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[Dave Montuori]

Scripsit Bryce:
> As to your comment about the other Peerages, yes there is one crazy SOB 
> that has asked that question before (What have they done for the 
> army?/What is there experience of the fighting arts?) and was rounded 
> criticized for it. Oh well. I still believe it is unfair that the 
> question isn't asked of one peerage and not the other, equal ones, so I 
> continue to ask it.

I don't think it's unfair to ask peers of any stripe (self included) to 
have some knowledge of the most common SCA activities, and armored combat 
is certainly among those. As has been pointed out already, one can 
*support* fighting in a number of ways, and one can have a decent 
knowledge about armored combat, without actually getting inside the eric 
and fighting.

As a tourney herald and more generally as someone who likes to learn 
stuff, I've picked up a fair bit of knowledge about combat in my time, 
though it's kinda rusty right now. I could certainly put on armor and 
learn how to defend myself (and even maybe deliver a few shots), but out 
in actual combat I'd be a standing duck. I've watched footwork, both in 
drills and practice and in actual combat. If I tried that *in armor* I'd 
hurt myself. (My ankles walked out on me a dozen years ago.)

Nevertheless, I'm always looking to learn more stuff, and if someone wants 
to teach various levels of armored combat for non-fighters and also how 
to *watch* combat to get more out of it, that'd be cool.

Evan