Chad Arnow wrote: |
The bottom line is that none of us are participating in real medieval combat. Not one of us. :) There are many schools of thought on how to recreate something that simulates it (which is all we can do), and we don't have to agree on how that's done. There may be more than one right way to go about it and there are certainly more than one wrong way to go about it. In the end of the day, does it matter? We all are in this hobby (and that's all it is) for different reasons and some like to seek their own path of rediscovering ancient arts.
This thread has evolved into trashing someone's school of thought/way of doing things. I don't like that. Feel free to point out what you don't like about this person and how they do things in a civil and professional tone then move on. Ganging up to criticize someone who's not defending themselves by participating here is not what we're looking to do on this site. Talk about these other issues, disagree with that group's methodology, and point out their misstatements all you want. But do it without the condescension; be civil, please. Come on guys, I know you know this isn't how we do things here. Please help keep your moderators' hair from graying prematurely. :) |
Thank you Chad. I was just about to say something along these lines, albeit much less diplomaticly. Looking at it from the reenactors POV, and not a HEMA practicioner, I gotta say it sometimes sounds like some groups think they hold the monopoly on "real" sword fighting. I'm sorry, but no one here has been in a "real" sword fight. You may have read a book by some old guys who were in real sword fights, but that doesn't make you a sword fighter anymore than reading a book by Neil Armstrong makes you an astronaut. It's all a simulation, and its all done in fun. I know saying this isn't gonna win me any friends. Lighten up guys. Everyone has there own way of connecting with history, and ain't no one here curing cancer...