Rapier / Fencing

Safety and consideration for our fellow rapier fighters is a foremost concern in SCA rapier play, followed closely by the ideals of Honour, Courtesy, and Chivalry. We utilise various types of metal blades and modified modern fencing gear to recreate civilian combats from the late 1400's down through the end of the SCA period, 1600.

We differ from Olympic style fencing in our use of slicing cuts, secondary weapons such as daggers, extra swords, cloaks and the like, and non-linear movement; we're not restricted to the back-and-forth movement found on a modern Olympic strip!

Hits are determined the same way in armoured combat, vis-a-vis the honor system based on recognition of the blows received. However, our blows are not struck with nearly as much force as armoured combat.