More events at the Swordsmanship Symposium!

brianprice · Post by **brianprice** » Fri Mar 02, 2001 6:48 pm

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Declaration

To be held at the <a href="http://www.chronique.com/schola/May_symposium.html">Swordsmanship
Symposium</a>, May 11 - 13, 2001

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Oyez, Oyez!

Be it known throughout all lands near and far that
the Right Noble Company and Schola of Saint George, in order to better
honor those worthy patrons of prowess who have laboured to rediscover the
art of swordsmanship as it was practiced by our ancestors, do declare our
intention to hold a pas d'armes on the 12th Day of May, in the Year of
Our Lord Two Thousand and One, This passage at arms in the style that would
have been appropriate at the time of publication of that most noble work,
Flos Duellatorum, written by Fiore de Liberi in the year Fourteen Hundred
and Ten.

Here do we announce further our intention to celebrate
in arms the elements of prowess and deeds of chivalry within the lists
in combats conducted with weapons suited to the béhourd;
although in honor of the ancient master only four weapons will be allowed
this day; the dagger, the sword, the longsword and the poleaxe or polehammer.
No shields will be used as they do not appear in the text work.

Further, we would announce our intention to defend
the field using bâtons or wasters, at our opponent's pleasure. In
order to accomodate the rich variety of martial traditions likely to be
encountered, Combats will also be allowed with rebated or other special
weapons, subject to the specifics below, but only after a combatant has
declared their intention to so compete and providing their harness is requisite
to the task.

We hope that our compani will meet us in honorable
combat, and that our service to the ladies of the gallery earns honor for
them, renown for ourselves and our noble opponents.
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Conventions of Combat</center>

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Combatants should ready themselves for combat and receive their combat
ribbons from the Marshal before 2pm. The Marshal will enforce the rules
with discretion erring on the side of safety and combatants hoping to participate
in combats with rebated weapons should expect more rigidly applied standards.

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The King of Arms will read the tournament declaration and the Rules of
the List at 2pm, to which all combatants must lend agreement.

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All combatants will one after the other enter the lists and will introduce
themselves to the King at Arms, the gallery and to the populace, noting
which forms of combat they intend to engage in.

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There will first be a Grand Melee of single sword à
plaisance au béhourd to three good blows. Combatants
may observe the tradition of "first blood" or not but must in any case
retire from the list after being struck three times.

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Combatants will then take their places at either side of the lists facing
one another, ready to make their challenge. The Companions of Saint George
will then select from amongst the challengers the right of first, second,
and third challenge, based on the quality of their presentation and all
challenges for the first pass will be delivered. A Clerk will record the
challenges.
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Combatants will challenge an opponent in any weapons form they have signalled
with their ribbons; combats à plaisance
au béhourd signalled with a ribbon argent; combats à
plaisance au béhourd sans encumbrance signalled
with a ribbon sable; combats with rebated
weapons à plaisance
signalled with a ribbon gules and combats with rebated
weapons sans encumbrance with a ribbon
azure.

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Combatants may challenge with any of the four weapons celebrated in the
Flos Deullatorum; dagger, sword, longsword or poleaxe.

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Fights may be conducted over the barrier or in the field. In fights over
the barrier à plaisance strikes
below the waist are disallowed, as is usual. The whole body shall be considered
a target in fights conducted sans encumbrance.

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Fights may be declared to be of counted blows--thrown or received to the
numbers 1, 3, 5 or 7--or to agreement. Fights to agreement
will be decided either by one or other combatants signalling that they
have been bested or by the Marshal signalling, "You have done enough."</blockquote>
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The first pass will consist of all challenges so delivered; the King of
Arms will announce the form of the challenge to the combatants and the
gallery and the form the fight will take.

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The Ladies of the Gallery will choose the combatants with the right of
first, second and third challenge against the company, and the second pass
will occur like the first.

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After the second pass there will follow another melee à
plaisance au béhourd fought with any of the four weapons,
this time to agreement.

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The third pass will follow the melee the right of first, second and third
challenge will be determined by the challengers.

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The fourth pass will follow immediately upon the first, the ladies of the
gallery once again choosing the honor of first, second and third challenge.

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A Grand Melee will be conducted to close, single-handed sword to agreement.

 
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Richard Blackmoore · Post by **Richard Blackmoore** » Fri Mar 02, 2001 10:48 pm

Now that sounds like a lot of fun!

Gaston · Post by **Gaston** » Fri Mar 02, 2001 11:11 pm

Vivat!

Please, Sir Brion, keep leading, and I will do my level best to keep up!

You are blazing a path that I think a great many will follow.

Murdock · Post by **Murdock** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 4:57 am

Wish i could go.

Vladimir · Post by **Vladimir** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 7:44 am

Murdock, your not the only one. That sounds really neat.

Thomas Bloodworth · Post by **Thomas Bloodworth** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 10:34 pm

One of these days I'm going to have to pave a road down from hereso that I can attend these things more than once every 4 or 5 years..

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I stand at the bridge, I accept all challengers

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