[Nordskogen] Caponi Post Mortem

[Aryn-Marietta Eaton]

--- Padruig Maclennan <druigey at yahoo.com> wrote:


>    
>    
 
> I've thought about it for a bit and I'm not sure
> that this was the ideal place for the Baronial
> Championships.  I see and understand the logistical
> advantages of it.  However, it's my belief that a
> standard sca-style tourney is not necessarily that
> interesting to a non-sca crowd.  Without the spiel
> (explanation), the fighting can occur a bit too
> quickly for the unexperienced eye, especially when
> the expectational bar is likely set at that of the
> Ren Faire.  When something is on the line, fighters
> will be more defensive and cautious in their
> movements, more thought and less action.  The
> fighting needs to be sexed up a bit with some demo
> fighting techiniques (the agreed upon not taking the
> first two shots, loud shots to the
>  shield, flashy parrying, more theatrics, etc).  
>    
>       -There were more rapier fighters than armored
> fighters, otherwise my opinions are pretty much the
> same.


I agree with you on this one Padriug.  Demo fighting
needs to be a bit on the flashy side.  Fighters need
to be aware of what the fight looks like to the
spectator.  Have a tournement where there is something
at stake, dosen't work so well.  Fighters are tend to
be in their serious fighter head, and are more focused
on winning, also, interuptions for explinations  are
not as easy.

Quite frankly, the rapier tourney was boring from the
perspective of a spectator (and I know what I was
looking at). 

I don't think a public demo is the best venue for the
Barnial championship tournements.

Cealfind

Aryn-Marietta Eaton
Lady Cealfind ni Mullen (called Alanna)
Self - professed Star Wars, U2, and Moxy Fruvous fanatic
"We really don't know what we're doing, and when we do, it dosen't help " ~Bono~

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