James, those jacks and brigs are being worn by the servents in the lists, not by combatants. The rules of that tournament are written out pretty plainly and they require all the actual combatants to wear plate (although the pictures show the plate as being punched with holes for coolness)
Hugh Knight www.schlachtschule.org
"Fencing requires heart; if you frighten easily, then you are not to learn to fence.
The whole art would be lost, because the roar of the impact and the rough strokes make a
cowardly heart fearful."
"Item, the body harness is like a cuirass or like the foot harness that one calls a tonnelet. And also you may well tourney in a brigandine if you wish; but in whatever kind of body harness you wish to tourney, it is necessary that the harness be big and ample enough in all places that you may wear a pourpoint or corset underneath. It is necessary that the pourpoint be padded to three fingers' thickness on the shoulders and the length of the arms up to the neck, and on the back also, because the blows of maces and swords fall more frequently on these places than elsewhere. And to see the principal and best fashion for tourneying, drawn here below is a perforated cuirass in the best and most appropriate fashion and style possible for the tourney."
So I would not use a jack for a main fighter though his standard bearer could wear one.
The Company of Saint James in Lochac has now hosted two Pas de Armes where the tenans wore 14th Century and the Venans came accoutred as they wished. This worked for us.
Animal Weretiger wrote:Not only a time period thing, but a culture specific thing would rock too. I for one would love to see all the mongols taking on all the teutonic knights or something. Celts vs romans, that would be great!
Now thats a great idea. Its a shame I couldnt scare up some other Teutons though. If I could, Id say GAME ON.
