[MR] Shinai combat in this kingdom

[James.Harvey.Davis at pmusa.com]

Kinoshita-san,

	Shinai combat does not take place in atlantia currently.  The reason
that this, or any other activity, is not practiced in this or any other
kingdom is that there are not enough people who think it's a good idea and
want to do it.

	Non-martial activities are pretty easy to get started.  Example: I
want to do Japanese style period paper making. No one doing it? Do the
research, contact others of like mind and away you go.  Martial activities
have a lot more inertia to overcome.  The biggest thing is safety issues.
Also, there is a significant level of support needed from those who don't
fight.  MOLs and Marshals certainly and also possibly Water-bearers and
Heralds and hopefully not Chirurgeons.

	So, the first thing to find out is: are there enough people in
Atlantia who A: Think it's a good idea and B: Are willing to participate
(invest time).

	If there are, go for it.  If not, maybe it's more suited to backyard
practices or going to a Kendo/Kenjutsu school.

Gerlach Wiesengrund
(Formerly Kiyama Akei)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	rujoking99 at mac.com [SMTP:rujoking99 at mac.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, April 10, 2002 12:36 PM
> To:	atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject:	[MR] Shinai combat in this kingdom
> 
> Unto the good folk of Atlantia does Kinoshita Yoshimori of Black Diamond 
> send his greetings.
> 
> I have a Japanese persona, and I really want to do combat.  However, I'm 
> irked at the amount of money I would have to spend getting myself combat 
> ready.  (You can get a 14th-century bascinet for $120, but a Sengoku-era 
> kabuto is going to hurt the purse a lot more.)  Buying the material for 
> light combat armour would be much less expensive than heavy armour.  So, 
> I'm wondering if this kingdom has rules set up for using shinai (mock 
> swords made out of strips of bamboo) on the light field.  If not, it 
> would be cool to discuss this, and either set up rules for use, or 
> outline why they shouldn't be allowed.
> 
> Please, if you send a response to the list, CC it to me as well, since I 
> don't think my listserve setup is working properly now.
> 
> Thank you,
> Kinoshita Yoshimori
> 
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