[MR] Shinai combat in this kingdom

[Donald Wagner]

Greetings!

The earl marshal really intended to say "legs" not "knees".  Please stop 
the incoming mail over this. :)

Falcone

Donald Wagner wrote:

> Greetings!!
>
> The answer is simple.  Absolutely not.
>
> I remember fighting with shinai in the early days of the Outlands, and 
> it was quite fun.  There have been kingdoms that have allowed it and 
> even organized tourneys and such, but that is mostly all gone today. 
> The reasoning behind it was focus on the medieval stage of Western 
> Europe, and the fact that there are plenty of Kendo Dojos around that 
> your art can be practiced and taught there.  Regardless of how cool 
> feudal Japan was in the medieval period, and there is some amazing 
> stuff during that time, shinai and kendo doesn't fit well with what we 
> are doing.
>
> This doesn't mean I don't like to see someone in full Japanese take an 
> oversized rattan kitana or naginata to my buddy's head, ribs, waist or 
> knees.  I really do and have even fought with my kitana in 12th c 
> spanish garb whilst trying to focus my chi.  Yet, traditional shinai 
> combat focuses on parts of the body that are not legal target 
> areas(ie. wrist and hands) and is no fit in an organized SCA event.
>
> By all means, find some SCAers close to you and have your own backyard 
> bamboo brawl somewhere.  It's a cool art and a tradition that 
> otherwise may have been lost.
>
> Falcone
>
> rujoking99 at mac.com wrote:
>
>> 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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