required armour, but have been pleasantly
> > surprised.
> > There's a certain thrill and feeling of risk when
> > you're out there in an open
> > faced helmet ( or no helmet ) having people swinging
> > swords and spears at you.
> >
> > I've been fighting in Regia for a little over a year
> > now, and attended the
> > Shrewsbury training weekend in April last year.
> > We fought a variety of combat scenarios -- line
> > fights, "bridge" battles, lots
> > of fun fighting in the woods, including up the side
> > of a rather steep hill.
> >
> > A lot of "success" in melee combat relies on
> > teamwork -- a well armoured man
> > with a shield is fairly safe against one opponent,
> > but can be beaten rapidly by
> > a well organized team that can outflank or out
> > manouver him.
> >
> > Generally new people begin by learning how to fight
> > with a spear and shield (
> > probably over half of those on the field at
> > Shewsbury used a spear (2 handed)
> > with a shield slung over their shoulder, and a small
> > seax as a backup weapon.
> > Sword was probably the next most common weapon we
> > saw, with a fair number of one
> > handed axes, and a few danish axes.  Spears used in
> > one hand are less common, as
> > it is a more dangerous and harder style to master.
> >
> > I'll be happy to answer any more questions you may
> > have.
> > -Mark Patchett / Edward of Wynmerestow, Ontario,
> > Canada
> >
> > "Nicholson, Andrew" wrote:
> >
> > > >I would mainly like to focus on the
> > > > vikings. I know this is not the right question
> > to ask
> > > > to get started, but its an itch that needs to be
> > > > scratched. Has anyone here been in the RA
> > combat? and
> > > > what is it like?
> > > >
> > >
> > > It's so much fun that I still enjoy doing it after
> > 17 years :).
> > >
> > > No two battles are ever the same, and the
> > competative element really
> > > provides incentive - not just to fight well, but
> > to support your comrades.
> > >
> > > Since we used rebated steel we do ensure that
> > blows are not landed
> > > full-weight, but pulled at the last moment. It is
> > a fine art to make a blow
> > > go in fast enough to get through the enemy's guard
> >  (and look believable to
> > > the public) but be able to brake it enough for it
> > to land no harder than a
> > > light slap, which is the required weight of blow.
> > >
> > > Choice of weapons and the deployment of assets can
> > also make a tremendous
> > > difference between a good hard fight and a
> > massacre. The best, well-armoured
> > > warrior is still going to have trouble if two or
> > three spearmen gang up on
> > > him, and can circle round his shield.
> > >
> > > Some weapons, such as the dane-axe, require
> > special combat rules as it is
> > > not possible to use them the way they were
> > intended in a 'safe' fashion.
> > >
> > > For a newcomer's views I'd ask Mark and Chris to
> > chip in, since they came to
> > > Shrewsbury and plunged straight into it.
> > >
> > > Gušrum
> >
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