[MR] Artisans learning about fighting

[Alianora Munro]

Even a "What do they mean when they call that a flat
snap?" sort of class, taught by authorised fighters
who demonstrated some of the techniques used on the
field without requiring the attendees to suit up would
be a good thing.

I remember my elementary school PE teacher having
classes on football, baseball, and basketball rules on
rainy days, for the stated purpose of teaching us
enough about the games that we could watch an NFL
(MLB, NBA) game and understand what was going on. 
Something similar to teach SCA people how to watch a
tournament so they understand and enjoy it certainly
couldn't hurt.

--- Marybeth Lavrakas <katrous at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Here's a thought-- It would be wonderful to have
> some
> knights, white scarves, and other skilled fighters
> hold classes (locally, at University, whatever) to
> get
> people into armor and get a feel for things without
> trying to bang the living heck out of them. I'm sure
> plenty of people who've seen 'regular' fighter
> practices and the bruises that come from them have
> no
> intention of letting THAT happen to themselves. A
> class with more of a 'demo' feel to it. It might
> even
> result in a few more people deciding to try out
> fighting for real. (Which I think is really
> worthwhile...even as an unskilled fighter I got to
> experience some incredible things I wouldn't have
> otherwise had a clue about...)
> 
> Kateryn Rous
>
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